Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque in Mecca was almost empty during annual Eid al-Fitr prayers on Sunday (May 24), as authorities impose unprecedented restrictions on public gatherings due to coronavirus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Arabia allowed its own citizens to return to Islam’s holiest site for daily prayers for the first time in seven months.

Twelve-year-old Kaisan demonstrates the Muslim prayer ritual which is performed five times a day in this clip from a series ...

Officials are considering an unprecedented proposal to ban women from performing the five Muslim prayers in the immediate vicinity of Islam’s most sacred shrine in Mecca. Some say women are already ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak ...

PATERSON, N.J. – The most ancient traditions of Islam are going high-tech, with a slew of modern offerings for those observing the holy month of Ramadan, which begins this week. Cell phone ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Millions of Muslim pilgrims converged Wednesday on the holy city of Mecca in preparation for the hajj pilgrimage, many of them praying for unity in the Islamic world at a time of ...

(RNS) A new prayer mat lights up when facing Mecca, helping Muslims to pray properly. By Lauren Markoe. (RNS) Devout Muslims pray five times a day, facing the holy city of Mecca. But what if you don’t ...

ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — They came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky hill called Mount Arafat. The mound southeast of Mecca is little known outside Islam. For non-Muslims, ...