The configuration of the mosque, the worshipping place for Muslims, traces its history to the courtyard of the religion's founder. The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ...

The whole world is a mosque, the Prophet Muhammad once said. With pious intent, a faithful Muslim can conjure a mosque almost anywhere, transforming a desert sand dune, airport departure lounge or ...

MOROCCAN MUSLIMS ARE going modern, thanks to the opening last week of the Grand Hassan II Mosque on the Casablanca shore. The high-tech Mosque, which took seven years and $500 million to complete, has ...

The configuration of the mosque, the worshipping place for Muslims, traces its history to the courtyard of the religion's founder. The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ...

As Islam holds on to its title as the world's fastest-growing religion, architects are increasingly reimagining what a Muslim place of worship can look like. Here, we've rounded up eight examples of ...

Legend has it that the call to prayer once echoed across Middle Eastern cities as one of the few sounds breaking the dawn’s tranquillity, urging people to gather in spaces designed as much for beauty ...

Building a new mosque is often a hot-button topic in Germany. Euro-Islam architecture is paving the way to bridging the cultural gap. German mosques are rarely impressive and grand. Islamic houses of ...

Bangladeshi mosques have been making a mark on the global architectural scene for quite some time. Recently, Madaripur's Bait-ur-Rayaan Mosque has won the DNA Paris Award 2025 in the public ...

Drawing a sketch of ‘the historic Kuwaiti mosque’ is not easy. The reason for this is the lack of documentation and available information. What is surprising is that, despite the very young age of ...

This mosque is named as "Al Bidya Mosque" due to its location in Al Bidya area. Al Bidya is a large village in the Fujairah Emirate that form part of several other villages in the area including Al ...