Hajj

Huda Omari sat outside a broker’s office in Jordan for two days, waiting for her visa to make the annual hajj, or pilgrimage, to Saudi Arabia. In Egypt, Magda Moussa’s …

At large events all over the world, the scenes of extreme heat stress are starting to look familiar. Older men, shirts undone, lying down with their eyes closed. Aid tents …

At least 1,300 people died during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca this year. It was unclear whether the death toll was higher than usual, as each year pilgrims die …

The deaths of more than a thousand pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the hajj have put a spotlight on an underworld of illicit tour operators, smugglers and swindlers who profit …

During the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, one of the most important events on the Muslim calendar, at least 450 people died under a scorching sun as they prayed …

NewsFeed Thousands of Muslims have been performing their final rites on the last day of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Published On 18 Jun 202418 Jun 2024 Source …

Muslims from around the world have converged on a sacred hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the holiest day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The ritual at Mount Arafat, …

NewsFeed Around two million Muslims will be undertaking a once-in-a-lifetime obligation this week with the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Al Jazeera’s Alma Milisic explains the key steps and stages …

NewsFeed Mahmoud and Fatima Jarghoun, a Palestinian couple from Gaza, have been applying for about 18 years to perform the hajj pilgrimage. Their names are finally on the list, but …