Across the world, when Muslims kneel for their five-times-daily prayers, they face towards the same point in Makkah – a black ‘cube’ called the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam. To pray in this ...

Saudi Arabia has decided to retain ban on Iftar gathering and Itikaf at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) mosque in Madina during the month of Ramazan in a bid to contain the ...

LAHORE: Thousands, including women and children, gathered at Bahria Town mosque in Lahore as Imam-e-Kaaba Sheikh Khalidul Ghamidi led Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque. Sheikh Ghamidi gave a sermon ...

Saudi Arabia partially reopened Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, on Saturday but left the ban on pilgrimages in place as part of the kingdom's measures to combat the coronavirus. Based on a ...

What is Hajj?The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the world's largest gatherings, as hundreds of thousands of people flock to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in one of Islam's five pillars of ...

Saudi Arabia’s Mecca city is a blessed place chosen through history to be the destination for the prophet’s revelations, becoming the Qibla for millions of Muslims from all around the globe. Mecca’s ...

Hyderabad: As one steps inside the Masjid-e-Alamgir, Idgah Guttala at Begumpet, one cannot help but notice some peculiarities that no other mosque in Hyderabad, and perhaps across India, has. These ...

The mosque to come up in Ayodhya pursuant to the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case may have a shape that is different from the traditional shape of mosques and will not be named after ...

LAHORE: Imam-e-Kaaba, Shaikh Khalid al-Ghamidi led Fajr prayers at Jamia Mosque Mansoora on Saturday. Ameer Jamaat-e-Isalmi (JI) Sirajul Haq warmly welcomed Shaikh Khalid al-Ghamidi on his arrival in ...

Patna: Probably for the first time in Bihar, the Imam of Masjid al-Haram of Kaaba in Mecca will visit the state capital and lead the Juma (Friday) prayers at Gandhi Maidan on April 1. Sheikh Saleh ...

Lucknow: The mosque to come up in Ayodhya pursuant to the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case may be square-shaped like the Kaaba Sharif in Mecca and will not be named after any emperor ...