Muslim women are using #MosqueMeToo to share their experiences of sexual harassment during the Hajj pilgrimage and other religious settings. Egyptian-American feminist and journalist Mona Eltahawy ...

About 1 in 4 people in the world—1.9 billion people—are Muslim. There are 49 countries where Muslims are the majority, and ...

Millions of Muslims from all around the world are gathering in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform Hajj - the Muslim pilgrimage .It takes place only once a year, in the 12th and final month of the ...

Eleven-year-old Sara is planning to go to Mecca on the holy pilgrimage called Hajj one day. All Muslims must try to visit this holy city in Saudi Arabia at least once in their lifetime.

Once a year, Muslim pilgrims flowing into Saudi Arabia unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. As they fulfill a religious ...

Nigeria has suspended all Hajj flights to ... deported more than 170 women who had arrived without a male escort. About 1,000 Nigerian women intending to make the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A Muslim woman was forced to remove her hijab for a booking photo at a Tennessee jail, where an intake officer promised that the mugshot wouldn’t be made public — then ...

Being one of the 3.7 million Muslims who make the Hajj each year requires a great deal of advance planning and luck: not just anyone can fly into Saudi Arabia and make their way to Mecca to ...

Everyone taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage is treated as an equal and there is a great sense of unity. The pilgrimage shows self-discipline and fulfils a religious duty, bringing Muslims closer ...