The annual Islamic pilgrimage known as Hajj will gather a million and a half people or more from around the globe in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia this year. While praying at the Grand Mosque, all ...

One of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar is Eid al-Adha ('Festival of Sacrifice.') Also known as the Greater Eid, the day comes at the end of Hajj, the annual religious pilgrimage to ...

Approximately two million Muslims have come together in Makkah to perform the holy pilgrimage of Hajj, a religious journey Muslims revere for a life time. Amidst crisis struck nations, mired in chaos, ...

Vanguard with some select journalists engaged the chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Barr. Abdullah Mukhtar Muhammad, in a chat in his Makkah office, on the entire hajj ...

More than 2.35 million pilgrims have completed Hajj this year, fulfilling their religious duty in peace and unity at the holiest city in Islam, Makkah. Saudi Arabia welcomed the world to the five-day ...

The 2017 Hajj like other previous Hajj has despite the effort and determination of the Saudi government to provide modern and improved facilities during the Hajj, fell short of expectations as some ...

With their palms facing the sky in supplication, and many with tears in their eyes, around two million people from around the world have gathered in an effort to start anew, erase past sins and beg ...

Sheikh Ibrahim Coffie Quaye, the Chairman of the 2017 Hajj Board, has described allegations levelled against him by some aggrieved members of the Hajj Board as nothing but frivolous and lies aimed at ...

Two million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat on Thursday for a vigil to atone for their sins, then descended to Muzdalifa to prepare for the final stages of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Two million ...

Time is running out for some 15,000 hajj pilgrims who are yet to receive their visas. Although the religious ministry has given a 48-hour ultimatum (that runs out today) to 16 agencies to complete the ...