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'The Hajj is not Mecca': Why prayers at Mount Arafat are the spiritual peak of Islamic pilgrimage
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThey came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky hill called Mount Arafat....
Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, takes place this week
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoThe pilgrimage draws Muslims from around the world to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. MECCA, Saudi Arabia...
From caravans to markets, the hajj pilgrimage has always included a commercial component
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA view of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca...
Big Zuu Goes to Mecca, review: the travelogue trumps the personal journey
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe question that hovers over any celebrity travelogue, no matter the celebrity or the destination,...
Technology remains at the heart of the hajj
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIranian pilgrims pose for a selfie during the hajj pilgrimage in 2022. AP Photo/Amr NabilThe hajj – the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia,...
Women can now undertake Islamic pilgrimages without a male guardian in Saudi Arabia, but that...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSaudi Arabia has changed its decadeslong rule that mandated single women be accompanied by a male...
Hajj fraud warning given to UK Muslims from MPs and police ahead of 2024 pilgrimage
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMuslims planning Hajj trips are often targeted by fraudsters when trying to organise the costly trip...
Through personal ups and downs, they've waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThis year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting three-year period when...
Faith: Children, like religious pilgrimage, open our eyes
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt is late spring, and the school year is coming to a close. The routines that surround so many of...
Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolice in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into...