Restoration work is ongoing at the muezzin mahfil of Selimiye Mosque, a masterpiece of Turkish-Islamic architecture and home ...
Steadily growing over the past few years, the Chinese government’s Sinicization campaigns have targeted a number of Muslim minority groups. These campaigns are perhaps most visible through the ...
A Wondrous Piece of History and Mystery Qutub Minar, a wonder of architecture in Delhi, is the tallest minaret made of bricks ...
The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to ...
In our modern world, moving at such an ultra-fast pace, it can feel like our cities are getting stripped of their history and ...
TEHRAN - A restoration project for Moshir Mosque, a treasured Qajar-era landmark in the heart of Shiraz, is set to commence in the coming days, the tourism chief of Fars province said on Sunday.
Known as the City of a Thousand Minarets, Cairo also boasts stunning Islamic architecture. The city economy of Cairo today is largely based shipping and transport infrastructure, thanks to its ...
The Al-Hadbaa Minaret in Mosul, destroyed by ISIS in 2017, has been rebuilt through a major international initiative led by ...
The skyline is important to the Aga Khan, and the Khayrbek mosque had lost the crowning element of its minaret ... to provide better architecture for the mass market in the Islamic world?
Smith was also inspired by examples of Islamic architecture; in particular, the 9th-century Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq, defined by its ancient minaret encircled by a distinctively bottom ...
Seville Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, is a grand architectural masterpiece located ...