Hajj Pilgrimage

Applications for next year's Hajj will be accepted online from 10 October, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said this after chairing a review meeting organised on the completion of Hajj 2019 where he took stock of the preparations for next year's pilgrimage

Ahead of Bakri Eid, AIMPLB member exhorts Muslims to sacrifice only those animals permitted by government

Imam Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, member of AIMPLB has requested Muslims to sacrifice animals, whose slaughter is permitted by government. 'Animal sacrifice must not be done on roads', he said.

First batch of Hajj pilgrims from Srinagar leaves for Saudi Arabia; around 11,700 men and women to undertake Mecca pilgrimage this year

The first batch of 11,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday to perform this year's Hajj pilgrimage. The passengers will first go to Delhi and afterwards will board the direct flight to Jeddah. The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims.

To Mecca: Millions of Hajj pilgrims make annual journey to the holy city

It is believed that every able-bodied Muslim who has the means should perform the Hajj at least once in their lifetime under a quota system

Over 2 million Muslims from all over the world begin annual hajj pilgrimage on Sunday

Over 2 million Muslims from Saudi Arabia and other parts of the world began their annual hajj pilgrimage on Sunday

Saudi forces capture Islamic State militant after gunfight in Al-Bukhariya city days before kingdom hosts annual hajj pilgrimage

Saudi forces captured an Islamic State militant in the city of Al-Bukhariya three days before the kingdom hosts the annual Hajj pilgrimage

Gulf diplomatic crisis: Saudi Arabia to reopen border with Qatar to allow hajj

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has ordered that the border with Qatar be reopened to allow pilgrims to carry out their annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca

Kashmir pilgrims begin their Hajj pilgrimage

The hajj pilgrimage, which is among the five pillars of Islam, attracts around three million Muslims worldwide each year.

In less than 100 years, Persian Gulf could be fatally hot for humans

Global warming could create peaks of humid heat in the Persian Gulf beyond human tolerance by century's end, according to a study published Monday

Death toll of Indians in the Hajj stampede rises to 114, 10 missing

The death toll of Indians in the Hajj stampede has risen to 114 even as 10 nationals still remain missing after the last month's horrific tragedy, one of the worst to hit the annual pilgrimage.