For the first time since 2019, Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, is going ahead without any restrictions on attendance numbers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both 2020 and 2021 had caps on the ...

This article is not new. It was published in this column during Hajj period last year. It is being repeated here today with some alterations in response to readers’ popular demand. Here it goes: Hajj ...

This is another season of Hajj. This season comes up in the month of Dhul Hijjah every year to accentuate the divine authority that brought it to mankind. The word Hajj means aspiration towards a ...

Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on November 30, 2009. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images) This Friday marks the beginning of the annual Hajj ...