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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Raking up the temple-mosque controversy, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad Mahant Ravindra Puri on Monday demanded that ancient temples "converted" into mosques across the country ...

This building is a mosque, built where a temple once stood. Child: Oh, wow! Abdul: After the birth of Jesus, most people became Christian, and forgot the ancient Egyptian religion that inspired ...

The Jumma Mosque is unlike any other ancient mosque and has 218 exquisitely carved stone columns that hold up a dark stone ceiling. It's cool and unusual after the other brightly tiled buildings.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Strong waves are slowly eroding sections of the coastline. One of the oldest mosques along ...