In preparation for Hajj, the Kaaba in Makkah gets a new cloth cover every year—and 2025's Kiswa has been raised in Islam's ...

cubic building in Saudi Arabia. This sacred structure situated in the center of Islam's holiest site is called the Kaaba, and its long, rich history predates the religion itself. The Kaaba ...

The Kaaba “represents the metaphorical house of God and the oneness of God in Islam”, according to Haaretz, but there is very little inside the building. Pre-Islamic groups followed many gods ...

Saudi Arabia is building a gigantic cube in the middle of a new city centre in the capital Riyadh, the latest in a long line of curiously-shaped structures and cities planned by the kingdom.

The shape of the Mukaab has been criticised for its likeness to the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. Muslims around the world pray towards the building in the centre of the Grand Mosque in Mecca ...

Special parts of the Kaaba each hold deep religious significance Exits from the Al Masa’a area, the pathway between Safa and Marwah, have also been strategically managed. The General Authority ...

A protective barrier stopped pilgrims touching the Kaaba and Black Stone during the ... relics - the Black Stone set in the sacred Kaaba building. A barrier around the Kaaba that was set up ...

The guardianship of the Kaaba is still inherited by the sons of Shaybah and their successors. A tradition that has been instituted by the Prophet after the conquest of Mecca, the eighth year after ...

Ahead of the Islamic new year, The King Abdulaziz Complex for Holy Kaaba Kiswa at the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque revealed that it is planning ...