When war strikes, architecture—buildings, homes, and cultural landmarks—falls first before human lives become the grim focus.

During his ninth incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque since the formation of the current occupation government and his first time as Minister of National Security—and the sixth since the Al-Aqsa Flood—Itamar ...

Imam Ali al-Hadi died in 868 AD and his son, Hassan al-Askari, died in 874 AD. The golden dome topping the al-Askari shrine was finally completed in 1905. The spiral minaret on top of one of the ...

Anywhere between 7,000 and 10,000 faithful gather on each of the 21st, 23rd, and 25th nights of Ramadan, according to mosque officials. But that number is expected to triple on the 27th night.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday on a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims, officials said, killing 26 people headed back from a revered shrine that has been a ...

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More than 95 percent of all Palestinians are prohibited from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative.

In regard to significance and virtues, the status of Al-Aqsa Mosque is followed by Al-Masjid Al-Haram (situated in Makkah) and Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi (situated in Madinah). This blessed mosque has been ...

Al-Aqsa Mosque: Significance and Virtues By: Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi* What we usually call “Al-Aqsa Mosque” is also known by other names such as: “Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa”, “Al-Haram Al-Qudsi Al-Sharif” ...