Changing of the Kiswa: £4.5million silk cloth covering Islam’s holy Kaaba in Mecca gets replaced
Islam’s most holiest site, the Kaaba at the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca, was given a new £4.5m silk cover today as part of the annual hajj pilgrimage. More than 150 artisans and technicians, with the help of two cranes, put the black cloth, known as the Kiswa, over the four sides of … Read more