Amid sweltering temperatures in Saudi Arabia, concerns are mounting about the welfare of pilgrims flocking to Mecca this week to perform the annual Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam. More than ...

The Hajj occurs once a year during the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja, the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar year. This year, Hajj will take place this month. Once a year, Muslim ...

The Hajj is a journey of sacrifice that able Muslims are required to take once in their life. But as temperatures around Mecca this past week soared above 115 degrees, people collapsed, hundreds died ...

At least 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage as temperatures soared as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Saudi Arabian authorities said that many precautions were taken ahead of the ...

At least 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries' responses ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...