Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Friday ... Men wear a seamless shroud-like white garment that emphasises unity among ...

Hence, these have been called the pillars of Islam. The five pillars are ... perform seven counter-clockwise circumambulations of the black stone in Kaaba that is said to have been installed ...

There are five pillars — or basic tenets — of the Islamic ... Inside the Great Mosque of Mecca is a black, cube-shaped structure, the Holy Kaaba. The Kaaba holds a deep religious significance ...

As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone ... or favorable in the eyes of God Almighty. While the other pillars of Islam are to be performed at any place of residence ...

The five pillars of Islam are the most important practices for ... It involves walking around the Ka'ba, a black cubical structure located at the centre of the Haram Mosque in Mecca.

Every year millions of Muslims travel to Mecca for the hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam ... white marble halfway to the roof, with darker trimmings along the floor. It is covered by a black ...

Saudi Arabia has decided to scale down the annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, in an historic ... world and closed to non-Muslims. - White garments - Pilgrims must first ...

MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA: The annual hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia's city of Mecca is one of five pillars of Islam that all Muslims ... Men wear a seamless shroud-like white garment that emphasises ...