Muslim worshippers gathered in Mecca for prayers on Friday in the final days before the start of the Hajj, one of the biggest ...

From Muslim pilgrims performing Hajj rituals in Mecca and Eid prayers, a shooting near the White House in Washington, and ...

Officials are considering an unprecedented proposal to ban women from performing the five Muslim prayers in the immediate vicinity of Islam’s most sacred shrine in Mecca. Some say women are already ...

Water mist is sprayed on Muslim pilgrims as they pray on the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi ...

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

TEHRAN, Iran — The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic worship in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia on Wednesday banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage ...

(RNS) A new prayer mat lights up when facing Mecca, helping Muslims to pray properly. By Lauren Markoe. (RNS) Devout Muslims pray five times a day, facing the holy city of Mecca. But what if you don’t ...

Pilgrims streaming into Islam’s holy city for the annual hajj prayed for the 157,000 people killed in last month’s tsunami that devastated southern Asia, asking God to give survivors the courage to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak ...

ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — They came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky hill called Mount Arafat. The mound southeast of Mecca is little known outside Islam. For non-Muslims, ...