As per a report by ANI news agency, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju announced that the Union Government will ...

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture has begun preparing for the 2026 Hajj organization by emphasizing ...

As preparations for the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage gather momentum, the Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam Salihu Abubakar, has issued a strong warning to intending ...

Although the hajj pilgrimage was not yet officially underway, the crowds were so thick that we could not even enter the Grand Mosque. RELATED: Video: The House of Allah.

The Lagos State Muslim Welfare Board has organized a special prayer and thanksgiving session for the successful completion of the 2025 Hajj operations.The special event, held on Monday, July 21, 2025, ...

As the fifth pillar of Islam, which has an estimated 1.8 billion adherents worldwide, hajj is considered a mandatory religious duty for Muslims, according to Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya.

This year’s hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after three years when the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest rites.

The Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, is one of the world's largest religious gatherings. More than 1.83 million Muslims performed the Hajj in 2024, ...

The annual hajj that brings more than 2 million pilgrims to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca has been drastically scaled back this year due to the pandemic, but virtual software developers are hoping to let ...

“Hajj in 2020 is a truly exceptional pilgrimage by all measures,” Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Muhammad Saleh bin Taher Benten said, according to a statement by the kingdom’s media ministry.

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 ...

The hajj has been the scene of several catastrophes over the years, including a stampede in 2015 that killed more than 2,200 people. In recent years, with rising temperatures, ...