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 ...

On This Day: The Muslim conquest of Mecca in 630 CE Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is home to Masjid al-Haram, the largest mosque in the world which has within it the Ka'ba toward which all Muslims pray.

(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 ...

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.