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 ...

Beyond that long string of tweets carrying intense arguments fired at all sides was the slap from the inimitable Tarek. Chennai: “We pray for the total destruction of the RSS and the complete defeat ...

The Kaaba is the most sacred site in Islam and stands at the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Muslims around the world face toward the Kaaba during their daily prayers, a direction ...

Riyadh: Saudi clerics appear to have backtracked on controversial plans to ban women from praying at the centre of the holy shrine in Makkah. At present, women can pray in the immediate vicinity of ...

MAKKAH: After the Saudi government relaxed COVID-19 limitations including the holy sites, Muslims are gathering in Grand Holy Mosque (Khana-e-Kaaba) to offer Jumma (Friday) prayer today. However, ...

Question: I hope you can help me. I became a Muslim a couple of years ago. My family are finding it hard to accept my ibada (worship). But recently I have made a fuss about my salat and insisted I ...

RIYADH, Sept 11: Following widespread protests, a suggestion to restrict women from praying in the mataf of Ka’aba in Makkatul Mukarrama seems to have been shelved for now. “The presidency (committee ...

Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, was dressed in its new Kiswa (the cloth that covers the Kaaba) after Fajr prayer on Sunday by as many as 86 technicians and weavers. The Kaaba is dressed in its new ...

ISLAMABAD: Imam-e-Kaaba Dr Sheikh Abdullah Awad Al Juhany who arrived in Islamabad on Thursday is due to lead Friday prayers at Faisal Mosque of the federal capital after giving a sermon. The Imam ...