Here’s what to know about this year’s Hajj: Beating the heat in the Saudi desert. Last year’s pilgrims struggled through burning sun and suffocating hot weather, with the mercury hitting 47 ...

Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for this year's Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. In the coming days, people will immerse themselves in religious ...

Although the Hajj is at least a once-in-a-lifetime obligation — for every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it — people don’t want to wait a lifetime to fulfill it.

The price of a Hajj ranges from $4,000 to $20,000, depending on the length of stay, level of comfort, and country of departure. Depreciating currencies, high inflation, and tax hikes in Saudi ...

Muslim pilgrims prepare to enter the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

Farid Ahmed Majumder, secretary general of the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh, said the country was allowed to send some 127,000 pilgrims this year but failed to meet this quota, mainly ...

Pakistan has reduced the price of the state-run Hajj program. It has also debuted a flexible payment system. Farmer and small business owner Zaheer Ahmad said he didn’t have enough money to pay ...

A Muslim pilgrim reads a copy of Islam's holy book Quran at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.