Exactly 45 years ago, Mecca Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest place, was taken over by 200 armed men led by preacher Juhayman al-Utaybi. Blood would flow before the weeks-long siege ended. The events of ...

With the views of the city and Masjid Al-Haram - 0.5 mile to Grand Mosque, Black Stone and Safa to Marwa, 0.4 mile to Bi'r Zamzam.

MAKKAH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman ... of the Holy Kaaba to its deputy senior keeper Abdul Malik Al-Shaibi on Tuesday. The kiswa handover and receipt minutes ...

According to Islamic belief, Jacob, son of Isaac, was the first to build the Mosque as a House of God. The Kaaba in Mecca was the first House of Worship to God, and the Masjid Al-Aqsa (Bayt Al ...

Thousands of worshippers entered the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca in batches to perform the ritual of circling the sacred Kaaba, a cubic structure towards which Muslims around the world ...

The Grand Mosque in Makkah was opened for Umrah pilgrims on Sunday. The first group of pilgrims performing Umrah in first phase entered Masjid-al Haram under strict precautionary and preventive ...