Muslims in Mecca are marking the Day of Arafah which is the most sacred day in the Islamic calendar with millions having ...

Muslims around the globe are just days away from arriving in the holy city of Mecca, where nearly two million worshippers will undertake the sacred annual Hajj pilgrimage. Hajj is one of the Five ...

Security forces in Mecca are cracking down on people trying to make a pilgrimage without a permit, as the Islamic holy city prepares to host hundreds of thousands of Muslim worshippers. Ahead of the ...

FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near ...

Muslim pilgrims touch the walls of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, May 21, 2026. Muslim pilgrims arrive at the ...

Saudi Arabia says that is 11,000 more than the number of Muslims who travelled to the Gulf kingdom last year.

Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca — HAZEM BADER More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of ...

One of the largest religious gatherings of the year has started.