MECCA, Saudi Arabia - Close to 2 million people from around the world began performing the first rites of the Islamic hajj pilgrimage on Saturday, which calls for entering into a state of physical and ...

Reporting from Mecca, Saudi Arabia — The plane was filled with the chants of the faithful. Labayk Allahuma labayk. Over and over for the entire short flight from Medina to Mecca, the chants rang out.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - More than 2 million Muslims on Tuesday started the first rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest pilgrimages that draws the faithful to the holy city ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia is preparing to host the annual hajj pilgrimage beginning Sunday, as over 1.6 million Muslim faithful from abroad have arrived in the ultraconservative kingdom. The ...

Two million Muslims have journeyed to Mecca this week for hajj, Islam's yearly commemoration of the story of Abraham in the Quran. For five days, the pilgrims in Saudi Arabia and millions of members ...

Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to holy sites in and around Makkah, Saudi Arabia, will take place through Saturday. After three years of sparse attendance because of the pandemic shutdown, about 2 ...