A Saudi company plans to purchase ready-to-eat meals worth US$12 million from an Indonesian producer to meet the needs of Hajj pilgrims in 2026, according to ...

KPK revealed that 8,400 pilgrims missed the 2024 hajj due to misallocated Saudi quota. Many had waited more than 14 years for ...

Indonesia forms a new Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to improve services for over 221,000 hajj and 1.5 million umrah pilgrims ...

CSED Indef says that the Danantara's plan to develop Indonesian Hajj Village in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, deserves support.

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 ...

Muslim pilgrims rest after casting stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024.

Muslim pilgrims offer prayers at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Credit: AP/Rafiq Maqbool Shopping in Mecca flourishes during Hajj.

The next step is to journey to Mina, located about 5 miles from Mecca. There, pilgrims camp together and pray, remaining there until sunrise on the second day of hajj. Then they depart for Mount ...

The hajj pilgrimage, which once drew some 2.5 million Muslims from across the globe, is now almost unrecognizable. It is being scaled back for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Muslim pilgrims have started arriving in Mecca for a drastically scaled-down hajj as Saudi authorities balance the importance of one of Islam’s key pillars with ...

Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday, but remained socially distanced and wore masks as the coronavirus takes its toll on the hajj for ...

In Mecca, a crush of Muslims can be seen circling the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, in the early morning. (Rubaina Azhar / Los Angeles Times) By Rubaina Azhar, Los Angeles Times November 5, 2011 ...