Hajj pilgrimage

August 1, 2020

Hajj pilgrims keep distance at usually crowded stone the devil ritual

RIYADH (Reuters) – Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia took part in a symbolic stoning of the devil on Friday, but…

July 31, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Small groups of pilgrims performed one of the final rites of the Islamic hajj…

July 31, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was discharged from a hospital in the capital Riyadh after…

July 30, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Masked pilgrims arrived Thursday at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam’s holiest site,…

July 29, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation,…

July 28, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The vast white marble floors surrounding Islam’s holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca,…

July 27, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have started arriving in Mecca for a drastically scaled-down hajj as Saudi…

July 7, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has issued guidelines for the 1,000 or so pilgrims that will be…

July 6, 2020

CAIRO (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia announced health protocols to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the 2020 hajj…

June 16, 2020

Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year’s hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its…