Capitals tend to be the most famous and exciting cities in a country, with some exceptions (we’re looking at you, U.S. and Turkey ... find numerous churches and mosques, an old town surrounded ...

Geopolitics abhors a power vacuum. One country’s loss is another’s gain, and the space left by Iran is being occupied, for ...

Visiting a mosque is not unlike visiting a cathedral, a synagogue, or any other place of worship. As long as you’re ...

Nestled within Istanbul's historic Fatih district by the Golden Horn, Istanbul University and the Grand Bazaar, Süleymaniye Mosque is considered one of the city's most impressive Ottoman mosques.

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s ...

Discover seven mosque projects redefining spiritual spaces, creatively merging context and functional requirements.

Aerial view of Hagi Sophia and Sultanahmet Camii - Blue Mosque that is restoring. (Turkish: Ayasofya, Greek: Αγία Σοφία, Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) at sunrise in Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia ...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf), represented by the Department of Mosques ... Furthermore, it maintains the aesthetic legacy in designs, reflecting the ...

Malaysians have turned to TikTok to promote the country’s mosques after claiming that Islam was sidelined in a tourism video which featured a church and Hindu temple, highlighting the perennial ...

Muslims have been urged to turn mosques to research centers, where people can learn many things as it is done in some foreign countries. This was stated by Dr Saheed Timehin of the Department of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Members of a mosque in San Francisco are worried about their safety and security. That's after a man was caught on surveillance camera tearing pages out of the Quran.