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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Of the hundreds of thousands of Muslims arriving in Mecca this week for the annual hajj pilgrimage, perhaps none had a more arduous journey than Adam Mohammed, a ...

The Head Imam at Woking's Shah Jahan Mosque spoke to SurreyLive during Eid al-Adha about how the festival - and in particular the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca - brings an important message to ...

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 ...

As airlift of pilgrims begin on Monday to the holy land, the Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has said priority would be given to the 1,900 intending pilgrims from 2020/2021 whose payments had ...