Saudi security forces foiled a purported terror plot on Friday that targeted the Great Mosque of Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, the security spokesperson of the ...

3 slum districts are set for redevelopment in the holy city Also In This Package Pictures: Grand mosque in Mecca opens at full capacity In photos: Over one million pilgrims start Hajj Female Saudi ...

The Great Mosque of Mecca cost £73billion to build and is currently able to fit 2.5million worshippers inside. Located in Saudi Arabia, it receives millions of worshippers each year. The building ...

Once they enter the great mosque of Mecca (the Al-Haram mosque), Muslim worshippers dressed in the irham, the white garment of pilgrims, begin to walk around the Kaaba, creating a cloud of small ...

Not only is the Great Mosque of Mecca considered to be the holiest mosque in Islam and the largest in the world, it is also the most expensive building on the planet, worth an incredible £75 ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of ...

A protective barrier stopped pilgrims touching the Kaaba and Black Stone during the pandemic Pilgrims in the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia can once again touch and kiss one of Islam's most ...

Despite a blow last month in their bid for zoning to build a new mosque ... 5-1 to approve both the plan by The Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America, or MECCA, to build a religious ...

Among the artefacts is the Kiswa, which is used to cover the Kaaba – the sacred, stone structure at the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca. It is traditionally replaced every year during the ...

The Great Mosque has stood at the heart of Arab-Muslim worship for more than a thousand years. A popular saying is that if you cannot go to Mecca, seven pilgrimages to Kairouan might save your soul.