Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

Herat, often called the cultural capital of ... Mazar-i-Sharif, the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan, is most famous for the Blue Mosque, the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, which is intricately and ...

They may be guided around Herat Citadel, the spectacular Blue Mosque, and the old bazaar while learning about tea culture, traditional music and poetry. On her alternative tour, guests are taken ...

Blue is also the colour one of the most distinct mosques in the UAE. The Ali Mohammed Sadeq Albulushi Mosque, often referred to as the Blue Mosque, uses the colour in a variety of ways – for the ...

The blast went off in the Guzargah Mosque in the western city of Herat during Friday noon prayers, the highlight of the Muslim religious week when places of worship are particularly crowded.