Watch as Muslim worshippers gathered for prayers in Mecca on Friday, 15 March during Ramadan. The start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan began for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims on ...

Muslims must pray in the direction of the Kebah which is in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This direction of prayer is called 'Qibla'. When travelling, the compass can show the traveller the direction of ...

The Muslim prayer ritual is performed five times a day, always facing in the direction of Mecca. Twelve-year-old Kaisan demonstrates his prayer positions and describes how praying gives him a ...

Salah or ritual prayer is an essential aspect of Islamic worship and involves conforming to the will of Allah. Muslims pray five times a day, facing the Kaaba in Mecca, which is considered the ...

Mecca, closed to non-Muslims, is home to the Kaaba - a cube ... Guards in khaki fastidiously lead worshippers to their five daily prayers. Traffic in the city is extremely heavy and the air ...

The spiritual journey of Hajj turned out to be more of a grueling physical trek for 47-year-old Bosnian Muslim Senad Hadzic who has finally reached his destination in Mecca after a 6000 kilometer ...

Busoga regional Muslim Khadi Sheik Mohammad Bowa has rebuked drug traffickers who disguise themselves as pilgrims to Mecca. Bowa says the vice of selling drugs by Ugandans in Mecca has tainted the ...

Jeddah: The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has simplified the process for expats residing in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ...

Online clothing shop Shein has apologised for selling Muslim prayer mats on its site ... The Kabaa is a building in the centre of Mecca, considered the most sacred place by Muslims around the ...