1,245 work around the clock to clean the Great Mosque of Mecca Mariam al-Jaber, Al Arabiya.net Published: 14 February ,2017: 12:00 AM GST Updated: 20 May ,2020: 10:52 AM GST ...

The Kaaba is located in the Great Mosque of Mecca, also known as Masjid al-Haram. When carrying out the Tawaf ritual, pilgrims walk around the Kaaba seven times.

A fight between two people inside Saudi Arabia's Great Mosque of Mecca (known as Masjid Al-Haram), while performing Umrah during the holy month of Ramadan, caused controversy on social media last ...

Mecca's Great Mosque is DESERTED due to coronavirus: Courtyard is closed for disinfecting as Saudi Arabia battles the virus… and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem shuts too.

When worshipers visit the Great Mosque of Mecca (also called the Grand Mosque), they are surrounded by thousands of others all finding their way within a place most have never seen before. The ...

In 1979, some 500 fundamentalists Muslims armed with machine guns hidden under their robe seized the mosque for two weeks. The attackers were finally overpowered by French commandos summoned by ...

They also travel from the Great Mosque to Mina, a small village east of Mecca. On the second day, pilgrims rise at dawn and make their way to Mount Arafat, where they ask for forgiveness for their ...

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.

Muslims circle the Kaaba, located in the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as part of their Islamic pilgrimage. Dressed in a hijab and covered from head to toe, she felt something.

The attack on Mecca, which was instrumental in forcing King Husein of Hejaz to resign (TIME, October 13), came to an end without a shot being fired. The warlike Wahabis, subject of the Emir of Nejd ...

The magnificence of the Great Mosque had taken her breath away. But that man turned the trip into a nightmare. Instead of telling the authorities, the young Eltahawy simply burst into tears.