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 ...

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 ...

The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored ... holy sites long before last year's deaths. Near the Kaaba, the black cubic structure in the Grand Mosque ...