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 ...

IDF reveals how terrorists use the Jabriyat Mosque in Jenin, January 11, 2025 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit). The IDF identified three mosques that terrorists were using while operating in the West ...

Terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria persistently takes place within civilian infrastructures, including mosques, hospitals, medical centers, and educational institutions. During operational ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hurled brickbats at the opposition, claiming that even Kelantan’s tourism promotional video did not feature a mosque. This comes after several Perikatan Nasional ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.