What Hajj 2014, “the Year of the Selfie,” represents is the democratization of the sacred. In traditional religion, unique places like the black stone Kaaba or the Dome of the Rock in ...

American civil rights activist Malcolm X made the pilgrimage in 1964. He wrote about the way that Hajj had demonstrated a unity he had not thought was possible in his autobiography, published in ...

Chinese Muslims embarking on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia are being outfitted with GPS trackers in what experts are warning is likely part of China's widespread surveillance program ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For some, the stoning of the devil ritual at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia marks a solemn moment, a complete submission to God. For others, it represents a victory over evil.

Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year on Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that is one of the pillars of Islam ...

The hajj includes a number of physically demanding rites. It traditionally begins in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with a smaller pilgrimage called the "umrah", which can be performed year-round.

The specific steps of Hajj are the same as the ones carried out by the Prophet Mohammad in 632 A.D. in what is known as his “farewell pilgrimage.” But the Kaaba was a sacred site before Islam.

Religion New Hajj booking process frustrates many foreign pilgrims. After postponing their trip for three years, many American Muslims expected a return to normalcy for this year’s Hajj, but a ...

A pilgrim offer prayers after she cast stones at a pillar in the symbolic stoning of the devil, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June ...

History bears out these concerns: Between 1990 and 2006, thousands died in hajj-related stampedes: In 1990, 1,426 pilgrims, mostly from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Pakistan, died during a single ...

What Hajj 2014, “the Year of the Selfie,” represents is the democratization of the sacred. In traditional religion, unique places like the black stone Kaaba or the Dome of the Rock in ...