Mecca is Islam’s holiest city and a focal point for followers of the faith, but it's also home to about 2 million people who live everyday life there.

Believing Muslims say we should have faith in the Quran because Allah literally spoke it to the angel Jibreel, who in turn ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Pilgrims streamed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Saturday to perform their final rituals before heading to Mina in preparation for the Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam ...

Before Islam emerged in the 7th century, the Arabian Peninsula was a melting pot of polytheistic worship, including the reverence of deities that bear striking similarities to Hindu gods.

Mecca for the rich: Islam's holiest site 'turning into Vegas' Historic and culturally important landmarks are being destroyed to make way for luxury hotels and malls, reports Jerome Taylor ...

Muslim pilgrims in face masks have begun arriving at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca for a very different hajj amid the COVID-19 pandemic. July 29, 2020 In April, she dreamt the Prophet Muhammad ...

The rise of Islam should perhaps be read "in reverse"—not as a movement from the religious to the geopolitical, but rather from the geopolitical to the religious. Op-ed.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Pilgrims streamed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Saturday to perform their final rituals before heading to Mina in preparation for the Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam and ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Pilgrims streamed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Saturday to perform their final rituals before heading to Mina in preparation for the Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam ...