In this thought-provoking episode, Kings and Generals explores the controversial theory that Islam may not have originated in ...

From a few thousand people traveling by camel in the 7th century to three million a year today: The Hajj – the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca – is an epic journey.

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA — ... prompt some to complain that the kingdom’s religious austerity and oil-stoked capitalism are robbing this city of its history. Advertisement “To me, Mecca is not a ...

Muslims believe that the steps of the Hajj correlate to the story of Hagar, the second wife of Abraham whom he married after Sarah was childless ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, ... they come to a city undergoing the biggest transformation in its history. (AP Photo, File) Uncredited/STR.