In the past it was thought that Ayyubid-Mamluk pottery was completely different from preceding Early Islamic pottery because ...

Riyadh, February 24, 2025, SPA -- Under the patronage of Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and on his behalf, Governor of Riyadh Region Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin ...

Andalusian philosopher is known for a number of key ideas adopted by later Sufis, including the unity of being, the concept ...

Director General of East Cairo Antiquities Abdullah Saad said strenuous efforts are being exerted to develop a number of archaeological sites in the area as part of project Urban Regeneration for ...

Gaza was once a crossroads of the ancient civilisations of the Nile and the Levant. The coastal strip was a trading and ...

On Feb. 2, 2025, Salama Marouf, head of Gaza's government media office, declared Gaza a “disaster zone” during a press ...

Ministry bans collection of donations, entry of motorcycles and bicycles into Haram area Umrah pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. AFP file Dubai: As millions of pilgrims begin to converge on ...

Political uncertainties may be deterring organisations from funding the €260m worth of restoration work needed to repair and rebuild the Gaza Strip’s wrecked historical sites, but emergency interventi ...

Subsequently, many Mamluk soldiers who were part of the alliance, which lost the 1509 battle of Diu, had joined the Bijapur forces. This was a golden moment for Diu Governor Ayaz, in particular, and ...

The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, built by Prophet Muhammad in 632 CE, is another sacred site for Muslims. One of its most distinctive features is the series of giant umbrellas in the courtyard, which ...

A renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Imran Eleha has attributed the decadence in the society to failure of the mosque to discharge it responsibility. Speaking at the inauguration of an ultra modern ...

It is one of the only mosques in the region open to non-Muslims and references Mamluk, Ottoman, Fatimid, Moorish and Indo-Islamic styles in its design. The carpet in the main prayer hall is the ...