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 Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked or rode buses Monday to a giant tented city near Mecca for the climax of the annual hajj that Saudi officials say could break attendance records. After performing the ritual circumambulation of the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca’s Grand Mosque that …

 Vast crowds of robed pilgrims made solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, on Sunday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage in years began in the heat of the Saudi summer. Islam’s holiest site is expected to host more than two m illion worshippers from 160 …

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution met with Iranian officials in charge of conducting and organizing the Hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. During the meeting, Imam Khamenei stressed the importance of viewing Hajj as “a global and civilizational issue.” During the meeting, Imam Khamenei stressed the importance of …

An Iranian Hajj pilgrim who had been detained in Saudi Arabia has been released, Iraq and Oman announced. The foreign ministers of Iraq and Oman held separate telephone conversations with their Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Saturday to announce the release of the Iranian national. Iran had already called for …

By: Usaama al-Azami* As the sacred Hajj season comes to a close for the world’s nearly two billion Muslims, and as the Islamic lunar year of 1443 comes to an end, it is time to take stock of the first post-pandemic international Hajj. This year’s Hajj booking fiasco is yet …

The annual Hajj pilgrimage, held this year with pilgrims from all over the world after a two-year gap because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, is almost over with the faithful expressing gratitude to the Unseen but Omnipresent Creator of the universe at his Symbolic House on Planet Earth in the city …

Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami blasted the enemies for trying to sow the seed of discord among Muslims in a bid to reduce their unity. Addressing a congregation of people at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla (congregational prayers site), Ayatolallah Khatami said, the Sureme Leader’s valuable message …

Martyrdom of the Exemplary Pilgrim on the Eve of Hajj By: Seyyed Ali Shahbaz “The Hajj and the Umrah are two markets for (profits of) the Hereafter. The person who performs the Hajj and the Umrah very often is Allah’s guest; if Allah keeps him alive he remains forgiven, and …

Largest Hajj Since Pandemic Begins   One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest Hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s pillars. Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow some 850,000 Muslims from abroad to make the …

Thousands of Iranian pilgrims have arrived in the holy city of Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage. This once-in-a-lifetime journey requires spiritual as well as physical preparation. It’s an arduous trip and pilgrims usually start exercising prior to traveling to Mecca to enhance their fitness levels. However, what if pilgrims got …