MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

Pilgrims outside the Grand Mosque, where fans are installed to cool them as temperatures climb towards 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) — Sajjad HUSSAIN Vast crowds of robed Muslim faithful ...

A video showing snow falling at the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia’s Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque of Mecca, has been digitally altered, according to the kingdom’s National Center for Meteorology. One ...

Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Muslim pilgrims are converging on Saudi ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hundreds of Thousands of Muslim pilgrims participating in the annual Hajj pilgrimage encircled the revered Kaaba in Mecca on Tuesday. Worshippers were seen performing ceremonial laps ...

Mixture of Zamzam and rose water used in annual washing of Kaaba Footage in Saudi media showed the official and the invitees surrounded by security personnel as they headed to the holy site. Muslims ...

Makkah, Aug. 2 (BNA): On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Governor of Makkah Region Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz had the honor today ...