At the center is the Ka'aba, which the Koran says was built by Abraham and Ishmael. Muslims consider it the "House of God" on Earth. On the final night of the Hajj, pilgrims make the ritual known ...

Hajj entails a lot of walking; we’re talking about if you don’t have a bus, and you’re talking about miles. You know, on the first day after, you do seven times around the Kaaba, which is ...

counter-clockwise procession around the cube-shaped Kaaba building, and the symbolic stoning of evil. The Hajj is a source of ...

Access to Mecca to be restricted from April 29 to June 11 for Omani citizens An aerial view shows Mecca's Grand Mosque with the Kaaba ... during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. AFP Dubai: Oman ...