Scholars involved in excavation of Jerash, ancient Gerasa, discovered an Islamic-period mint in the city. Copper coins were issued in both a pre-reform and post-reform series."This seemingly ...

Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, ...

Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a public demonstration in Damascus ...

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

I went to Halbouni Mosque, near the historic center of Damascus, for Tarawih prayers. The streets were pitch dark, as the city experiences frequent power cuts at night. When I arrived, I found the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. More than a decade had passed since ...

A man suspected of being involved in an attempt to sexually assault a young girl at a mosque in Batang Kali, Hulu Selangor, on Feb 21 will be charged at the Ampang Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

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Israel is considering imposing new restrictions on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli media reported on Monday. Palestinian prisoners released as ...

The construction of the Umayyad Mosque began in 705 AD by al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik. The Umayyad Mosque is also distinguished by being the first mosque in which the mihrab and the apse appeared as ...

Israel is set to severely restrict access to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan. The restrictions, according to reports in Israeli Public Broadcaster Kan, include ...

A Blackburn mosque and community hub which is home to a first of its kind Islamic museum has opened to the public. Hundreds of people from across Lancashire and the North West packed into the new ...