Mecca to accept only ‘immunised’ pilgrims from Ramadan
Worshippers must be vaccinated against Covid or have recovered from the virus, say SaudisCoronavirus – latest updates
September 2015
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Saudi Arabia should apologise for Hajj deaths
Hajj stampede: witnesses blame Saudi officials and police as King Salman orders review
The hajj pilgrimage begins - in pictures
Man circles the Kaaba in Mecca on a 'hoverboard' – video
July 2015
Mecca worshippers stream their stories live on Snapchat
#Mecca Live trends on Twitter with snaps providing insight into Saudi city closed to non-Muslims
May 2015
Architecture and design blog
City in the sky: world's biggest hotel to open in Mecca
A Sinner in Mecca: gay film-maker on 'a hajj of defiance'
November 2014
Mecca: The Sacred City by Ziauddin Sardar review – ‘The pilgrimage is now an adjunct to the retail’
The House of Saud will not like this book, which argues that the holiest site in Islam has become a centre of brash consumerism and architectural folly, writesChristopher de Bellaigue
October 2014
Mecca: The Sacred City review – an important study of one of the great religious sites
Ziauddin Sardar tells the story of Mecca with rare insight and passion, writes William Dalrymple
October 2013
Architecture and design blog
As the Hajj begins, the destruction of Mecca's heritage continues
Pilgrims follow in the footsteps of the prophet Muhammad, but there is little of his legacy left in Islam's holiest city
October 2012
Mecca's mega architecture casts shadow over hajj
Towering over Mecca, this is the world's second-tallest building – and it is just a tiny part of a voracious development that has seen historic sites bulldozed and locals forced into shantytowns. As the hajj begins, Oliver Wainwright reports
November 2010
Hajj rituals test Saudi Arabian authorities
Hajj pilgrims gather at Mecca
Mecca makeover: how the hajj has become big business for Saudi Arabia
The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
September 2010
Eyewitness
Eyewitness: Muslims gather in Mecca to perform Umrah
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series
November 2009
Cif belief
Millions gather at Hajj pilgrimage
Extreme weather – from heavy rainstorms to hot sun – has hit the annual hajj at Mecca, as millions of Muslims head for the holy sites
October 2009
Mecca super-hotel to offer spa, butler and a chocolate room
Luxury developments at holy site raise concerns hajj will become preserve of elite
December 2008
Cif belief
Hajj pilgrimage
More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims arrived for Hajj in the holy city of Mecca last week
