Watch a live view from the Grand Mosque in Mecca that houses the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. Muslim pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia ahead of the start of the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage ...

The three-day Islamic holiday of Eid Al Adha begins today, and with it, the end of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the Five Pillars of the Islamic faith, the Hajj is both duty and blessing to ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental ...

This article contains graphic images and video. A stampede in Saudi Arabia left 863 injured and 717 dead, according to the Saudi Civil Defense Directorate. The incident happened during Hajj, Muslims' ...

Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj, with authorities vowing to hold a safer pilgrimage amid searing desert ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on illegal ...

Millions of Muslims are gathered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, this week for Islam's annual hajj, or pilgrimage. All able-bodied Muslims are expected to make the journey at least once in their lives. During ...

This week in the magazine, Basharat Peer writes about modern Mecca and the hajj. On Thursday, Peer answered readers’ questions in a live chat. Read a transcript of the discussion in the console below.