This Ramadan, Syrians marked the 14th anniversary of the start of their country’s civil war. The conflict began as one of ...

Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country’s first Ramadan after the end of the Assad family’s iron-fisted rule, ...

Colour indicator in Nusuk app helps pilgrims perform Umrah with ease Worshippers and pilgrims cramming the courtyard around the Holy Kaaba in the Grand Mosque during the Friday prayers.

Ministry bans collection of donations, entry of motorcycles and bicycles into Haram area Umrah pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. AFP file Dubai: As millions of pilgrims begin to converge on ...

A renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Imran Eleha has attributed the decadence in the society to failure of the mosque to discharge it responsibility. Speaking at the inauguration of an ultra modern ...

The pilgrimage was celebrated with great pomp and was a source of pride for Damascene Muslims, a testament to their city’s religious prestige. The Umayyad Mosque was a masterpiece of early Islamic ...

The Senior Scholars Authority at Al-Azhar Mosque issued a statement ... around the character of the Umayyad Caliph Muawiya ibn Abu Sufyan, the period of great strife in Arab-Islamic history ...

In the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Bashar al Mashhadani, imam of the Sheikh Abdulqadir al Gailani Mosque in Baghdad said the mosque was preparing to serve 1,000 free meals per day to people coming to ...

This mosque-cathedral covers 24,000 sq m, dominating the cityscape. The building almost defies description and is as complicated inside as its storied history. Construction commenced in AD 785 ...