"Could the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba in Mecca, have once been a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva? What if the ...

Safa and Marwa are two small yet significant hills near the Kaaba in Mecca. They hold deep spiritual meaning in Islam, as ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

Saudi Arabia’s Mecca, the holiest city according to Islam, has been hit by extreme weather. Footage circulating on social media shows entire neighbourhoods partially submerged amid the heavy ...

Live from the Grand Mosque in Mecca where Muslims gather for prayers as Saudi Arabia began observing the holy month of ...

March 1 (UPI) -- Ramadan began Friday evening, marking the start of the holy month for some 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide.

It is important to note that the Hajj pilgrimage is considered sacred in Islam, and those who undertake the Hajj are called Haji. Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, is the holiest city for Muslims ...

Live from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as Muslims gather for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. The Grand Mosque houses the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. See ...

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.

A visionary facing the hostility of his fellow citizens, Muhammad left Mecca in 622 ... Hijra—eighteen years after the Prophet's death—Islam had absorbed the Sassanid Persian states ...

Supplied Cairo: A sophisticated robot has been introduced in the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, in the Saudi city of Mecca, to simultaneously answer religious queries from worshippers in ...

This is when Muslims from all over the world gather in the holiest city of Islam Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It's where the Prophet Muhammad came from. It's basically a pilgrimage that every Muslim ...