Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a religious ...

Muslims from around the world travel to participate in the Hajj each year, an annual sacred pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The big picture: The deeply spiritual journey, which ...

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 ...