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 ...

WATCH: Pilgrims allowed to touch Hajar al Aswad as barriers around Kaaba removed. Faithfuls can now touch and kiss the Black Stone – one of Islam's most revered relics.

Saudi Arabia has removed the preventive barriers around the Holy Kaaba, allowing worshippers to once more touch the House of Allah and kiss the Hajar Al-Aswad (the Black Stone), after two years on Wed ...

After a hiatus of over two years, pilgrims at the grand mosque in the Holy City of Makkah will be able to touch and kiss Holy Kaaba and Hajar Al Aswad (Black Stone). Saudi authorities have removed the ...

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