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.

The Kaaba is a cubical stone structure located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, the holiest site of Islam. In 8 AH (629-630 AD), Prophet Mohammad covered the Kaaba with a Yemeni cloth.

Saudi Arabia partially reopened Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, on Saturday but left the ban on pilgrimages in place as part of the kingdom's measures to combat the coronavirus. Based ...

Middle East News: Today at 12:27 PM Mecca time, witness the sun directly align over the Kaaba, providing a unique opportunity for Muslims to confirm their Qibla direction. This rare event ...

Sacred Islamic artefacts dating back 700 years, including the 29ft-long (9m) cloth used to cover the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, ...

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Like Mecca, the history of the Kaaba’s door is also very old. The grandeur of the current door of the Kaaba can be gauged from the fact that it is made of 280 kilograms of gold.

A closeup image of the black stone of the Kaaba in Mecca. (Saudi Arabia General Presidency of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque) ...

Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia performed the Tawaf -- the Hajj ritual of walking in circles around the Kaaba -- on Sunday as the Hajj ended at Mecca’s Grand Mosque. While Muslims around the ...

The full moon will align directly above the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca on Thursday, January 28, according to astronomers.The rare ...