Presented in 10 languages, the "First House" exhibit sheds light on the history of the construction of the Kaaba in different ...

A former official with the government’s Pilgrim Experience Programme tells me there must also be a focus on education.

It has also attracted controversy within the Muslim community who compared its design to the Kaaba, a stone building in the holy city of Mecca.

The Kaaba is a stone building at the centre of Islam’s most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid-al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. “The Kaaba in Mecca is where all Muslims go on their ...

The building may not be the one of the biggest ... The artefacts from the Ottoman era include an original key to the Kaaba in Makkah dating back more than 100 years. The Kiswah, the cloth ...

Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to fulfil a mandatory religious duty as a ...

The Kiswah, the cloth that covers the Kaaba, dating back to the early 19th ... said was a wholly community-led initiative. The new building will replace the Islamic Education Centre on the ...

The development features two towers including offices, residential and retail space, two hotels (SIRO One Za’abeel and One&Only One Za’abeel) and the world’s longest cantilevered building ... of ...

That makes sense, he says, as the sacred “Tawaf” ritual –circling the Kaaba in Mecca – is done ... it’s possible to be visible. We’re building for the long-term. Sociologically ...