Hundreds of millions of Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, but for those who are not able to make the trip, the prayers are now being live streamed. Video messaging app Snapchat is ...

Watch live from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as Muslims gather for prayers on Eid al-Fitr at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The Grand Mosque houses the Kaaba, Islam’s ...

Sounds and images from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holy city in Saudi Arabia that is closed to non-Muslim visitors, are streaming live online,... Live streaming views of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, ...

Video messaging app Snapchat’s decision to live-stream Ramadan prayers in Mecca was an instant hit with over a million people tweeting about the #Mecca_live event as coverage went viral. Every year, ...

The three-day Islamic holiday of Eid Al Adha begins today, and with it, the end of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the Five Pillars of the Islamic faith, the Hajj is both duty and blessing to ...

The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque launched the digital platform ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – More than a million Muslim pilgrims are in Mecca for the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage, held against the grim backdrop of the ongoing war in Gaza and in exhausting ...

Saudi Arabia has shortened Friday prayers at the holy mosques in Makkah and Madina to protect worshippers from the intense heat. The move comes under the directive of Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, ...

(RNS) — I was disappointed to not experience my children’s reaction to seeing the Kaaba for the first time, but made my peace. After leaving Medina, where we’d spent a few days before going to Mecca, ...

Live streaming views of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holy city in Saudi Arabia that is closed to virtually all non-Muslim visitors, are playing online, depicting pilgrims' visits for the holy month ...