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 ...

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 ...

Three years in the making, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet travels in the footsteps of the prophet to the Arabian desert and the holy city of Mecca where much of Muhammad's story unfolded.

(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 ...

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.