The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Wednesday with well over one million Muslims from around the world expected to take part. All Muslims are expected to ...
Saudis deserve credit for last month’s less fatal pilgrimage. (For previous articles in this series, see here and here.) Journalists have become used to reporting annual disasters at the hajj, the ...
The Kaaba is a large black cubic structure at the centre of Mecca's Grand Mosque towards which Muslims turn to pray wherever they are in the world — FETHI BELAID The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the ...