People are tonight being urged to look to the skies for the first sighting of the crescent moon that will mean the start of the next month in the Islamic calendar. Dhul Hijjah - the 12th and final ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Sunday, but remained socially distanced and wore masks as the coronavirus takes its ...

Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday, but remained socially distanced and wore masks as the coronavirus takes its toll on the hajj for a ...

Muslim pilgrims are beginning to arrive in the Saudi city of Mecca for a downsized hajj. Only 60 thousand fully vaccinated residents of the kingdom will be able to take part, drastically lower than ...

Saudi Arabia says it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj. Saudi Arabia wants 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj ...

Some 2.5 million pilgrims from around the world flock annually to the cities of Mecca and Medina for the week-long ritual but in 2020, no overseas visitors were allowed. The Saudi Minister of Health, ...

New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI):Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that no decision has been taken by the Central government on the 2021 Hajj pilgrimage yet, ...