The faith of up to 1.8 billion people, roughly a quarter of the world’s population, dictates each one of them pray five times a day in the direction of a small, cubic building in Saudi Arabia. This ...

“ Here we come, O Allah, here we come! Here we come. No partners do you have. Here we come! Truly the praise and the blessings are yours- the Kingdom too! No partners do you have!” Once you enter ...

As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small, ...

Hajj 2024: Here’s all you need to know about when is Hajj this year - the date of Muslims' pilgrimage to Kaaba at Mecca in Saudi Arabia Muslim worshippers pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine ...

Mumbai: Hajj is the most sacred pilgrimage for Muslims, and they follow the ritual with great respect and faith. A video has surfaced on the internet showing a burqa-clad woman shamelessly dancing in ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, Abdu remembers roller-skating with friends near the Grand Mosque ...

Riyadh: The holy Kiswah which covers the Kaaba will be screened at the Islamic Arts Biennale, 2025 in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. This will be the first time that Kiswah will be shown outside ...

When I raised the question: What do non-Muslims like to know about the pilgrimage to Mecca/Hajj? On my Facebook page, Artist Kelli-Schollard-Sincock shared her questions, which I took to Imam Naeem ...

This week over a million Muslims will make their Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. So many people in a single place always makes for good photographs. Most often in the news we see aerial ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 ...