Discover the story of Mansa Musa, the richest man in history and ruler of the Mali Empire, whose immense wealth, legendary ...

The institute is named after Ahmed Baba, who rose to prominence with Timbuktu to become one of the town’s most prolific scholars and writers. Everything in this town is historic. The Djinguereber ...

KASHGAR, China--At a domed building here in early October, the Islamic crescent symbol that indicated it had been a mosque had been removed. The interior of the building had also been radically ...

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.

Jumeirah Mosque is nestled near the shore in one of Dubai's older and most picturesque neighborhoods, Jumeirah 1. Its detailed sand-hued façade – which graces older 500-dirham notes – mimics ...

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The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 ...