Ka’bah in Makkah Adorned With New Covering

AL-ARABYIA NEWS
By Badea Abu Naja

Muslim pilgrims gather around the door of the Ka'bah at the Grand Mosque on the
first day of Eid al-Adha in the holy city of Mecca October 4, 2014. (Reuters)

SAUDIA ARABIA---The Ka’bah was adorned with a new cover (Kiswa) on Friday. In an annual custom, the new black cloth was placed on top of the Ka’bah, at the center of the Grand Mosque, as about two million pilgrims converged on the nearby vast plains of Arafat in the climax of hajj. The Kiswa is 14 meters high, to match the height of the Ka’bah, and 47 meters wide, enough to cover the four sides of Islam’s holiest site, which are not identical in dimension. [link]