Austin Albanese is a historian and writer based in Rochester, New York. In the summer of 1937, something remarka b le happened in Cedar Rapids. At the third anniversary celebration of the nation’s ...

The first mosque in Zion is officially open to worshippers of Islam, and those who wish to learn about Ahmadi Muslims and the group’s long-standing history in the city. The inauguration ceremony of ...

MUKILTEO — It’s Riaz Khan’s field of dreams. And finally, after seven years of planning, and a short-lived Islamophobic campaign against it, there will be shovels. The groundbreaking of the Islamic ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to ...

“God promises in the Holy Quran, after every hardship is ease, and this is a perfect example in front of you -- the challenges that we went through and the struggles that we had,” Malik said. “But God ...

THESSALONIKI, GreeceTHESSALONIKI, Greece — The Stars of David adorning the balconies along the top of the building catch the first glimmers of the dawn light as worshipers pass through the gates of ...

In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing war, Some imams issued fiery calls of ...

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - The foundation stone of Slovenia's first mosque was laid at a former industrial site in the capital Ljubljana on Saturday, more than four decades since the first official ...

Ancient rammed-earth construction techniques and cutting-edge solar technology might seem an unlikely pairing. But it’s at the core of what’s described as the “world’s first net-zero energy mosque,” ...

In the summer of 1937, something remarka b le happened in Cedar Rapids. At the third anniversary celebration of the nation’s first purpose-built mosque — now known as the Mother Mosque of America — ...