When Weiss converted to Islam in 1926, taking the name Muhammad Asad ... “The Road to Mecca,” which became a bestseller. The chief work of his later years was an English translation of ...

January 11th, 2023, according to one interpretation of the Islamic calendar, marks 1393 years since the Muslim conquest of Mecca led by the prophet Muhammad. The city is the birthplace of the ...

(p12) Mecca itself has become caught up in the argument about Islamic purity. The house where Muhammad was said to have been born was, until 1926, a significant shrine. But to Saudi Arabia's ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Around 2 million Muslims are converging Tuesday in the valleys and hills around Mecca for the pinnacle ... where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon ...

Fresh plans are being drawn up to erect a modern complex on the site of what scholars of Islam contend is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad ... redevelopment of Mecca that has already ...

A painting showing the Prophet Muhammad raising his hands in prayer while standing on the Mountain of Light in Mecca. Siyer-i Nebi (Biography of the Prophet), Istanbul, Ottoman lands, 1595-96.