Muslim worshipers pray at the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca, June 23, during the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.

It is Islam’s holiest shrine – and for a few moments on Friday, it will also be the easiest to find. Astronomers say the sun will pass directly over the top of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in ...

Muslim pilgrims are wrapping up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, I ...

Dubai: The annual ceremonial washing of the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine located within the Grand Mosque in Mecca, was ...

Pilgrims seem undeterred by a stampede last year that killed thousands. A child holds on to his father as he circles the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city ...

Muslim pilgrims in Mecca in Saudi Arabia are circling the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, as they prepare for the official start of the Hajj. Samy Magdy. Thursday 13 June 2024 15:19 BST.

Learn more about Islam's first muezzin, the person who calls the faithful for the five daily prayers. Imam Ivan G. Nassar writes about Bilal ibn Rabah in this week's Messages of Faith column.

One of the main rites at Islam's annual hajj centers on the bravery and determination of a woman. According to Muslim tradition, Hagar, the consort of the patriarch Abraham, ran between two hills ...

The faith of up to 1.8 billion people, roughly a quarter of the world’s population, dictates each one of them pray five times a day in the direction of a small, cubic building in Saudi Arabia. This ...

Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the ...

Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, Islam's ...

The faith of up to 1.8 billion people, roughly a quarter of the world’s population, dictates each one of them pray five times a day in the direction of a small, cubic building in Saudi Arabia. This ...