Hundreds of thousands of white-robed pilgrims gathered on Wednesday for the “stoning of the devil” symbolic Hajj ritual in Saudi Arabia as Islam’s pilgrimage draws to a close. From dawn, hundreds of thousands of worshippers began pelting pebbles at three concrete monoliths representing Satan, the last major ritual of an ...
Muslim pilgrims from around the world ascended the Mount Arafat on Tuesday to offer their prayers and supplications on the most significant day of the Hajj pilgrimage. Worshippers crowded the rocky rise and surrounding area from before dawn on Tuesday and when the sun appeared, it revealed vast numbers of ...
