This year's hajj takes place amid tensions in the Gulf region exacerbated by a series of attacks on oil tankers, drone strikes and interceptions of maritime traffic on the high seas. Saudi ...

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.

At his mosque Kaisan prays with his dad in the men's section. During prayers everyone faces the qibla a niche in the wall pointing towards the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. There's a verse in ...