14 August 2012 AMMAN -- His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday underlined the timing and the agenda of the Islamic summit, which will be held today in Mecca, stressing its importance in unifying the ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – Just outside the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia lies one of Islam's most important historical sites — a cave where, according to tradition, the Prophet Muhammad spent time in ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, Abdu remembers roller skating with friends near the ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, Abdu remembers roller-skating with friends near the Grand Mosque ...

Nearly 3 million Muslims from around the world, chanting and raising their hands to heaven, marched through a desert valley outside Mecca on Thursday on the first day of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

A Spanish retired teacher who converted to Islam rode more than 6,000 kilometers on horseback from Andalusia to Mecca, fulfilling a decades-old promise ...

MECCA, Saudi ArabiaMECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million pilgrims were gathered in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday to perform initial rites of the hajj, an Islamic pilgrimage that ...

RAMADAN Mubarak! At the peak of the holy month celebration of Ramadan, I gave a message to my aspiring licensed professional teachers in Zamboanga. Inspired by my long admiration of Islam, and as a ...

Every year, the Islamic calendar dictates the dates of a global pilgrimage known as Hajj, which draws millions of followers toward their faith's holiest site. This year's journey is only days away.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – Just outside the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia lies one of Islam's most important historical sites — a cave where, according to tradition, the Prophet Muhammad spent time in ...