Hajj, or pilgrimage, is one of the basic foundations of Muslim beliefs and is one of the five pillars of Islam. Hajj takes place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. With the final month of the Islamic calendar, ...

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SAMY MAGDY (Associated Press) MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the ...

CAIRO — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities ...

Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the Commission’s Secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, are in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday revealed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration had subsidized the cost 2024 Hajj pilgrimage with N90 billion. Shettima made this known at the ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic ...