It is being marketed as the third-biggest mosque worldwide, following the holy mosque in Mecca and the prophet's mosque in Medina, both located in Saudi Arabia.

The first mosque was the Prophet Muhammad's home in Medina, Saudi Arabia, a 7th-Century house with a large courtyard surrounded by long rooms. The simplest mosque would be a prayer room with a ...

The majestic structure can accommodate 120,000 people, making it the largest mosque in Africa and only surpassed by the holiest sites in Islam – Mecca and Medina ... of the holy month of Ramadan.

Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on allowed to invest in Saudi-listed companies that own property in Mecca ...

"The journey between the Haramain [two holy mosques] is now shorter and easier ... Muslims travelling between Mecca and Medina for the Hajj or Umra pilgrimages have faced a bus journey of up ...

Riyadh: In a major decision taken to stimulate growth, Saudi Arabia has allowed foreigners and non-Saudi citizens to invest ...