The mosque, which was declared a Major Historical and Cultural Site in 1988, is a legacy of the Silk Road with Xi’an, the old capital of a unified China, as its center.

Nestled in the tranquility of downtown Xi’an, the Great Mosque provides a great escape for visitors from the noises of the famous Drum Tower and the Muslim commercial area nearby. The religious ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A China-inspired mosque will be officially opened today in the royal city of Klang, a testament to the country’s inclusivity and diverse heritage, says Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Beyond the Great Wall, I have also visited smaller but still impressive versions in the cities of Xi’an, Nanjing, Suzhou, Kaifeng, Dali and Songpan.

The design of Masjid Jamek Cina Muslim Klang was inspired by the architecture of China’s Great Mosque of Xi’an. As the only mosque in the state to exhibit Chinese-style influences, Masjid ...

The present Great Mosque of Djenne, completed in 1907, was not, as most 20th-century accounts have it, a French colonial project; it was and is basically a Sahelian, an African monument.

One year after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco in September 2023, residents of the mountain village of Tinmel are working to rebuild their homes and the 12th-century Great Mosque of Tinmel ...

Gaza's oldest mosque, the Great Omari Mosque located in the Old City, has reportedly been hit by an Israeli air strike on Thursday, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

On day 2 of our Xi'an China street food series we spent the day exploring the Muslim Quarter, an area packed with all kinds of traditional Chinese food including Halal Street Food and VEGETARIAN ...

Thousands of Malians joined the annual replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali ...

The world’s most expensive building that cost £73bn and can fit 2.5million people inside The Great Mosque of Mecca cost £73billion to build and is undergoing more work.