The Kaaba, located in Mecca, is the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of daily prayer for hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide. During the Hajj pilgrimage, worshippers perform tawaf, ...

Epstein files trigger outrage after claims that sacred Kaaba Kiswah pieces from Mecca were allegedly shipped to him and ...

The faith of up to 1.8 billion people, roughly a quarter of the world’s population, dictates each one of them pray five times a day in the direction of a small, cubic building in Saudi Arabia. This ...

Newly unsealed Epstein Files reveal fragments of the sacred Kaaba cloth, the Kiswa, laid on the floor of Jeffrey Epstein's US ...

Image shows convicted sex offender and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem looking at cloth which resembles Kiswa from Mecca in Saudi Arabia ...

Riyadh: The holy Kiswah which covers the Kaaba will be screened at the Islamic Arts Biennale, 2025 in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. This will be the first time that Kiswah will be shown outside ...

From Pakistani shalwar-kurta references to a sacred Kaaba cloth from Mecca, newly released Epstein files reveal increasingly bizarre global details ...

Today at 12:27 PM Mecca time, the sun will be directly above the Kaaba, causing no shadows to appear. This rare event happens twice a year due to Earth’s tilt and Mecca’s latitude. It offers Muslims ...

The cloth, identifiable by its black fabric and gold Quranic embroidery, is part of the covering of the Kaaba in Mecca and is regarded as one of Islam’s most revered religious symbols.

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