“Hassan sweetheart! Come here, it’s your bedtime. Let’s go to sleep,” mum called out to six-year-old Hassan, who was outside playing with his goat. “Mum, please can I stay a few more minutes with the ...

Hajj or pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah is the fifth and final pillar, and the finest institutions of Islam. It is a commemoration of the divine rituals observed by Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) and ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic ...

Muslim pilgrims are wrapping up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, ...

EIDUL AZHA, the culmination of Haj, comprises a number of rituals associated with Prophet Ibrahim, Hazrat Hajira and their son Prophet Ismail. The founding of Makkah, the birthplace of Islam, which ...

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Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia. The ritual marks the final days of Hajj pilgrimage and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims ...