For nearly 30 centuries the tomb of the prophet Nahum was an important pilgrimage site for Jews in what is today Kurdish Iraq. But after the founding of Israel in 1948, all its Jewish caretakers began ...

Ritual and social order -- Ritual, relics, and the Meccan sanctuary -- Chapter outline -- Treasure of the Kaʻbah -- Temple implements and treasure of the Kaʻbah -- Swords and the origins of Islam -- ...

Thousands of Muslim worshippers gather around the tomb of Prophet Hud, known in Arabic as Qabr Nabi Hud, for the four-day pilgrimage which precedes the holy fasting month of Ramadan despite an ...

No one knows for certain if Joshua, the Old Testament prophet, actually lived or where he might be buried. But for over 1,000 years, the sick and faithful have visited a Baghdad tomb said to be his.

AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — Jordanians are discussing the possibility of opening the Sunni Islam-majority country to Shiite pilgrims long discouraged from visiting the tombs of the relatives of the Prophet ...

CHURCH STRETTON, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A rare 18th century painting of the footprints of the prophet Muhammad will take centre stage at British auction house Mullock’s sale on the 21st May.