(RNS) — I was disappointed to not experience my children’s reaction to seeing the Kaaba for the first time, but made my peace. After leaving Medina, where we’d spent a few days before going to Mecca, ...

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MAKKAH – The holy city of Makkah on Friday witnessed a rare celestial phenomenon when the sun came directly overhead the Holy Kaaba at 12:27 p.m., coinciding with the time of adhan (call for prayer) ...

Question: I hope you can help me. I became a Muslim a couple of years ago. My family are finding it hard to accept my ibada (worship). But recently I have made a fuss about my salat and insisted I ...

MAKKAH: After the Saudi government relaxed COVID-19 limitations including the holy sites, Muslims are gathering in Grand Holy Mosque (Khana-e-Kaaba) to offer Jumma (Friday) prayer today. However, ...

Riyadh: Saudi clerics appear to have backtracked on controversial plans to ban women from praying at the centre of the holy shrine in Makkah. At present, women can pray in the immediate vicinity of ...

Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, was dressed in its new Kiswa (the cloth that covers the Kaaba) after Fajr prayer on Sunday by as many as 86 technicians and weavers. The Kaaba is dressed in its new ...

ISLAMABAD: Imam-e-Kaaba Dr Sheikh Abdullah Awad Al Juhany who arrived in Islamabad on Thursday is due to lead Friday prayers at Faisal Mosque of the federal capital after giving a sermon. The Imam ...