Mecca and Madina are central to Islamic faith ... Before Islam emerged in the 7th century, the Arabian Peninsula was a ...

The Hajj is a pilgrimage made by millions of Muslims every year to the holy city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia, a journey they are expected to make at least once in their lives. This year it ...

The 4,000 strong Arab invading forces came from Mecca under the leadership ... the Kingdom of Aksum in the 8th century. The history of the Maghreb from the 7th to the 16th century was dynamic ...

In 312 Emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. In the 7th century Christianity retreated under the advance of Islam. But it remained the chosen religion of ...

Discover the largest Muslim country by population, where hundreds of millions of Muslims call it home and live with its religious influence.

It’s illegal under Saudi law and prohibited by Muslim jurisprudence for non-Muslims to enter Mecca’s holy sites ... history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong ...