On June 17, 1985, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched on NASA's STS-51-G mission, carrying payload specialist Sultan Salman ...

Around half a dozen organisations, from Ram Shyam Charitable Trust to Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, are stationed at BJ Medical ...

Hajj on Horseback took four years of preparation and about seven months of travel over nearly 4,000 miles across about a dozen countries with sometimes treacherous terrain.

While men flock to the much larger Al Aqsa Mosque a hundred yards to the south, this tranquil space is mostly the domain of Muslim women and children. Sireen Karim, a middle-age kindergarten ...

Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converging on Saudi Arabia unite in religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. They fulfill a ...

The final month in the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, started May 28, and many Muslims are observing the first 10 days as others prepare for the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. After the first nine days ...

FILE - Muslim pilgrims gather at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia ...

Here’s a look at the pilgrimage and its significance to Muslims. WHAT IS THE HAJJ? The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and involves a series of religious rituals.

The announcement of the first U.S.-born pope is important for all Americans but resonates especially strongly in Chicago and its larger community, known locally as Chicagoland. Born on the city’s ...

And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice [i.e., a ram].” In remembrance, Muslims perform the act of Qurbani, the ritual slaughtering of livestock such as rams, goats, cows, or camels.