Nearly 2.5 million Muslim hajj pilgrims converged on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia Saturday marshalled by tens of thousands of stewards in a bid to prevent any repetition of previous years’ deadly ...

This year is the first time that Saudi Arabia has chosen to go ahead with the annual Hajj pilgrimage while it is also in the middle of a war that has seen direct strikes on Saudi territory. The Hajj ...

Moving nearly three million pilgrims through Mecca in five days requires one of the most complex logistics systems on Earth. Metro lines, crowd-control technology, tent cities, and urban planning turn ...

Despite a mosaic of languages and cultures, over 1.5 million pilgrims are performing Hajj rituals in remarkable harmony, united by a common spiritual journey. Language barriers are dissolving, thanks ...