A bomb blast has killed at least five people and wounded seven in northeastern Afghanistan, local police report. The blast ...

Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization. In reality, the Saudi kingdom remains unflinchingly authoritarian, ...

The coronation of His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV in Kampala, in 1957, brought to Uganda the installation of the Shia Ismaili Muslims’ Imam for the first time in 14 centuries.Today, ...

The Umayyad Mosque in the Old City of Damascus is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. (Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0) A video has circulated widely on Syrian networks ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

The eastern regions of Saudi Arabia have been on alert since last year when Daesh carried out two attacks on Shia mosques. In August, a suicide attack killed 15 people in an bombing on a mosque ...

"Bias and bigotry have no place in a society striving for inclusivity and mutual respect." HONOLULU, Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a rare demonstration of unity, religious leaders representing ...

law and justice department as well as UP Shia and Sunni Waqf boards before the meeting of the stakeholders. Revenue department officers said the plots on which cremation ground, mosque ...

The proposed mosque has garnered support from some local ... and an appropriate setting for worship for both Sunni and Shia Muslims. The leaders say having one space also will help them deal ...

Iran is a majority-Shia nation and is often supportive of Shias ... Imam Al-Husainy has led a Dearborn mosque for 30 years Al-Husainy has also organized or taken part in anti-ISIS and pro ...

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 ...