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When Constantinople (now Istanbul) fell to the Ottomans in 1453, Mehmed II the Conqueror converted the Hagia Sophia into the Great Mosque of Ayasofya. Over time, Byzantine mosaics with Biblical ...

MOSCOW, 4th April, 2025 (WAM) -- Dr. Omar Habtoor Al Darei, Chairman of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Endowments and Zakat, has underscored the necessity of adhering to the tolerant ...

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The mosque was built in the early 8th century by the Umayyad Caliphate. According to Islamic belief, Prophet Muhammad visited this site during his miraculous night journey, known as Al-Isra and ...

TWO PERSONS were arrested on Sunday, hours after they allegedly planted gelatin sticks inside a mosque in Maharashtra’s Beed district triggering an explosion. Although no one was injured in the ...

A little boy in a crowd of worshippers at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden. Eid al-Fitr means "festival of the breaking of the fast". It is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting ...

The largest and holiest mosque in Islam can accommodate an astounding four million worshippers during the Hajj. Masjid al-Haram (The Great Mosque of Mecca), Saudi Arabia This mosque, which can ...

(Photo: PTI/X) The explosion took place around 2:30 AM at the mosque in Ardha Masla village, located in Georai tehsil. Police said that a a man entered the mosque from the backyard and placed the ...

Muslim Association of Newfoundland and Labrador President Haseen Khan says around 6000 Muslims gathered in total for the morning prayer sessions at the new mosque. (Julia Israel/CBC) For Muslims ...

BETHLEHEM, March 30, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces stormed on Sunday the village of Al-Rashayda, east of Bethlehem, and raided a mosque. Salameh Rashayda, deputy head of the Al-Rashayda ...

Over a decade later, despite the efforts of the late Imam Mahmoud Hammad Shweita (who died in May this year) to create a bridge between Islamic and western cultures, the great mosque is still one of ...