Web-surfing pilgrims in Mecca have become of topic of concern for their travel organizers in Iran. The Supreme Leader’s Pilgrimage Affairs website reports that cultural organizers of the trips say that internet surfing is wasting pilgrims’ time and causing a decline in attendance to worship and prayer rituals. The report indicates that pilgrims, especially […]
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Photos: Hajj Pilgrimage at Kaaba, Mecca
Photos by Mehdi Ghasemi, ISNAThe Kaaba is a cuboid-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam. The Qur’an states that the Kaaba was constructed by Abraham and his son Ishmael, after Ishmael had settled in Arabia.