Newly unsealed Epstein Files reveal fragments of the sacred Kaaba cloth, the Kiswa, laid on the floor of Jeffrey Epstein's US ...

A tranche of files (known as Epstein files), which was made public by the United States Department of Justice on January 30, made the revelation.

The Kaaba, located in Mecca, is the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of daily prayer for hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide. During the Hajj pilgrimage, worshippers perform tawaf, ...

The faith of up to 1.8 billion people, roughly a quarter of the world’s population, dictates each one of them pray five times a day in the direction of a small, cubic building in Saudi Arabia. This ...

Newly released documents from the US Department of Justice have revealed a photograph showing disgraced financier and ...

From Pakistani shalwar-kurta references to a sacred Kaaba cloth from Mecca, newly released Epstein files reveal increasingly bizarre global details ...

Riyadh: The Kaaba, located in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is a highly sacred place for Muslims around the world. Muslims going for Hajj feel fortunate just to see the Kaaba and touch its wall.

The cloth, identifiable by its black fabric and gold Quranic embroidery, is part of the covering of the Kaaba in Mecca and is regarded as one of Islam’s most revered religious symbols.

Image shows convicted sex offender and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem looking at cloth which resembles Kiswa from Mecca in Saudi Arabia ...

The ceremony of washing the Holy Kaaba unfolds in three main, meticulously executed stages, each characterised by extreme care and precision. The process begins with the preparation phase, utilising a ...

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