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 ...

The Kaaba, located in Mecca, is the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of daily prayer for hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide. During the Hajj pilgrimage, worshippers perform tawaf, ...

Epstein files trigger outrage after claims that sacred Kaaba Kiswah pieces from Mecca were allegedly shipped to him and ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have wrapped 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 ...

Millions of Muslim pilgrims are preparing to travel to the holy city of Mecca as the season of Hajj approaches. Once a year, Muslims from around the world come together in Saudi Arabia to follow the ...

Imagine one of the most notorious men of the 21st century…standing over one of the holiest objects in Islam. This image alone has stunned people around the world.rnrnIn the newly unsealed U.S.