One of the icons of Fairbanks is the Mecca Bar. Everyone knows where it is; you can’t miss that neon sign beckoning through the ice fog on Second Avenue. It is a place that seems to have some kind of ...
As the annual Hajj pilgrimage draws to a close, a long-settled corner of Mecca is stirring up a storm thousands of miles away in India - not for its spiritual significance, but for a 50-year-old ...
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has begun. It’s required once in a lifetime by every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it. The ...