Colorful Ortakoy mosque and Bosphorus Bridge in the background. Istanbul is known for its incredible Ottoman-era (and beyond) architecture and that extends to its mosques and other places of worship.

The configuration of the mosque, the worshipping place for Muslims, traces its history to the courtyard of the religion's founder. The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ...

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's government on Monday accused a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora. Sweden's ...

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Now, all that remains of Masjid Al Taqwa — the first mosque in the Altadena-Pasadena area — are soot, ash and charred twisted skeletons of chairs. A sign proclaiming the mosque’s name stands ...

Raking up the temple-mosque controversy, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad Mahant Ravindra Puri on Monday demanded that ancient temples "converted" into mosques across the country ...

Seven mosques across the UAE were renamed Al Nakhwah to commemorate the day when the country showed the world its gallantry in face of Houthi drone attack in 2022. 'Al Nakhwah', an Arabic word ...

Israel has destroyed 79% of the mosques in the Gaza Strip and completely demolished three churches, the spokesperson for the enclave’s Ministry of Endowments told Anadolu. Ikrami Al-Mudallal ...

Mahant Ravindra Puri, president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, calls for vacating ancient temples converted into mosques. He emphasizes that there's no ban on Muslims visiting Maha Kumbh ...

A Muslim convert threatened to "flatten" a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard.

MUSCAT: The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, one of Oman’s most visited landmarks, has introduced entry fees for visitors to improve services and manage the rising number of tourists, according to ...

Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.