The Islamic New Year, also known as Hijri New Year, commemorates the migration (Hijrah) of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to ...

Here is a look at the hajj, one of the largest mass gatherings in the world, which starts in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for the Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. In the coming ...

The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has supported the state pilgrims with 264,280 riyals (N120 million) ...

Noveem Conde Tabamo with her husband during their Umrah Pilgrimage in Mecca in Ramadan, March 2025. (Photo by Noveem Tabamo) Meanwhile, Neil Panares, 45, from Naga City, Cebu, in a separate interview ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj ...

Supplied Cairo: Saudi Arabia has introduced into the Grand Mosque in Mecca the second artificial ... during the past holy Muslim month of Ramadan. The robot’s design is inspired by Islamic ...

another 40% during Ramadan and the final 40% the following month. Non-Muslims cannot enter or pass through Mecca and portions of Medina, a city in western Saudi Arabia, which are considered sacred.

Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial intelligence to help manage the million-strong sea of pilgrims during the hajj.