For Muslims around the world, it remains the spiritual focal point — the direction toward which they pray five times a day.

Saudi Arabia has replaced the Kaaba’s Kiswa as the Hijrah year 1447 begins. The Kaaba is considered the "House of Allah" and ...

With the arrival of the Islamic year 1447 on the Hijri calendar, Saudi Arabia has once again renewed the Kiswah, the covering of the Kaaba, the most ...

President Prabowo performs Umrah in Mecca and meets Saudi Crown Prince, pledging joint humanitarian support for Gaza during ...

NEWS: The 1st of Muharram 1447 has commenced after Maghrib on Wednesday 25th June 2025 The moon was sighted in Saudi Arabia ...

The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia and the Sultan of Sokoto have officially declared Thursday, June 26, 2025, as the start of ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For some ... on Friday. Many pilgrims went to Mecca afterwards to circuit the Kaaba, the black, cube-shaped structure in the holy city, and walk between the hills of Safa and ...

Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converging on Saudi Arabia unite in religious rituals and ... Other rituals include performing “tawaf,” circumambulating, or circling the Kaaba in Mecca ...

Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for the Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. In the coming ...

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 ...