At the heart of Hajj stands the Kaaba, draped in 670kg of silk and embroidered with 200kg of gold and silver thread.

On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Governor of Makkah and Vice President of the Permanent Committee for Hajj and Umrah, Prince Saud bin Mishal ...

As the annual Hajj pilgrimage began on Monday, more than 1.5 million Muslims from around the world gathered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the sacred journey that forms one of the five pillars of ...

MAKKAH —The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque mourned the death of Sheikh Saleh Al-Shaibi, senior caretaker and key holder of the Holy Kaaba.

More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Worshippers head to the Masjid al-Haram Great Mosque in Mecca to perform Tawaf Al Qudum, the ...

Nearly 2 million Muslims are preparing to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which begins on May 25, following the sighting of the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia. The Hajj is the largest ...

A video showing snow falling at the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia’s Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque of Mecca, has been digitally altered, according to the kingdom’s National Center for Meteorology. One ...