The major earthquake in Morocco that killed more than 2,900 people and injured thousands more also significantly damaged some of the country’s most famous religious sites, according to Eric Falt, a ...

New Delhi: India’s mosques, over 300,000 strong, stand as timeless sentinels of faith amid Ramadan 2026’s spiritual crescendo, when crescent moons herald iftar feasts and communal prayers. These ...

Authorities in communist China’s northwestern Gansu province have secretly demolished parts of a world-famous 17th-century mosque in order to replace its Arabic-style structure with Chinese ...

Eid Ul Fitr 2026: The festival of Eid Ul Fitr is approaching, and the mosques throughout India are preparing to welcome thousands of devotees, who will offer prayers. The mosques offer historic Mughal ...

Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s famous Blue Mosque but did not stop to pray, as he opened an intense day of meetings and liturgies with Turkey’s Christian leaders where he again emphasised the ...

During my first Ramazan in Istanbul, which came hardly a month after I moved here in 2024, I decided to say my Friday prayers in a mosque. For the first Friday, I went to the Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia), ...