Muslim pilgrims complete annual journey to Mecca
Via AP Around midday, the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest shrine, was packed with pilgrims performing the Tawaf al-Widaa, or the “farewell circling” of the Kaaba — walking seven times around the cubical structure while praying and reading the Quran, Islam’s [...]
Hajj makes Muslims more tolerant, study suggests
Observing hajj to Mecca for Muslims tends to make them more religiously observant and also more tolerant a huge study of Pakistani pilgrims suggests: Muslims who undertake the hajj “return with more positive views towards people from other countries,” are [...]
Muslim hajj pilgrimage culminates on Mt. Arafat
Muslim hajj pilgrimage culminates on Mt. Arafat: MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) Creating a sea of white robes, nearly 3 million Muslims converged on a rocky desert hill outside Mecca on Sunday to perform the ritual of forgiveness marking the [...]
