Video messaging app Snapchat’s decision to live-stream Ramadan prayers in Mecca was an instant hit with over a million people tweeting about the #Mecca_live event as coverage went viral. Every year, ...

Sounds and images from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holy city in Saudi Arabia that is closed to non-Muslim visitors, are streaming live online,... Live streaming views of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, ...

Islam's holy month of Ramadan is a lot about the calendar and the clock. The world's biggest clock began ticking in Mecca this week, to signal the beginning of Ramadan. It took 90 million pieces of ...

31,000 officers deployed in Makkah for Ramadan The Saudi government has beefed up security in Makkah to protect millions of pilgrims from different parts of the world coming to perform Umrah and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 16, 2008 - The tradition of giving during Ramadan - one's zakat and sadaqah - is rooted in the belief of selfless compassion and a redistribution of wealth. Unfortunately, ...

A view of the Mahya lights in Bascarsija during the holy month of Ramadan, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 10, 2024. [Getty Images] The Islamic calendar is based on lunar months, which ...

The central courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, housing the famed Kaaba, saw worshippers, their face masks on, standing apart in much smaller numbers than the millions of people of the past. Some ...

The Frenchman posted a photo of himself standing in front of the Kaaba, a black cube towards which Muslims turn for their five daily prayers. He also issued greetings for the Muslim holy fasting month ...

Precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus meant only staff were able to pray in the Grand Mosque of Mecca on the first evening of Ramadan.April 24, 2020 ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (RNS) — Mariam is sipping on a juice box while sitting on the front steps outside a hotel not far from the Grand Mosque in this holiest of cities for Muslims. Mariam first says she ...

Riyadh (AFP) – The world’s most expensive footballer Paul Pogba has posted pictures of himself at the holiest site of Islam, days after helping Manchester United to victory in the Europa League final.