Mecca, closed to non-Muslims, is home to the Kaaba - a cube structure draped in black cloth embroidered in gold located at the heart of the mosque. The Great Mosque of Mecca with its Ottoman ...

Hajj is a very important rite-of-passage for Muslims. So you go to Mecca and this little cube-like building here is what we call the Ka'bah. It's very significant in the sense that it signifies ...

Like Saudi monarchs before him, King Salman has taken the title of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, referring to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, home to the cube-shaped Kaaba that Muslims pray ...

The lavishly mounted exhibition brings art to the people, especially pilgrims traveling to the faith’s birthplace.