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.

Visiting the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque are essential on any Istanbul itinerary—but visiting a mosque for the first time as a non-Muslim can seem a little daunting. You don’t want to commit ...

Special prayers were held at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in memory of Muhammad Deif, the former commander of Hamas's military department, and other senior Hamas figures who were eliminated in the war.

On the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, Palestinians returned to the mosque to pray on the ruins of the Farouk Mosque. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) Israeli forces have ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Preparations are underway ahead of the visit of UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to al-Nuri Mosque in ...

IDF reveals how terrorists use the Jabriyat Mosque in Jenin, January 11, 2025 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit). The IDF identified three mosques that terrorists were using while operating in the West ...

Special commemorative prayers were held at Al-Aqsa Mosque in memory of Muhammad Deif and other senior Hamas figures who were killed by Israel over the course of the war.

Two mosques in Germany have received threatening and provocative letters, according to a statement from the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) on Friday. One of the letters was ...

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 ...

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.

The devastation caused by Israeli attacks has resulted in the destruction of nearly 1,000 mosques in Gaza. In response to this crisis, Indonesia, the world’s largest Islamic country, has ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...