As the pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the five pillars of Islam, begins this Thursday, July 7 (until July 12), we take a look at this holy site of Islam. The house of God on Earth Kaaba means "the ...

Muslims from around the world descend upon Makkah, where lies the majestic Holy Kaaba, inside the city’s central mosque, Masjid al-Haram. This is the first year since the pandemic began in 2020 ...

A new covering (Kiswa) was installed early Sunday at the holy Kaaba in Makkah on the first day of the Islamic new year (1 Muharram, 1446h) by the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand ...

The Kiswah is a holy cloth that covers the Kaaba, the sacred stone building at the center of the Great Mosque in Makkah (or Mecca), that is considered to be the physical center of Islam and is ...

The ceremony of washing the Kaaba in the holy city of Makkah was carried out on Wednesday — and among those who were present was prominent UAE businessman Yusuffali MA, chairman of LuLu Group. It was ...

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.