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As Muslims around the world celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday, pilgrims gathered on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca to cast stones at three walls representing the devil.

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims clambered up rocks and nestled between boulders on Thursday as they embarked on a day of worship under a scorching sun at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Millions of Muslims have gathered in Mecca, marking the beginning of the five-day Hajj pilgrimage —the world's largest annual religious gathering. It is year 1446 in the Islamic calendar ...

Hajj 2025: How Saudi Arabia harnesses AI to transform pilgrim experience in 35 languages Hajj 2025: This year, the Arafat sermon will be translated and transmitted live in real time into 35 ...

“Since the Hajj has become 'high-tech,' the fundamental spirituality of the pilgrim's experience is arguably being transformed into something more akin to a ‘cyber experience’,” the UK researchers ...

More than a million pilgrims joined Islam’s most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the annual Hajj pilgrimage kicked off in Saudi ...

What is Hajj and why is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca important to Muslims? Faithfuls attending this year's Hajj will have to contend with excess heat, a ban on children under the age of 12 and ...

What is Hajj and why is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca important to Muslims? Faithfuls attending this year's Hajj will have to contend with excess heat, a ban on children under the age of 12 and ...

Who gets permission to go to the hajj? In 1987, Saudi Arabia introduced a quota system for hajj permits for each Muslim-majority country, typically based on population size.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for the Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. In the coming days, people will immerse themselves in religious ...