Mecca, Saudi Arabia Travel News

There are few things in this life that can make you to cry like a baby. For Sadaf Syed, it was the first time she laid eyes on the Kaaba, the cornerstone of her Muslim faith.

It was that time of the year again when the faithful set out on a journey of faith chanting: Labbaika, Allahuma, Labbaika Consumed with a burning desire to see the two holiest shrines of their world, the Baitul Muqaddas, the Holiest of Homes, in Medina, and the Haram Sharif at Mecca, Muslims from across the globe embark upon a journey of faith to ...

Pilgrims from over 160 countries, including nearly 20,000 Americans, have gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual performance of the Hajj.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca after morning prayers.

An estimated three million Muslims have traveled to Mecca to perform the Hajj. This year, 12,000 American Muslims are performing this particular pillar of Islam.

Thousands of Kenyan pilgrims will on Thursday join three million others from around the world for the climax of the hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

For the pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, their spiritually and physically taxing journey is under way, having reached the tent-city of Mina.

In two weeks' time, more than 3m Muslims will descend on Mecca for Hajj, the annual festival and fifth and final pillar of Islam.

''This systematic destruction of Muslim history constitutes a crime against Islamic civilization for which these rulers must be called to account.'' Mohammed Khaku I n November, millions of Muslims will travel to the holiest sanctuary, Kaaba, in the heart of the blessed city of Mecca , reciting ''Labbayk Allahumma, labbayk'' . The pilgrims from ...

The Saudi government is building a $1.8 billion monorail system to ferry pilgrims among the holy sites of Mecca, Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah.

A trial in which British and French embassy staff stand accused of being part of a Western plot to overthrow the government is seen as an effort to portray widespread unrest as a result of foreign agitation.

A trial in which British and French embassy staff stand accused of being part of a Western plot to overthrow the government is seen as an effort to portray widespread unrest as a result of foreign agitation.

A trial in which British and French embassy staff stand accused of being part of a Western plot to overthrow the government is seen as an effort to portray widespread unrest as a result of foreign agitation.

A trial in which British and French embassy staff stand accused of being part of a Western plot to overthrow the government is seen as an effort to portray widespread unrest as a result of foreign agitation.

A trial in which British and French embassy staff stand accused of being part of a Western plot to overthrow the government is seen as an effort to portray widespread unrest as a result of foreign agitation.

Hotel bookings in Mecca way down Muslim pilgrims surround the Kaaba while performing Friday prayer inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca December 14, 2007.

The luxury travel business has tapped a new market: the pilgrimage to Mecca. Before air transport, the journey to the holy shrine was associated with peril and privations.

The hajj might be canceled due to fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus. While the World Health Organization discusses whether to increase precautions over the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, the illness has led to another discussion for Muslims: The hajj, the pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca, might be canceled this year due to ...