Muslim pilgrims pray atop Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage — Sajjad HUSSAIN Hundreds of thousands of Muslim ...

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Following the footsteps of prophets beneath a burning sun, Muslims from around the world congregated Saturday at a sacred hill in Saudi Arabia for intense, daylong ...

More than 2 million Muslims gathered Saturday at the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for an intense day of worship and reflection on what's considered the climax of the Islamic hajj ...

ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — 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 ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on Friday, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Ahead of their trip ...

Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, a respected imam and khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, will lead the sermon and prayers at Namirah Mosque on the Day of Arafat, the most significant day of ...

Pilgrims pray at Mecca's Grand Mosque as the annual hajj kicks off in the Muslim holy places in Saudi Arabia. — - More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

Six more Nigerians reported died during the five days of Hajj rites in Mina and Arafat, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said. This increased the total number of pilgrims that died in ...

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 ...

ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — 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 ...