Hajj

Nearly 1M Muslims complete Hajj pilgrimage

Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha holiday

Saudi Arabia welcomes 1st foreign hajj pilgrims since pandemic

Saudi Arabia increases Hajj quota to 1 million in 2022

1.7 million Muslims in Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage

Rituals of the hajj

Two million pilgrims converge on Mecca for the hajj

31 Muslim pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Indonesia says Saudi Arabia increased its Hajj quota

Muslim pilgrims flock to Medina after performing Hajj

Turkish relgious leader says Eid a time of happiness

1.8 million Muslims took place in hajj this year

Saudi king rejects mixing hajj with politics

At hajj, Syrian pilgrims talk of exile and war

Hajj at high point a year after deadly stampede

The Hajj in numbers

The Hajj hosts millions of people and in doing so requires a dedicated amount of workers bringing together thousands of people to make the Hajj safe and easy for pilgrims

Humans of Hajj is bringing stories of pilgrims in Mecca

Some of the stories shared by pilgrims and people who work in Makkah. We’ve selected a few posts that touched our hearts.

Hezbollah bans members from Hajj this year

Sierra Leone Muslims make first Hajj after Ebola

Riyadh accuses Tehran of 'politicizing' Hajj pilgrimage

Indonesia wants unused Hajj quotas offered around

Minister of Religious Affairs asks for quota to be proportionality revised, unused quotas to be offered to other countries

Khamenei calls on Muslims to reconsider Saudi holy sites

"Because of Saudi rulers' oppressive behaviour towards God's guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management of the two holy places and the issue of hajj," Khamenei said in a statement published on his website, referring to Mecca and Medina.