One of the world’s most historic and religious mass gatherings begins Saturday. Millions of Muslims made their Hajj pilgrimage this week to the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Al Jazeera reported. The ...

Hundreds have died in chaotic scenes at the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, as temperatures in the Saudi Arabian desert soared above 50C. More than 550 people have now been confirmed dead after this year’s ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental ...

The annual Muslim pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca that wrapped up last week became a death march for over 1,300 Hajj participants who died in temperatures that climbed above 124 degrees. Saudi ...

Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and more than 2 million Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca each year, including from Connecticut. Khalid and Yasmin Kapadwala made the trek, leaving their ...