Saudi Arabia has confirmed that children will not be allowed at Hajj this year. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said the move ...

Reuters news agency noticed at least one surprising shift in rhetoric: The sermon by Abdulrahman al-Sudais, imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, broadcast on Saudi state television on Sept.

Thousands of worshippers entered the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca in batches to perform the ritual of circling the sacred Kaaba, a cubic structure towards which Muslims around the world ...

Cairo: The Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest place in Mecca, has 11 main and backup sources of electricity supply, and there has been no need to use any of the external backup stations over the past ...

Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on allowed to invest in Saudi-listed companies that own property in Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest cities.

An aerial view shows Mecca's Grand Mosque with the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the center on June 17, 2024, during the annual hajj pilgrimage. — AFP Pakistan has signed an annual agreement ...

SARA: The Ka'bah is at the centre of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and it's the holiest site in Islam. It's the one place all Muslims turn towards when they pray wherever they are in the world.

The General Authority for Hajj and Umrah held a meeting with the mission coordinators across Libya on Monday to finalize ...

Muslim pilgrims perform the farewell circumambulation or "tawaf", circling seven times around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on June 18 ...