The Hajj pilgrimage is held annually between the 8th and 13th days of Zil-Hajj, the 12th month on the Islamic lunar calendar.

Saudi Arabia will resume issuing Umrah visas starting June 10, 2025, welcoming international pilgrims from June 11. This ...

For the second year, pilgrims travelling through the Haj Committee of India have complained about crowding at the residential tents. The five-day annual pilgrimage to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca ...

Beneath technicolour cedarwood ceilings, maps show Moroccan empires that once encompassed nearly the entire Iberian peninsula ...

Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around ...

Saudi Arabia earns billions of dollars a year from the haj, and the lesser pilgrimage known as umrah, undertaken at other ...

Huge crowds of pilgrims "stoned the devil" in the last major ritual of the hajj pilgrimage on Friday, as Muslims around the ...

Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj—the “stoning of the devil” —on Friday, as Muslims around the ...

Nearly two million pilgrims performed the last major ritual of Hajj, “stoning of the devil”, on Friday as Muslims around the ...

The ritual described, known as "stoning the devil" (or "Rajm al-Jamarat"), is a core part of the Hajj pilgrimage. It ...

Eidul Azha, known as the “Feast of Sacrifice,” coincides with the final rites of the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia. It’s a ...