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 ...

The Blue Mosque is situated on the historic peninsula of Istanbul, near the Hagia Sophia and the Topkapi Palace. It was built as a complex, comprising a mosque, a madrasa (religious school), a ...

An explosion at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan on Thursday April 21, 2022, resulted in at least 25 casualties, according to Taliban officials cited by the international news agency AFP.

CAIRO, October 8. /TASS/. About 100 people were killed and dozens were injured in a powerful explosion in a Shia mosque in the Kunduz Province in northern Afghanistan, Aamaj News reported Friday.