A memorial was also held in the front yard of Aceh’s Grand Baiturrahman Mosque, where hundreds sat in silence for three minutes before praying together. Sri Lanka marked the day with two minutes ...

Hundreds of people gathered to pray at the Baiturrahman Mosque in downtown Banda Aceh ... has been rebuilt and is now more resilient than before the tsunami struck. Early warning systems have ...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf), represented by the Department of Mosques, inaugurated a new mosque in Rasheeda area. The mosque accommodates 300 worshipers on ...

He served in the Army for more than a decade and deployed to Afghanistan before he carried out his ... also within walking distance of the local mosque, Masjid Bilal — where no one answered ...

As the world welcomed 2025, tensions in Israel and Palestine escalated dramatically, with over 600 Israeli settlers storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, while Israeli forces launched ...

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.

Muslims have been present in India long before the Mughal Empire. The arrival of Muslims in India began as early as the 4th ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s ...

The year culminated in Sambhal where four lives were lost after a court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid which Hindu groups claimed was the site of an ancient temple.

SAMBHAL: Sambhal has been in the eye of the storm since November 19, when a Mughal-era mosque was surveyed on court orders following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site. Violence ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...