White marble is laid on the floor and gold and silver lamps are also inside Kaaba. To put it simply ... This includes Islamic leaders and dignitaries. Apart from this, religious scholars and ...

The Kaaba “represents the metaphorical house of God and the oneness of God in Islam”, according to Haaretz, but there is very little inside the building. Pre-Islamic groups followed many gods ...

History books speak of the first man to cover the Kaaba in pre-Islamic times ... four firm pieces for the Kaaba’s corners; 12 lamps below the belt; five pieces above the corner of the Black ...

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar ... The holy Kaaba’s Kiswa consumes about 850 kg of raw silk, which was dyed black inside the complex, 120 kg of gold wire, and 100 silver ...

Islamic Arts Biennale marks the public debut of Kaaba’s kiswah in Jeddah, redefines Islamic art to put Saudi Arabia on global art map Inside the Islamic Arts Biennale: A Rare Look at the Kaaba ...

It was a new world auction record for an Islamic manuscript, the company said. In addition to the example sold at Sotheby's this week, there are 58 recorded Kaaba keys, all held in museums.