Iranian hajj pilgrims carried out a ritual protest without incident on Thursday as millions of Muslims amassed for the peak of the world's ...
Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, following ...
A day-long downpour fouled the start of the annual hajj on Wednesday, soaking thousands of people as they walked from Mecca to Mina, snarling traffic and stranding buses for hours. Some of the 2.5 million Muslims on the world's largest annual pilgrimage ...
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The payout offer of the Roman Catholic group at the center of an inquiry into child abuse in Ireland drew harsh criticism on Wednesday from a survivors group. The Roman Catholic order of Christian Brothers, once the largest provider ...
The world's largest annual religious pilgrimage began on Wednesday overshadowed by the swine flu pandemic as 2.5 million Muslims amassed at the holy city of Mecca for the hajj. A rare rainstorm and possible banned protests by Iranian pilgrims also threatened to ...
Candles were lit on Wednesday for the 166 people who were killed in last year's militant attacks in Mumbai, with calls for unity to fight and defeat extremism around the world. Local faith leaders and diplomats from some of the countries that ...
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI holds his weekly audience at the Paul VI hall on November 25, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. During the general audience, Benedict XVI reflected on the relationship between faith and reason. (Photo by ...
A pilgrim attending the hajj speaks on a mobile phone amidst heavy rains in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The heaviest rainstorms to hit Islam's annual hajj in years soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling traffic as ...
Rare rainstorms snarl Islam's annual hajj, soaking millions of pilgrims Rare, heavy rainstorms soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling Islam's annual hajj as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top ...
Eighty-seven churches join new conservative Lutheran group over gay clergy Eight-seven churches in total have publicly vowed to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest Lutheran denomination in America with nearly 5 million members, and join the conservative group ...
An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes. This year's hajj is also taking place amid fears of the spread of ...
An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes. All of this year's pilgrims were due in the holy city by the ...
