Jul 30 Pilgrims pray on peak day of hajj in shadow of coronavirus By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Masked pilgrims arrived Thursday at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam's holiest site, to pray and repent on the most important day of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Continue reading
Sep 11 Millions of Muslims meet in Mecca for hajj pilgrimage By Michael D. Regan More than a million Muslims on Sunday ascended the craggy hills of Mount Arafat outside the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca during the peak of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Continue reading
Oct 09 Death toll during recent hajj pilgrimage worst on record By Joshua Barajas A new tally raised the death toll of the stampede last month near Mecca, Saudi Arabia to at least 1,453 people, making it the deadliest disaster in the history of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Saudi officials blame pilgrims for deadly stampede By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Saudi authorities launched an investigation into the deadly stampede among hajj pilgrims near Mecca, but officials also blamed the crowd as well as the will of god. Also Sepp Blatter, head of soccer’s world body… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 6:19 Survivors question how Hajj stampede spiraled out of control By PBS News Hour More than 700 people have died in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage just outside Mecca. The disaster has raised fresh questions about Saudi Arabia’s management of the annual migration, in the wake of another deadly accident at the… Continue watching