(RNS) — The black, gold-embroidered cloth that shrouds Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia is a revered artifact that ...

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

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

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.

When a fragment is moved into a private domestic setting, especially in a context of moral criminality, it becomes more than ...

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 ...

Epstein files trigger outrage after claims that sacred Kaaba Kiswah pieces from Mecca were allegedly shipped to him and ...

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

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia – Each year between 2 to 3 million Muslims from around the world take part in a five-day pilgrimage in Mecca called the hajj. They circle Islam's most sacred site, the ...