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A Ton of Silk and Hundreds of Kilograms of Gold: This Is What the New 'Veil' of the Kaaba in Mecca Looks Like

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With the beginning of the new Hijri year (the Muslim calendar), a major annual event takes place in the Muslim world: the changing of the Kiswa, the ornate covering of the Kaaba. The Kaaba, the sacred building for Muslims, is located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Its shape, from which it gets its name, (the Kaaba, "the cube") is surrounded by Al-Masjid Al-Haram, the holiest mosque in Islam. The direction Muslims face during prayer. That magnificent …
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With the beginning of the new Hijri year (the Muslim calendar), a major annual event takes place in the Muslim world: the changing of the Kiswa, the ornate covering of the Kaaba. The Kaaba, the sacred building for Muslims, is located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Its shape, from which it gets its name, (the Kaaba, "the cube") is surrounded by Al-Masjid Al-Haram, the holiest mosque in Islam. The direction Muslims face during prayer. That magnificent …

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kikar.co.il broke the news in on Monday, July 28, 2025.
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