For some, Africa has an unfortunate reputation. Outdated stereotypes abound of poverty and people living in mud huts while ...

Clockwise from left: a mosque in Djenné ... Those design demands can be at odds. “If we only had fires, we’d do what Australia does and bury our electrical wires,” she adds.

Workers have completed the installation of two minarets at the top of one of Blackburn’s biggest mosque projects in recent years. The new mosque, in Preston New Road, will act as a place of ...

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.

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's government on Monday accused a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora. Sweden's ...

Israel has destroyed 79% of the mosques in the Gaza Strip and completely demolished three churches, the spokesperson for the enclave’s Ministry of Endowments told Anadolu. Ikrami Al-Mudallal ...

The configuration of the mosque, the worshipping place for Muslims, traces its history to the courtyard of the religion's founder. The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ...

Sustainable design in mosques is increasingly important as it addresses the need for energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality. Recent research has focused on various aspects of ...

Now, all that remains of Masjid Al Taqwa — the first mosque in the Altadena-Pasadena area — are soot, ash and charred twisted skeletons of chairs. A sign proclaiming the mosque’s name stands ...

Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.