For the first time in history, the sacred covering of the Holy Kaaba, known as the Kiswa, is being exhibited outside Makkah, ...

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca takes place in the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar and concludes with the second ...

Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization.

Cairo: Almost three weeks before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a Saudi meteorologist has predicted a ...

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The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to ...

Cairo: As the peak season for the Umrah or minor pilgrimage is just round the corner, Saudi authorities have advised pilgrims ...

The Kiswah, literally “robe”, is the intricately-embroidered black cloth that covers the Kaaba, the cubical stone structure at the centre of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam.

The United States immigration authorities have been granted the ability to arrest individuals at schools, churches, and hospitals following President Donald Trump administration’s reversal of ...

The configuration of the mosque, the worshipping place for Muslims, traces its history to the courtyard of the religion's founder. The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ...

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ISLAMABAD, 9th April, 2017 (WAM) -- The President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain, yesterday received the Imam of the Grand Mosque of Makkah, Sheikh Saleh Al Talib. According to ...