Muslim pilgrims from around the world ascended the Mount Arafat on Tuesday to offer their prayers and supplications on the most significant day of the Hajj pilgrimage. Worshippers crowded the rocky rise and surrounding area from before dawn on Tuesday and when the sun appeared, it revealed vast numbers of ...
Millions of worshippers have reached Mecca — Islam’s holiest city — for the biggest Hajj pilgrimage in years, despite the sweltering Saudi Arabian heat. This year’s Hajj — one of the world’s biggest annual religious gatherings, could break attendance records, Saudi officials said, expecting that the number of pilgrims in ...
