Saudi Gazette ReportMINA — Pilgrims started flocking to Mina from their residences in Makkah early on Wednesday, Dhul Hijjah 8, to spend the Day of Tarwiyah, marking the beginning of the annual ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Pilgrims streamed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Saturday to perform their final rituals before heading to Mina in preparation for the Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam ...

Pilgrims in the Saudi Arabian city of Mina began the stoning of the devil ritual on Eid al-Adha Friday, as one of the last rites of Hajj. They had collected their pebbles overnight Thursday from ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Wednesday concluded the return airlift of Nigerian pilgrims who performed this year’s Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The commission ...

Those who have returned to Mecca must go back to Mina before sunset. On the 11th and 12th of Dhul-Hijjah, pilgrims must throw seven stones at each of the three Jamarat.

Nestled in a valley five kilometres east of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Mina is a key waypoint in the Hajj journey. Its iconic landscape of over 100,000 fire-resistant white tents is designed to ...

MAKKAH, 28 December 2006 -- Black, white, and brown -- people of all colors, creeds and nationalities, all chanting "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik" ("Here I am, my Lord, here I am"), began moving ...

Large crowds at the haj have proved hazardous in the past, most recently in 2015 when a stampede during the “stoning the devil” ritual in Mina, near Mecca, killed up to 2,300 people in the ...

Large crowds at the Haj have proved hazardous in the past, most recently in 2015 when a stampede during the “stoning the devil” ritual in Mina, near Makkah, killed up to 2,300 people in the ...

Stampedes have been a recurring tragedy during Hajj. The deadliest occurred in 2015, when approximately 2,300 worshippers died during the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual in Mina near Mecca.

Pilgrims streamed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Saturday to perform their final rituals before heading to Mina in preparation for the Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and one of the largest ...