annual hajj

Saudi Arabia will, this year, limit the annual Hajj pilgrimage to people living inside the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shutting the doors to pilgrims from abroad.

Muslim faithful make the annual hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.

The annual hajj pilgrimage reached its climax on Sunday when the Muslims from across the world swarmed a stoney hill in western Saudi Arabia to pray and recite from the Quran.

From Asia, Africa and points in between, nearly 1.5 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to Islam's holiest sites Saturday.

For the first time in 35 years, Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh won't be delivering his annual hajj sermon on the day of Arafat.

The death toll from a stampede during the annual hajj has risen to 769, the Saudi health minister said on Saturday.

The 37-second video shows pilgrims - performing the fifth pillar in the Islamic faith - running around to save themselves.

Here is the list of names of the Malaysian pilgrims who have been missing in the crane collapse tragedy.

Six Malaysians are reported missing with 10 more injured when a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque yesterday.

The government is to provide immediate aid to the Malaysian pilgrims who were injured after a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in Mecca Friday, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

A massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque in stormy weather on Friday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi authorities said.

Saudi Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabia told reporters late Saturday that authorities had so far detected no cases among the pilgrims.

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