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. The expenses ...

Israel has destroyed 79% of the mosques in the Gaza Strip and completely demolished three churches, the spokesperson for the enclave’s Ministry of Endowments told Anadolu. Ikrami Al-Mudallal ...

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent Wednesday a cable of condolences to the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the sisterly Kingdom of ...

Replacing old mosques with new versions of older Hindu temples – as a number of court cases in India currently aim to do – does not right old wrongs; it perpetrates new ones. Unless the Supreme Court ...

Madinah, January 27, 2025, SPA -- The third group of participants in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Guests Program for Umrah and Visit departed Madinah today for Makkah to perform Umrah rituals ...

Director of Islamic Religious Information at the Religious Affairs Ministry, Ahmad Zayadi. ANTARA/HO-Kemenag. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia is set to host the International Partnership on Religion and ...

Jimmy Lai, Catholic and martyr for Hong Kong's democracy Imprisoned since 2020, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces life imprisonment for championing democracy. A devout Catholic, he chose to ...