Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on November 30, 2009. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images) This Friday marks the beginning of the annual Hajj ...

Hajj begins 10 to 12 days earlier each year. The infographic below shows when Hajj is expected to take place over the next 31 years. Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, is celebrated on the ...

In this highly original and comprehensive study, he reveals how the hajj pilgrimage significantly transformed Muslim political culture and colonial attitudes towards it, creating new ideas of religion ...

The pre-registration for the Hajj pilgrimage for next year will start on the first day of September. In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Religious Affairs said the registration will begin on ...

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The US State Department said multiple US citizens died during the Hajj pilgrimage but did not provide a number. “We can ...

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that preliminary registration for Hajj 2025 will begin on September 1 and continue until November 30. The registration process, open to both public and ...

Tariq (right) says his 77-year-old mother Effendiya (left) "couldn’t take the baking heat" Hundreds of people are thought to have died amid soaring temperatures at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi ...

The primary registration for the 2025 hajj will begin from September 1 and continue till November 30 through both public and private channels, the religious affairs ministry said today.

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has denied claims that over 600 Nigerian pilgrims remained in Saudi Arabia after performing lesser Hajj in the country. Former Kaduna Central senator ...

Also present were the TH group managing director and chief executive officer Syed Hamadah Syed Othman, and Hajj executive director Datuk Seri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman. Mohd Na'im in a statement ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered a multi-million-dollar fraud allegedly perpetrated by top officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).