Hajj pilgrimage

Saudi Arabia “temporarily” suspended entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over fears…

  More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling…

  Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Egypt and its permanent representative to the Arab League, Osama bin Ahmed Naqli, said that…

The Ministry of Health and Housing announced, on Monday, the death of three Egyptian pilgrims performing the traditional Hajj pilgrimage,…

Cairo International Airport said on Friday it has finished preparations for ‘pilgrimage season’ to the Muslim holy land of Mecca…

Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims performed a symbolic stoning of the devil on Monday, the riskiest part of the annual…

An Iranian delegation has left Saudi Arabia without an agreement for its citizens to attend the Muslim haj pilgrimage this…

Saudi Arabia, under growing pressure to account for a crush that killed more than 700 people at the haj pilgrimage,…

The worst tragedy in 25 years at the annual Muslim pilgrimage occurred during the symbolic stoning of the devil at…