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.

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 ...

Of the total, six incidents were related to contested places of worship, with Hindutva groups claiming that mosques and dargahs were illegal or constructed after demolishing Hindu religious sites.

Nonetheless, contemporary architects have been successfully elevating mosque architecture, fulfilling its functional requirements creatively, while allowing the building's context to drive the form.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Located in modern-day Turkey, the 13th-century Divrigi Hospital was built alongside a mosque, and the two are a UNESCO World Heritage site. Before the message of the Prophet Muhammad spread beyond ...

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA to receive 2025 Royal Gold Medal, honoring their transformative architectural ...