The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is about to get a makeover. In light of recent earthquakes in Turkey, experts fear the 1,500-year-old mosque is structurally vulnerable, and the Turkish government has ...

Istanbul marks the 572nd anniversary of its conquest by Fatih Sultan Mehmet, celebrating the city’s transformation into the ...

The holy month of fasting spans a period of 29 to 30 days and celebrates the first time when the Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad ... at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul on Friday.

was primarily intended as an architectural rival to the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. The inscription adorning its walls mentions two messengers of God: Jesus, son of Mary, and Muhammad.

The Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul ... affirms a person’s belief in the oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad. The Shahada is recited as: “La ilaha illallah, Muhammadur rasulullah.” ...

In it -underground, to protect it from earthquakes- was placed a great arc with a 40.4-meter radius which, according to a Turkish witness who had the chance to see it personally, was as tall as the ...

Hagia Sophia’s transformation into a mosque became ... being the first qibla in Islam and the site of Prophet Muhammad’s Isra and Miraj (Night Journey and Ascension). Spanning 144,000 square ...

“After Hagia Sophia, praise be to God ... A tomb of one of Prophet Muhammad's companions, Abu Said al-Khudari, was erected within Kariye's garden. Khudari is believed to have travelled to ...

Down the hill from his masterpiece lies the Hagia Sophia, or Aya Sofya in its Turkish incarnation, a former Byzantine cathedral that echoes Istanbul’s Christian past. Across the Bosphorus ...

Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Egypt Muhammad Ali Mosque is situated ... Sitting on the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean, the mosque overlooks the sea majestically. Hagia Sophia is a major ...

Hagia Sophia served as the city’s cathedra or bishop’s seat ... holding an Ottoman sword with his left hand, which seemed to be that of Muhammad II. He explained that this “is a tradition” of mosques ...