Barbers of Mecca and why pilgrims shave their head as Hajj nears its end

The sun is searing at noon as pilgrims complete their final major rite of the Hajj pilgrimage by the symbolic stoning of the devil in Jamaraat. ...

Qatar arrests Hajj pilgrim Hamad al-Marri, holds him incommunicado

Qatar has reportedly arrested a pilgrim upon his return from Saudi Arabia after performing this year’s Hajj as a guest of the Custodian of the ...

Over a million women pilgrims perform the Hajj this year

A total of 1,334,080 men and 1,018,042 women have performed Hajj this year, according to the latest statistical report by the General Authority for ...

How Qatar staged an assault: Video shaming Hajj pilgrim who praised Saudi Arabia

A video purporting to show a Qatari pilgrim being beaten and insulted by alleged Saudis turned out to be a staged social media campaign organized by ...

Hajj correspondent’s note: Covering the story of 2 million people

Mecca, Saudi Arabia – Five days. 31,569 transport vehicles to help pilgrims navigate the holy sites. 51701 government employees deployed across ...

The affectionate Hajj image that warmed the hearts of millions

A Saudi photographer did not imagine how popular one of his images would get when he took an eagle-eye snap in Makkah, near the Holy Kaaba. The image, ...

Over 2 million pilgrims head home as Hajj officially ends today

Over two million pilgrims on Sunday entered their second Tashreeq day during which they continued throwing stones at the devil for the second day and ...

Mecca Governor: We serve pilgrims irrespective of regional conflicts

Prince Khalid al-Faisal, governor of Mecca and head of the Saudi pilgrimage committee, said that the Kingdom has logged record numbers in the ...

How Saudi Arabia’s boy scouts help serve this year’s Hajj pilgrims

Mecca, Saudi Arabia – While the media’s attention is typically focused on older and experienced soldiers serving this year’s Hajj ...

Mina view from a drone

WATCH: Bangladeshis swarm trains for Eid al-Adha

Iranian pilgrims say they are satisfied

Iranian pilgrims returned to haj this year for the first time since a deadly crush in 2015, in what could be an important confidence-building measure ...

2.3 mln pilgrims continue rituals on the second day of ‘Tashreeq’ in Mina

Muslim pilgrims at Hajj continue to perform the symbolic “stoning of the devil” ritual on Sunday. On the second day of Al-Tashreeq, around ...

King Salman: Saudi the heart of Muslim world, strives to achieve unity

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud held at the Royal Court at Mina Palace the annual reception for heads of state ...

WATCH: Muslim pilgrims symbolically stone the devil in day two of Hajj rite

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims arrived at the stoning of the devil ritual on Saturday for the second day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims ...

King Salman: Securing pilgrims’ safety and comfort is a source of pride to us

King Salman congratulated the Muslim nation on Eid al-Adha, on Friday, saying: "My congratulations to you and to the pilgrims on this blessed Eid ...

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha as Hajj draws to a close

Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, one of the two most important festivals of the Islamic calendar. Marking the ...

VIDEO: Muslim pilgrims in Muzdalifa prepare for Hajj’s final stages

The General Statistics Authority announced a total of more than two million three hundred and fifty-two thousand pilgrims (2,352,122) are performing ...

WATCH: Night aerial footages from Mecca

PHOTOS: Hajj travel through the centuries

 The convoys of the pilgrims to Mecca have been traveling since Hajj was set as the fifth pillar of Islam for Muslims. Along the ancient ...

WATCH: How Saudi Arabia solved the problem of rising temperatures in Hajj

Mecca Region Development Authority implemented a new project to cool the atmosphere at the Jamarat zone as part of the first phase launched in the ...

Syrian boy who screamed ‘daddy pick me up!’ after losing legs performs Hajj

Abdel Baset al-Satouf, the Syrian child whose video pleading for help and calling on his dad to pick him up after he lost both legs in a raid in ...

IN PICTURES: Hajj pilgrims symbolically ‘stone devil’ in last major ritual

Pilgrims began heading back to Mina and the Grand Mosque to perform further rites and rituals on the third day of their Hajj pilgrimage and first day ...

VIDEO: Young boy helps pilgrims at Hajj with simple act of kindness

This video is proof that a simple act of kindness can go a long way. A young boy offered a helping hand at Hajj, which more than 2 million pilgrims ...

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman greets Muslims on occasion of Eid al-Adha

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz greeted the Muslim nation for Eid al-Adha via Twitter and voiced his joy that the Saudi kingdom can serve God’s ...

On the plains of Arafat, pilgrims have just one wish: Unity

Nothing prepared me for the sights of a million people congregating at Jabal Rahma on the day of Arafat.Covering the Hajj for the past five years as a ...

IN PICTURES: Two million pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for key Hajj rite

Around two million pilgrims in Mina are gatheromh at Mount Arafat following in the footsteps of noble Prophet Mohamed to perform one of the key ...

WATCH: Changing the Kaaba's Kiswa on Arafat Day

Arafat Day during the Hajj pilgrimage sees an important event take place at the Kaaba: the changing of the Kiswa (cover) ceremony.The event takes ...