By Ahmed I was born and raised in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir. Kashmir is known for many different things: the scenic beauty, the unending occupation, and its Islamicate culture. But the story that I am writing about is the journey of Hajj, a journey that I heard many stories about from my Boba (grandmother) […]
KABUL (AA) – Türkiye’s Yunus Emre Institute is reviving Thuluth calligraphy, which is threatened with extinction in Afghanistan. The institute has established Thuluth calligraphy classes on the campus of Kabul University to pass on the dying art to the next generation. Currently, nearly 20 students from university professions are taking the co...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Tens of thousands of Iranians hit the streets in Tehran and other cities on Saturday to mark the 44th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, after months of anti-government protests. For the past two years, the 1979 overthrow of the Western-backed Shah of Iran was commemorated mainly in vehicles and on motorcycles [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – Greek authorities have turned the Murat Reis Complex, a spiritual center for Muslim Turks living on Rhodes Island, into a music facility. The center comprises a mosque, a dervish lodge, and a cemetery for soldiers. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Neval Konuk, a lecturer at Istanbul-based Marmara University’s Faculty of Architec...
The new Museum of Islamic Civilizations will open Friday in Turkey’s largest mosque. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate the museum, located in Istanbul’s Grand Camlica Mosque Complex. Built in a closed area of more than 100,000-square-feet, the museum includes works from the collections of the Topkapi Palace and Palace Collections ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A new Museum of Islamic Civilizations is set to be inaugurated on Friday in Turkiye’s largest mosque by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the nation’s president. The museum, located in Istanbul’s Grand Camlica Mosque Complex and constructed in a closed area of 10,000 square meters (107,639 square feet), was prepared with works selected fro...
A U.K.-based initiative to raise awareness about the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem has gone global. For the second year in a row, more than 50 countries are set to take part in Aqsa Week 2022, organizers said. The event, which runs from Feb. 24 to March 2, is being organized by the British-based Friends of […]
Police say a Muslim father was gunned down outside his home, across the street from a mosque in Brooklyn Wednesday. NYPD officers responded to a call in the 200 block of Forbell Street for a shooting around 1 a.m. Police found a man lying next to his car with a gunshot wound to his head. […]
