Incidents during the Hajj

Crowd crush incident

disaster which occurred on 11 September 2015

extreme heat event in Mecca during Hajj 2024

One of several 19th century epidemics

Crowd crush incident

July 1987 clash between Shia pilgrims and Saudi Arabian security forces during the Islamic Hajj season

The Ganj-i-Sawai (Persian/Hindustani: Ganj-i-Sawai, in English "Exceeding Treasure", often anglicized as Gunsway) was an armed ship belonging to the Mughals. During Aurangzeb's reign, it was captured on 7 September 1695 by the English pirate Henry Every en route from present-day Mocha, Yemen to Surat, India. It was built on the order of Empress Mariam-uz-Zamani, great-grandmother of Aurengzeb, after the capture of her ship named Rahimi.

MosqueMeToo is a Muslim women's movement where female pilgrims speak up about sexual abuse, such as being groped, inappropriately touched or having someone rub against them in the crowd, experienced on the Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to one of Islam's holiest places, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The movement spread to Muslim women sharing sexual abuse experiences at other Muslim religious centers and holy places across the world such as at Jama Masjid, New Delhi, India. The usage of the 'Me Too' in the movement stems from the Me Too movement, which gained worldwide prominence in October 2017, and is

Religious pilgrimage incident

Qarmatian sack of Mecca

crowd crush in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Crush resulting in 363 deaths

924 raid

fire incident in Mecca,Saudi Arabia (1997)

1998 tragedy in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

1757 raid and massacre

Fatal injuries during Islamic pilgrimage