For centuries, the Mecca Masjid, with its lofty 75-foot ceiling, sprawling courtyard, and the canopy under which members of the Asafiya dynasty are buried, has borne witness to the shifting tides ...

Supplied Cairo: As more Muslims are flocking to the Saudi city of Mecca to perform the Umrah or minor pilgrimage in the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest, during the current Ramadan, authorities have ...