MAKKAH - The sacred ceremony of replacing the Kiswa, the black cloth covering the Kaaba, is being held today at the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram), marking the beginning of the Islamic New Year.

MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH, Jun 25 (APP):The Holy Kaaba will receive its new Kiswa (the black cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba) on ...

Haram, is one of the most sacred and significant places for Muslims around the world. Every year, millions of believers ...

The General Presidency for the Affairs of The Two Holy Mosque has announced to adorn Holy Kaaba with a new covering, Kiswa, ...

According to a report by Al Arabiya, the Kaaba was built by Hazrat Ibrahim about 5,000 years ago. Historians say that when the Kaaba was built, it had neither a door nor a roof.

Vast crowds of robed Muslim faithful walked solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Sunday to begin the biggest hajj pilgrimage in several years, in the heat of the ...

Chief key holder and caretaker of the Holy Kaaba Dr Sheikh Saleh Al-Shaiba breathed his last Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. Al-Shaiba the 109th guardian of the Holy Kaaba and ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims from around the world perform “tawaf,” circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, on ...

Dubai: Al Shaibi family in Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the handover of the key of the Kaaba to its eldest son, Sheikh Abdul Wahab bin Zain Al Abidin Al Shaibi.