At the heart of Hajj stands the Kaaba, draped in 670kg of silk and embroidered with 200kg of gold and silver thread.

Muslim pilgrims have concluded the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Saturday by circling around the holy site of the black cube-shaped Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, ...

Muslim pilgrims conclude the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Saturday by circling around the holy site of ...

Altaf Qadri is an award-winning Kashmiri photojournalist based in Dubai, with more than 16 years of experience, including ...

Pilgrims continued to perform Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia on Friday as the pilgrimage and coinciding holiday of Eid Al-Adha ...

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia – Each year between 2 to 3 million Muslims from around the world take part in a five-day pilgrimage in Mecca called the hajj. They circle Islam's most sacred site, the ...

More than 1.5 million pilgrims have gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, Abdu remembers roller-skating with friends near the Grand Mosque ...

The phenomenon of the sun directly above the Kaaba provides an opportunity for qibla direction calibration. This year is ...

Thousands of Muslims began to leave the holy city of Mecca today after having completed the Haj pilgrimage in scorching heat ...

Ghanaian pilgrim Musah Sidi, 53, dies while performing Tawaf at the Holy Kaaba in Mecca. PAOG confirms body to be prepared ...

Muslim pilgrims concluded the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Saturday by circling around the holy site of the black cube-shaped Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at ...