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 ...

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

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

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

The gold-laced black cloth that shrouds the Holy Kaaba is hand-made with great effort and love by thousands of workers. As per the media outlet, this year Kiswa is made of 850 kilograms of dyed ...

The black cube that was once dyed in purple and red, has been a part of our lives ever since we are born. Once known as a universal shrine, it housed every recognised god of pre-Islamic Arabia.

Vast crowds of robed Muslim pilgrims walked solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque, on Sunday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage in several years began in the heat of ...

The sacred ceremony of replacing the Kiswa, the black cloth covering the Kaaba, is being held today at the Grand Mosque ...

The Kiswa, the black silk cloth covering the Kaaba, is traditionally replaced once a year, during the Islamic month of Dhu Al Hijjah. This happens on the day of Arafat, ...

Vast crowds of robed Muslim faithful walked solemn circles around the Kaaba, the black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Sunday to begin the biggest hajj pilgrimage in several years, in the heat of the ...