When Aadi Visheshwar temple was attacked by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1669, he could destroy only Aishwarya and Mukti mandaps along with the sanctum sanctorum of the temple to build a mosque.

Koutoubia is one of the country's first mosques to have solar panels installed and one of the most-high profile, says Kuntze. "This is a very old mosque, one of the oldest in Morocco.

LAHORE, Jan 18: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has asked ulema, mashaikh and people to support the government to make mosques centres for education and learning. He was speaking at the Shah Kamal ...

Few mosque-goers here seem to be aware of the mosque's solar panels – not visible from street level. Still, people seem to be optimistic about the future of renewables.