MECCA, Saudi Arabia – More than 2 million pilgrims were gathered in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday to perform initial rites of the hajj, an Islamic pilgrimage that takes the faithful ...

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2016 file photo, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers with the four-faced clocks stands over the holy Kaaba, as Muslims encircle it inside the Grand Mosque, during the hajj pilgrimage, in ...

Riyadh: The holy Kiswah which covers the Kaaba will be screened at the Islamic Arts Biennale, 2025 in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. This will be the first time that Kiswah will be shown outside ...

Mecca, Saudi Arabia • In Saudi Arabia, more than 1.7 million pilgrims are marking the start of the hajj pilgrimage Wednesday by circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca — Islam’s holiest site — and ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims wrapped up the Hajj in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times ...

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