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 ...

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA — These days it’s easier to find a Cinnabon in Mecca than the house where the prophet Muhammad was born. The ancient sites in Islam’s holiest city are under attack from both money ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. Earlier this ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. In the coming ...

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 ...