For Muslims around the world, it remains the spiritual focal point — the direction toward which they pray five times a day.

The sacred ceremony of replacing the black cloth covering the Kaaba, kiswa, is being held today, Thursday, June 26Legit.ng ...

The Kiswa of Holy Kaaba was replaced to mark the commencement of new Islamic year 1447. The Kiswa refers to the black silk ...

On behalf of King Salman, Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Wednesday handed over the Kaaba Kiswa (black cloth) to the senior caretaker of the Kaaba, Saleh bin Zain Al-Abidin Al-Shaibi.

MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH, Jun 25 (APP):The Holy Kaaba will receive its new Kiswa (the black cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba) on ...

The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque held the ceremonial changing of the Kiswa ...

A few days before the start of the hajj pilgrimage, dozens of workers were putting the finishing touches to an embroidered black cloth that will cover the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam.

The 650-kg black cloth, known as the Kiswa, was placed on top of the Kaaba, at the center of Mecca's Grand Mosque, during a traditional ceremony while some 2 million pilgrims stood on Mount Arafat ...

The black cloth, crafted from black silk and adorned with Quranic verses, that drapes over the Kaaba, is a symbol of reverence and marks the sanctity of the holiest site in Islam. It is changed ...

The Kaaba is built around a sacred black stone, a meteorite that Muslims believe was placed by Abraham and Ishmael in a corner of the Kaaba, ... This cloth is known as the kiswa, ...

The oldest weaver of the black cloth covering the Holy Kaaba cloth died Monday at a private hospital aged 90. Rajab Mahoos Al-Malki had spent over 47 years of his life doing the same job he was ...

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