Note from Rafik Beekun (most recently updated on September 1, 2009)
Please click here to watch the people doing Tawaf around the Kaaba in Makkah at any time during the day or night throughout the whole year. You will need to wait about a minute to see the crowd of worshippers move around the Kaaba. During Eid, this webcam sometimes goes off line; however, during Ramadan, you can actually watch Muslims doing salaat and listen to Salatul Esha and Tarawi as these prayers are being performed. The governmental authorities who maintain this webcam allow sound to be also transmitted during Ramadan. YOu may or may not need to install realplayer on your computer. While I was watching and listening to the Tarawi prayer live today, a realplayer bar was displayed below the webcam image in the center.
The Saudi authorities switch between several cameras positioned on top of the minarets. Please note that your scroll bar is to the left of your screen.
Note to viewers from Br. Rafik: Please remember the time zone difference between your location and that of Makkah. I am located about 10 hours behind Makkah time in the USA. If you have trouble viewing the webcam, please comment below, and I will try to respond as soon as I can, Insha Allah.
Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Starts Website
Courtesy P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 22 April 2008 — The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has launched a website that allows people all over the world to watch prayers and sermons at the two mosques. It also offers access to 45,000 recordings of recitation of the Qur’an and Islamic lectures.
The website (http://www.gph.gov.sa) provides information about the presidency and its activities. It also contains links to the Agency for the Prophet’s Mosques Affairs, libraries of the two mosques, the Institute of the Haram Mosque and the Kaaba Kiswa Factory in Makkah.
The presidency is now working on the second phase of the project, which will include e-education services. Indices of rare books and calligraphic writings available in the two libraries will serve as a useful reference for researchers. “Services in English and other major languages will be available during the second phase,” said an official source.
The website contains information about how to perform Haj and Umrah, speeches in Arabic, Urdu and English, and prayer times in Makkah and Madinah, recitations of the Qur’an by the imams of the two holy mosques and their Friday sermons and books published by the presidency.
The website will also have radio programs in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia and Urdu in addition to the programs of Radio Qur’an. “People can also access translations of the Qur’an in different languages,” the source said. The e-library contains pictures of the two holy mosques.
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