Saudi Gazette reportMAKKAH — The Holy Kaaba will be adorned with a new kiswa (cover) on Muharram 1, 1446. As many as 159 technicians and craftsmen will take part in the annual customary ...

Muslim worshipers pray at the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca, June 23, during the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.

The Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia will be illuminated by the sun directly overhead at 12:18 p.m. local time Friday, coinciding with the call to prayer in a phenomenon that happens only ...

On behalf of King Salman, Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Wednesday handed over the Kaaba Kiswa (black cloth) to the senior caretaker of the Kaab ...

The Kaaba sits at the center of the sacred al-Haram Mosque in Saudi Arabia. It plays an essential role in the rite of the hajj, the pilgrimage that Muslims make to Mecca, which begins today.

Though technically outside the Kaaba’s structure, it is considered a part of it. Pilgrims often pray within this area, which is believed to be the burial place of Prophet Ismail and his mother ...

The Hajj pilgrimage has officially started in Saudi Arabia. Some 2 million pilgrims are making their way from the holy city of Mecca on Monday to a tent camp on its outskirts for a day and night ...

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 ...

Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on July 10, 2022. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption ...

Saudi Gazette reportMAKKAH — The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque adorned the holy Kaaba with a new cover, "Kiswa," as per the annual ...