Indigenous pilgrims perform rituals and dances on the esplanade of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe while participating in the celebrations on the...
Mecca, Saudi Arabia—More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj, with authorities vowing to hold...
Karbala—Rescue workers searched through the rubble of a Shiite Muslim shrine in central Iraq into Sunday night, after a landslide killed at least five...
Pilgrims began arriving in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized hajj staged during the coronavirus pandemic, circling Islam's holiest...
This year’s downsized hajj may prove to be the safest ever despite the ever-present threat posed by the novel coronavirus.
In past years pilgrims have...
Mecca—Muslim pilgrims on Wednesday begin the annual hajj, dramatically downsized this year as the Saudi hosts strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the...
