Pope Leo XIV looks up at the ceiling of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, more commonly called the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul during a visit Nov. 29, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Leaving Villa Barberini, ...

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Turkey’s interior minister says six Islamic State militants and three police officers were killed in a clash in northwest ...

In the past week, police have taken hundreds of IS suspects into custody in nationwide raids aimed at preventing possible ...

ANKARA, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained 115 suspected Islamic State members they said were planning to carry out attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations in the country, the ...

Persian and other Islamic literature celebrated male homoerotic love as a form of divine longing – until Western moral codes ...

Demonstrators gather after morning prayers across Istanbul as civil society groups, artists and sports figures call for end ...

On Monday, Alice Springs Mosque Imam Mohammad Juniad Ali condemned the attack in Sydney which has left 16 people – including a child – dead. “I strongly condemn the violent incident that took place at ...

Police are investigating after a swastika and anti-Islam graffiti was spray-painted on a mosque in Brisbane’s north. The swastika and the words “f--- Allah” and “No Muslims = peace” were written in ...