Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year on Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj ...

Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, in addition to the profession ... Women also forgo makeup, nail polish and perfume to draw closer to God. Scholars say the intention is to discard ...

(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File) FILE - A pilgrim offer prayers after she cast stones at a pillar in the symbolic stoning of the devil, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near the holy city ...