Reuters news agency noticed at least one surprising shift in rhetoric: The sermon by Abdulrahman al-Sudais, imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, broadcast on Saudi state television on Sept.

A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca to 10 years in prison. The Specialised Criminal Appeals Court in Riyadh sentenced Sheikh Saleh al Talib to prison ...

A nation's criteria of beauty are not universal. The imam has been to Mecca three times, heading a delegation of Chinese Muslims in 1994, 2000, and 2005. Before the foundation of the New China in ...

Imam Muhammad Taqi (AS), better known as Al-Jawad (AS) (‘The Generous’), was born in Medina in 811 AD. He was killed by the ...

Imam al-Jawad was unique in terms of knowledge, forbearance, eloquence, devotion and other moral virtues despite his being ...

Satellite images show that Mecca, a holy city according to Islam, has flooded after Saudi Arabia was hit with torrential rains due to a storm on Monday that swept away cars and caused havoc ...

A protective barrier stopped pilgrims touching the Kaaba and Black Stone during the pandemic Pilgrims in the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia can once again touch and kiss one of Islam's most ...

Daayiee Abdullah, an openly gay imam who grew up in Detroit ... With the help of a $60,000 grant he created the MECCA Institute in 2014, which is both a school and think tank, and plans to ...