Umrah, a deeply symbolic pilgrimage in Islam, offers a unique opportunity for spiritual purification and connection with Allah ...

On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world ...

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Jay McGuiness, Jeff Brazier, Daliso Chaponda, Harry Clark, Stef Reid, Helen Lederer and Nelufar Hedayat share their views on ...

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Pilgrimage series is returning to BBC Two and iPlayer next month, featuring seven well-known personalities of differing faiths and beliefs on a spiritual trek through the Austrian and Swiss Alps.

Nepal's longest religious pilgrimage, the Mithila Madhyamiki Parikrama, concluded as thousands of devotees completed the 120 ...

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Behind the obvious global rise in pilgrimage and religious tourism is not just the growing religiosity across societies, but ...

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As part of an effort to deepen its influence in southern Syria, Israel has been seeking stronger ties with the Druse religious minority that holds sway there.