There is something otherworldly about seeing the Kaaba. It is this black and gold structure that all Muslims are praying toward when we say we pray facing Mecca. In our mosques, a niche in the ...

SARA: Muslims can pray anywhere. It doesn't have to be in a mosque. But no matter where you are in the world you always face towards the same place the Kaaba in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Mecca is a sacred city located in the heart of Saudi Arabia. It is home to the revered Kaaba, Cave of Hira, and many other ...

The Kiswah is a holy cloth that covers the Kaaba, the sacred stone building at the center of the Great Mosque in Makkah (or Mecca), that is considered to be the physical center of Islam and is ...

SARA: Men and women have separate prayer halls at the mosque ... qibla a niche in the wall pointing towards the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. There's a verse in the Qur'an which Allah says ...