The simplest mosque would be a prayer room with a wall marked with a “mihrab” – a niche indicating the direction of Mecca, which Muslims should face when praying. A typical mosque also ...
Last Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Hagia Sophia had been a museum since 1935. There are many reasons floating around as to why ...
Construction began on Friday of a mosque in Istanbul's central Taksim square, a controversial project championed by Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but mired in years of court battles ...
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