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 ...

Following the U.N. commission's report of genocide in Gaza, and intensified global condemnation, Netanyahu brought up ...

The Kiswa is replaced once a year on the 9th day of the month of Dul Hijjah after the pilgrims go to Mount Arafat. On behalf of King Salman, Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Wednesday handed ...

ALBAWABA - There was a lot of controversy recently when video footage of pilgrims circling around a copy of the Kaaba in Nigeria rather than Saudi Arabia surfaced. Some viewed this as a slight to the ...

Riyadh: The Kaaba, located in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is a highly sacred place for Muslims around the world. Muslims going for Hajj feel fortunate just to see the Kaaba and touch its wall.

Prophet Mohammed has said that “demolishing the Kaaba completely is much easier upon Allah Almighty than shedding a single drop of blood of a true Believer." You must understand that The Kaaba, is a ...

The structure that stands high in the middle of Makkah's Masjid Al-Haram is the Holy Kaaba -- the most sacred site in Islam. Considered the 'House of Allah', Muslims the world over turn towards it ...

An aerial view taken on March 5, 2020 shows the white-tiled area surrounding the Kaaba, inside Makkah´s Grand Mosque, empty of worshippers. Saudi Arabia today emptied Islam´s holiest site for ...

Saudi Arabia’s controversial crown prince drew condemnation from critics on Tuesday after walking on the roof of the Kaaba, the cube-shaped building that stands on the holiest site in Islam. Mohammed ...

Astronomical alignment offers Muslim worshippers unique view, provides scientists chance to test accuracy of celestial models - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The cost of renovating and installing the door of the Kaaba and the Tobah door inside the Kaaba is estimated at SR13.4 million ($3.6 million) as stated by a General Presidency of the Affairs of the ...