Oriana Fernandez reflects on the ideas in Shahed Saleem's new book, The Counter-Architecture of the British Mosque ...

Prabowo's upcoming talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will also result in some MoUs, according to the ...

Harkassi said the group’s path from Spain took them across about 8,000km (nearly 5,000 miles) before they reached the Kaaba, the black cube structure in the Great Mosque of Mecca.

The 35-year-old engineer, who has been in Mecca for four months alongside seven other Malaysians, is tasked with ensuring that newly installed electrical systems at the Great Mosque – which ...

Mecca: Volunteering at the Grand Mosque is both an honour and an act of worship, combining the service of visitors and Umrah performers with the pursuit of great rewards from Almighty Allah.

Beautiful buildings are a feast for the eyes. Whether shopping malls or office buildings, mosques or cathedrals, sports ...

Not only is the Great Mosque of Mecca considered to be the holiest mosque in Islam and the largest in the world, it is also the most expensive building on the planet, worth an incredible £75 ...

Saudi Arabia was once one of the world's least-visited tourist destinations. But now it's opening up to international tourism ...

Cairo: The number of Muslims flocking from different parts of Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah or minor pilgrimage in the Grand Mosque in Mecca is surging as the mid-year school holiday in the ...

The decision to include six minarets on the Sultan Ahmet Mosque caused outcry, given that only the Great Mosque of Mecca had that many minarets—most mosques have four.

The mosque houses a Musallah, or main prayer hall, a kitchen, a library and two offices. Tile imported from Sri Lanka adorns the mosque’s mihrab, a small, curved niche signaling Mecca’s direction.

Perhaps no structure so exemplified the rich, interwoven history of the Gaza Strip as the Great Omari Mosque, believed by many to be the oldest in the territory. As empires waned, religious ...