The alleged murder of Salwan Momika, the man who sparked outrage in Muslim-majority countries in 2023 by desecrating the ...

he relationship between a city and literature is reciprocal. The city nourishes the imagination of writers while writers ...

In Baghdad, the Abbasid caliph created a centre of learning which was known as the House of Wisdom, or the Grand Library of Baghdad ... from across the world. Mosque design influenced gothic ...

The emperors improved communication across their domain by building new roads and expanding the Grand Canal that snaked 1,000 miles ... including the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Great Mosque ...

The madrassa consists of 34 rooms, a mosque, lecture halls and a spacious courtyard. Its two corner domes and grand entrance door echo the architectural ... It is believed that this Quran was brought ...

And it does not take long to figure out that his ‘mausoleum’ was not purpose-built as one—a curious anomaly given that he happened to be the heir apparent of a powerful monarch with a penchant for ...

Constructed between 1996 and 2007 at the request of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and first president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is by far the most ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to ...

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 ...

Muscat: The Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science (SQHCCS) has clarified that fees levied for entry to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque are part of the efforts to regulate the entry of ...

A UNESCO-led project is restoring historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul, including the Al-Hadbaa Minaret and key churches, after ...

Car bombs and militant attacks no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad, many young Iraqis say their opportunities remain limited BAGHDAD -- Car bombs and militant attacks are no longer ...