And as Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told me, Qibla pointers can help indicate that Muslims “are accepted and welcomed” in hotel rooms far from home.

Shadows Gone, Qibla Found During the alignment—known as a Solar Zenith — shadows completely disappeared near the Kaaba as sunlight hit it from directly above. According to the Jeddah Astronomy ...

The Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia will be illuminated by the sun directly overhead at 12:18 p.m. local time Friday, coinciding with the call to prayer in a phenomenon that happens only ...

From ISS, orbiting 220 miles above the surface of the Earth, the qibla (an Arabic word meaning the direction a Muslim should pray toward Mecca) changes from second to second.