The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious tourism drive – but is sparring with heritage experts over how to protect its ...

In Tashkent, one of the most significant points on the Great Silk Road, modern buildings are in harmony with mosques and religious schools built in the Middle Ages, which turns the city into a unique ...

Tashkent, the largest city in Central Asia, stands out for its modern infrastructure as well as its rich historical heritage, including ancient mosques and madrassas. (AA Photo) One of the rare ...

Our Tashkent tour guide, Donat Iskanderov, ensures we don’t miss key landmarks. A highlight is the majestic Hazrati Imam complex, home to mosques, madrasas and the Usmon Mus’haf, one of the world’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The United States immigration authorities have been granted the ability to arrest individuals at schools, churches, and hospitals following President Donald Trump administration’s reversal of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.