Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: This is the most expensive cloth in Islam "The cloth of the holy Kaaba is made out of 56 golden pieces that covers it. Here ...

The General Authority for the Care of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has revealed that seven types of premium fabrics are used in crafting the Kiswa of the Kaaba, a tradition that reflects ...

MAKKAH — The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques completed on Wednesday night the annual customary raising of the lower part of the Holy Kaaba’s cover (Kiswa) by about three ...

Cairo: The covering cloth of the Holy Kaaba, which Muslims around the world direct in their prayers, is displayed for the first time outside the Saudi city of Mecca. The elaborately decorated cover or ...

Saudi Arabia has gifted the United Nations the curtain of the Kaaba door, one of Islam’s most sacred items. The tapestry comprises nearly 50 black cloths made of pure silk and is decorated with ...

at a cost of 25 million Saudi riyals ($6,650,000) Sami Mzayen, Supervisor at Kiswa factory: "The cloth of the holy Kaaba is made out of 56 golden pieces that covers it. Here in the department we have ...