A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head of the Supreme Court ...

Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art ...

After accusations of illegal property  deals by the trustees of Minara Masjid, the Maharashtra State Board of Waqf has ...

With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

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, ...

Even if Trump's outline fails, it might open a new round of regional talks about innovative solutions to the Palestinian ...

enters the Al-Omari Mosque in the city of Daraa, the epicenter of the “Syrian Spring,” after 13 years in exile. In 2011, this Sunni scholar was one of the voices of the uprising against the ...

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 ...

Colorful Ortakoy mosque and Bosphorus Bridge in the background. Istanbul is known for its incredible Ottoman-era (and beyond) architecture and that extends to its mosques and other places of worship.

The Kebbi Government on Thursday said it has awarded the contract for the repairs and renovation of 97 mosques across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. The State Commissioner for ...

One significant occasion you may be curious about is Ramadan, which is set to begin in late February and is observed by Muslims around the world every year. Here is a comprehensive guide to ...

but it is generally believed to have been in today’s Imam Ali mosque at Najaf in Iraq, near Kufa, which is a major place of pilgrimage. These events created the division in Islam between the Sunni ...