As part of the Hajj, pilgrims are required to walk around the Kaaba seven times, a ritual known as the "tawaf". On Thursday, @HolyKaaba's live Periscope video showing officials changing the "kiswa ...

of the Holy Kaaba by about three meters. The raised part of kiswa was covered with a white cotton cloth having a width of two and a half meters and length of 54 meters across all four sides.

He could project the Kaaba’s location into space mathematically ... this type of calculation has been a part of Muslim life for more than a thousand years. I mean, as early as 964 CE ...

A barrier around the Kaaba that was set up at the start of the ... Only worshippers from Saudi Arabia were allowed to take part, and international pilgrims were banned. Attendance increased ...