The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, a sacred journey to Mecca that every Muslim is called to complete at least once. But what exactly happens on this pilgrimage?

Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar ...

Saudi Arabia’s status as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina means grand mufti’s pronouncements closely watched.

Five Muslim women embark on a life-changing journey to Mecca in "Pilgrimage," Golden Thread Productions' latest world ...

Following the narrative of Islam’s journey from tribal origins to world religion, scholar John Tolan offers those new to the study of the faith a firm foundation in its rich past and current status in ...

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) stands as one of the most influential figures in the history of modern India and a pioneering ...

For nearly 30 years, Redding has been an ordained minister in the Episcopal Church. Her priesthood ended Wednesday when she was defrocked. The reason? For the past three years Redding has been both a ...

The project joins a list of major developments intended to transform the economy of the world’s biggest oil exporter ...

The Holy See’s library includes millions of theologically significant texts from the Catholic Church and other religions.

On the left side of the ground-floor gallery at the Upper East Side’s Grolier Club — an institution that bills itself as “America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles” — ...

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday launched a development next to Mecca's Grand Mosque that will ...

Here are just five of the (many) ways that women have powered the global economy from the Stone Age to the present day.