Ministry bans collection of donations, entry of motorcycles and bicycles into Haram area Umrah pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. AFP file Dubai: As millions of pilgrims begin to converge on ...

KUWAIT CITY, March 11: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, through the Mosques Directorate, has allocated WhatsApp numbers for emergency cases to facilitate communication between worshippers and mosque ...

KUWAIT CITY, Mar 10: The Mosques Sector of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has called on imams and muezzins to comply with a fatwa issued by the Ministry’s Iftaa Authority, which prohibits the use of ...

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.

Forty years after the death of dictator Enver Hoxha, whose four-decade rule over Albania drove it into isolation and poverty, Qasa Alom explores how the country has changed. In the capital Tirana ...

In Tirana, Albania’s capital city, thousands normally congregate to wish each other “Eid greetings” in the city square. Similar traditions exist in other Albanian cities. Throughout the country, ...

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