According to AKDN, five major schemes have been administered ... traditional settlements, mosques and public spaces. Notable projects include the preservation of Baltit Fort, Altit Fort, Shigar ...

Today the AKDN employs 96,000 people across more than ... and Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum’s Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Dhaka, which incorporates traditional brick construction and natural ...

SINGAPORE – A new mosque will be built in Tengah, while the construction of another mosque in Tampines North, put on hold during the pandemic, will resume in 2027. The two mosques will support t ...

These mosques can accommodate over 1,350 worshippers, including men and women SHARJAH: The Sharjah Department of Islamic Affairs (SDIA) has inaugurated two new mosques: Al-Sahabi Abdullah bin Amr ...

Ministry bans collection of donations, entry of motorcycles and bicycles into Haram area Umrah pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. AFP file Dubai: As millions of pilgrims begin to converge on ...

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), passed away peacefully in Lisbon on 4 February ...

A renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Imran Eleha has attributed the decadence in the society to failure of the mosque to discharge it responsibility. Speaking at the inauguration of an ultra modern ...

KUWAIT CITY, March 11: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, through the Mosques Directorate, has allocated WhatsApp numbers for emergency cases to facilitate communication between worshippers and mosque ...

The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, built by Prophet Muhammad in 632 CE, is another sacred site for Muslims. One of its most distinctive features is the series of giant umbrellas in the courtyard, which ...

KUWAIT CITY, Mar 10: The Mosques Sector of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has called on imams and muezzins to comply with a fatwa issued by the Ministry’s Iftaa Authority, which prohibits the use of ...