A press statement published by the Presidential Secretariat said that during the pilgrimage, Prabowo took the time to pray inside the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, and got the chance to kiss the ...

Viral sensation, Shatta Bandle, has announced his pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, Medina, on social mediaThe viral star made the trip to Mecca with his rich boss and friend, Alhaji Salamu Amadu, ...

Haram, is one of the most sacred and significant places for Muslims around the world. Every year, millions of believers gather here to perform the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. While many know of the ...

As Muslims around the world celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday, pilgrims gathered on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca to cast stones at three walls representing the devil.

After entering Mecca in ihram, many pilgrims perform an initial tawaf by circling the Kaaba, a black stone structure at the heart of the Great Mosque in Mecca (Masjid al-Haram), seven times in a ...

The pilgrims can then change back into normal clothing, returning to circumambulate the Kaaba and complete their stone-throwing rituals before heading home.

Eid-ul-Adha 2025: Here’s all you need to know about the date, history, significance and key rituals of Hajj, from wearing the Ihram to celebrations of Bakrid.

Islamic tradition holds that the Kaaba, a stone structure draped in black silk at the centre of Mecca’s Grand Mosque where many Hajj rituals take place, was built by Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim ...

Multazam: The Place of Clinging Located between the Kaaba’s door and the Black Stone, the Multazam is a two-metre stretch of wall where supplications (duas) are said to be especially accepted.

Islamic artefacts dating back hundreds of years, including the cloth used to cover the Kaaba in Mecca, will go on display at the Bradford Islamic Education Centre.

The exhibition includes the Kiswa, a 29ft-long (9m) cloth that covers the Kaaba, the sacred stone structure at the heart of the Great Mosque in Mecca, which is considered the spiritual centre of ...