Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converge in Saudi Arabia, uniting in religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj. While...

Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, making it a mandatory religious duty for all adult Muslims able to perform the pilgrimage - later this month over 2.5 million pilgrims…

RIYADH: If Hajj were not a mandatory pillar of Islam, would Muslims still go through the trouble of performing it, year after year? The unfaithful might say no, why bother? But…

The beginning of another pilgrimage is a reassuring sign that despite the ups and downs of life, deeper traditions and values endure

The annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, has begun