At New York’s iconic Rockefeller Centre, the home of NBC’s celebrity magnet Saturday Night Live, Mecca’s Jo Horgan and Hailey ...

FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 ...

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times ...

This past week in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Muslims from all over the world came together to perform rituals, give thanks and prayer, and celebrate as part of one of the most important Muslim traditions of ...

The new Avenue 66 bridge in Mecca was built to improve safety, traffic and better connect the Mecca community. It comes after a couple of years of construction and over a decade of planning efforts.

In “Open Mecca, Crown Prince Mohammed” (Houses of Worship, Aug. 5), Daniel Pipes mentions only “three cases of non-Muslims surreptitiously” entering Mecca. There was a fourth case, but it was with the ...

The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj, concludes on Wednesday. Dramatic aerial photos show more than 2 million Muslims taking part in the pilgrimage from the air. Visit INSIDER's homepage ...