Journalists have become used to reporting annual disasters at the hajj, the once-in-a-lifetime trip to Mecca that all Muslims ...

Over the past several years, the Acheen Street Mosque here has opened its doors to the general public during Ramadan to host ...

The traditional ceremony of replacing the Kiswa (cover) of the Holy Kaabah at the Grand Mosque in Mecca commenced on ...

Cairo: The monthly electricity bill for the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest in Mecca amounts to SR15 million, or around $4 million, a Saudi TV report has disclosed. The sprawling mosque and its ...

For Muslims around the world, it remains the spiritual focal point — the direction toward which they pray five times a day.

RIYADH (Dunya News) - The crescent moon marking the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, was ...

Saudi Arabia unveils a new Kiswa for the Kaaba on the Islamic New Year, made with silk, gold, & silver in a centuries-old ...

With the arrival of the Islamic year 1447 on the Hijri calendar, Saudi Arabia has once again renewed the Kiswah, the covering of the Kaaba, the most ...

Saudi Arabia unveiled the new Kiswa, the black and gold cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, on the first day of the Islamic ...

Saudi Arabia has replaced the Kaaba’s Kiswa as the Hijrah year 1447 begins. The Kaaba is considered the "House of Allah" and ...

Mecca: The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet s Mosque held the ceremonial changing of the Kiswa, the black silk ...