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The Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure, is the focal point toward which Muslims face during their daily prayers from anywhere in ...
Three Spanish Muslims who rode on horseback to the Hajj in Saudi Arabia say they followed a path not traveled for more than ...
Saudi Arabia has barred more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca this week ...
The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has begun. It’s required once in a lifetime by every Muslim who can ...
Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj ...
Saudi officials say they have stopped more than 269,000 Muslims without permits for the Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca ...
Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converging on Saudi Arabia unite in religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. They fulfill a religious ...
Nearly 1.7 million pilgrims have begun the final phase of the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, performing the symbolic ...
Muslim pilgrims pray atop rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj ...
Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for this year's Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of ...
Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' ritual as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, on June 16, 2024 [Fadel Senna/AFP ...