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 Blue ...

On Wednesday morning, police officers in balaclavas descended on the Imam Ali mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, in Hamburg to confiscate cash and a black Audi vehicle. Nancy Faeser ...

In Afghanistan, a bomb blast rocked a gathering near the gate of Eidgha Mosque in Kabul on Sunday, leaving a number of civilians dead. In a tweet, Deputy Information Minister of Afghan interim ...

has been killed in a bombing in Kabul on Wednesday (Dec 11), reports suggest. Haqqani, a key member of the powerful Haqqani network, died following an explosion that targeted a mosque in the ...

Visiting the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque are essential on any Istanbul itinerary—but visiting a mosque for the first time as a non-Muslim can seem a little daunting. You don’t want to commit ...