Muslim pilgrims shop in the holy city of Mecca -- part of a resurgence in business that has cheered local merchants - Copyright AFP - Muslim pilgrims shop in the holy ...

Security forces in Mecca are cracking down on people trying to make a pilgrimage without a permit, as the Islamic holy city prepares to host hundreds of thousands of Muslim worshippers. Ahead of the ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — 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 monumental ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — In sweltering ...

At least 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries' responses ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims ...