MENA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - More than two million Muslims performing the haj pilgrimage entered the final stage of the rituals on Wednesday, visiting the Grand Mosque in Mecca and stoning walls ...
It is still treated as an honor to greet Amirsaid Usmankhodjayev when he ambles through Tashkent’s old Zhangokh neighborhood. Usmankhodjayev, 73, is a descendant of venerated saints buried in the city ...