Some 2.5 million Muslims on Monday began the sacred journey of a lifetime when they converged in the Mina valley outside Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. A Saudi Hajj ministry official told ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Pilgrims streamed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Saturday to perform their final rituals before heading to Mina in preparation for the Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and one ...

The operation to transport pilgrims from the holy city of Makkah to Mina will commence from tonight. Radio Pakistan's correspondent Javed Iqbal reports from Makkah that over three million Muslims from ...

At least 150 people were killed on Thursday in a stampede during the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabian holy city of Mina near Makkah, authorities said. As many as 400 people were injured in the tragedy, ...

Today the ritual journey from Mina (Makkah) to Mount Arafat takes place. Cold weather is not dampening pilgrims’ spirit. Security measures are tighter than ever to avoid past stampedes. The ritual, ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nearly 1.7 million pilgrims have begun the final phase of the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, performing the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina before concluding with the ...

MINA, Nov 14, 2010 (AFP) - The world's largest annual pilgrimage, the hajj, began on Sunday with hundreds of thousands of Muslims pouring into the camp of Mina from Mecca to prepare for the solemn ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia-- Two giant waves of Muslim pilgrims collided at an intersection Thursday near a holy site in Saudi Arabia, and more than 700 people were crushed and trampled to death in the worst ...

The day after I ended my ihram, I headed to Makkah with a South Asian family: a woman nearly my age, her two brothers, and her nephew. She and I had shared a mat at Muzdhalifah. Also, the time I led ...

09 November 2011 MINA: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal said Makkah would be developed into a smart city with the Grand Mosque as its focal point over the next six years. "We will employ all kinds ...

At least 717 pilgrims were killed Thursday on the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha in a crush at Mina outside the holy city of Mecca. MINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) At least 717 pilgrims were killed on ...