By: Lina Awad The mosque is the focal point for Muslims to pray, seek knowledge, receive guidance, and engage in religious an ...

The owner of one of the area’s many textile factories commissioned the Zebun Nessa Mosque, named for his late mother, as a ...

DJENNE, Mali — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the ...

Kate Otten, the founding architect of Kate Otten Architects, talks about the Houghton Jumu'ah Mosque by Muhammad Mayet ...

Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined ... world's largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the ...

Mud brick buildings have been captivating people’s imagination for centuries. From the impressive mud-based architecture in Djenné, Mali to the great mosque of Djenne, these structures showcase ...

Khan said two suicide bombers approached the mud-brick mosque and while guards shot and killed one, the other managed to reach the mosque and set off his explosives. The mosque collapsed with ...

mud brick, hay and coated with whitewashed plaster. Four domes, unequal in size, are huddled close to one another, giving the mosque its unique appearance. They were built in ascending disk-like ...