This year’s pilgrimage, attended by more than 1.8 million people, was under tight logistical planning and safety precautions ...

The Dome of the Rock, according to this thinking, was designed to rival the Kaaba, a sanctuary centered on a sacred stone that Muslim pilgrims circle. Others insist that the dome asserted Islam ...

The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has begun. It’s required once in a lifetime by every Muslim who can afford it and ...

STORY: Millennial and Gen Z pilgrims from across the world have embarked on their hajj journeys - perhaps redefining a perception that the religious obligation is for older people.Among them, ...

Temperatures reached a high of 46 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday. Many pilgrims went to Mecca afterwards to circuit the Kaaba, the black, cube-shaped structure in the holy city, ...

Performing the Hajj, is the fifth pillar of Islam. Hajj means the pilgrimage to Mecca; it is compulsory upon all Muslims who ...

The wellspring in Mecca is believed to have flowed for more than 4,000 years and still nourishes pilgrims to this day.

The Zamzam well is beneath the Mataf area, which is the white marble-tiled space surrounding the Kaaba where pilgrims ... a layer of rock and sand that holds water, which is refilled by rainwater ...

Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ... Flintstones-like home built around a 200 million-year-old red rock for sale for $1m ...

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015.

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (which is located ... At the center of the MOSQUE is the Kaaba, a building that is considered Islam's most sacred site.