High resolution photos have been revealed for the first time of an ancient religious stone in Mecca, Islam’s holy city, a Saudi government agency has announced. The images of al-Hajar al-Aswad, or the ...

Saudi Arabia has launched a new initiative that will allow Muslims all around the world to touch the Black Stone at the Kaaba in Mecca virtually through Virtual Reality (VR) technology. The initiative ...

Thousands of Muslims circled the holy Kaaba stone at Mecca in Saudi Arabia before bidding farewell to the city, while others stoned pillars representing Satan in the nearby city of Mina as the hajj ...

During the ritual of the pilgrimage to Mecca or Hajj - one of the five pillars of Islam - the faithful go around the Kaaba seven times and at the end of each one of them, they try to touch the black ...

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 ...

Pilgrimage to Mecca brings millions of Muslims to Saudi Arabia every year. But now the kingdom has launched a virtual reality initiative that it says will allow Muslims to touch the Black Stone, a ...

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