Andalusian philosopher is known for a number of key ideas adopted by later Sufis, including the unity of being, the concept ...

Crowds waved flags and chanted in rallies in cities including Damascus and Aleppo to celebrate the victory of rebels in ...

An Israeli airstrike targeted a building in an upscale neighborhood, destroying an apartment that neighbors said had been vacant for years.

The Ottoman minaret, which is the standard minaret type in Türkiye and across the Balkans as well as being found in the ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls for national unity and peace amid violence in coastal regions at a Damascus ...

Some 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City under tight security by Israeli forces ...

A limited number of older Palestinians were allowed into Jerusalem on the first Friday of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, in a wary climate stirred by a standoff over the Gaza ceasefire and an ...

Masjid al-Haram, also known as Masjidil Haram, is the oldest and largest mosque in the world located around the Ka'bah. Prophet Ibrahim (AS) and his son Prophet Ismail (AS) laid the foundations of the ...

It also houses a library and an Islamic center. The Great Mosque of Kano, also called the Kano Central Mosque, dates back to the 15th century and has undergone several reconstructions. The mosque ...

With six soaring minarets and five main domes, it represents the last great mosque of the classical era. Visitors must adhere to specific rules, including women wearing headscarves and no flash ...

Construction commenced in AD 785, guided by Abd al-Rahman I’s singular vision to create a mosque similar to those in Damascus and Baghdad. After the fall of Al-Andalus and the Spanish ...