The world's most valuable building worth incredible £75bn and holds over 2million people
Not only is this the holiest mosque in Islam and the largest in the world, but the building is also the most expensive in the ...
No children are allowed at Hajj this year. Here's why
Saudi Arabia has confirmed that children will not be allowed at Hajj this year. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said the move ...
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Imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca: We Need to Treat Jews Well!
Reuters news agency noticed at least one surprising shift in rhetoric: The sermon by Abdulrahman al-Sudais, imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, broadcast on Saudi state television on Sept.
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In pictures: Foreign Muslims return to Mecca for Umrah pilgrimage
Foreign Muslim pilgrims have been allowed into the Grand Mosque in Mecca for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed seven months ago. From Sunday, some 10,000 pilgrims from ...
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Saudi Arabia: 65 dead in crane collapse at Mecca mosque
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – At least 65 people were killed and scores were wounded Friday when a crane collapsed in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia's civil defense authority said. The ...
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The Hajj
One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...
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Saudi Arabia opens Mecca, Medina to foreign investors
Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on allowed to invest in Saudi-listed companies that own property in Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest cities.
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KS2 Religious Studies: The Mosque
At his mosque Kaisan prays with his dad in the men's section. During prayers everyone faces the qibla a niche in the wall pointing towards the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. There's a verse in ...