Not only is this the holiest mosque in Islam and the largest in the world, but the building is also the most expensive in the ...

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.

The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in ...

Mecca is a sacred city located in the heart of Saudi Arabia. It is home to the revered Kaaba, Cave of Hira, and many other ...

Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on allowed to invest in Saudi-listed companies that own property in Mecca ...

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 ...

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.

At his mosque Kaisan prays with his dad in the men's section. During prayers everyone faces the qibla a niche in the wall pointing towards the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. There's a verse in ...