A climate in which science, art, and culture flourished in the Golden Age of Islam and the conditions that foretold the Age’s ...

On my last evening in Samarra, Kurtzman took me to meet Abu Mohammed, a former insurgent commander turned Sons of Iraq leader. As the muezzin from an adjacent mosque was blaring the post-iftar ...

They're more than just places of worship; they're mind-blowing architectural gems, packed with history and culture ... through their salah. The Great Mosque of Xi'an, China Next stop: the Great ...

He explained in detail about the mosque’s architecture and how it had been inspired by the Great Mosque of Xi’an in China. Abdul Qayyum also shared interesting nuggets on the complex’s ...

Cities rise, thrive, and sometimes fade into the backdrop of history ... internal strife. Samarra flourished for nearly sixty years, boasting grand structures like the Great Mosque and its ...

It was in such fabled cities as Uruk, Ashur, Babylon, Hatra and Samarra that complex ... the first great multicultural kingdom in history. Though its rulers were often rapacious, the empire ...

In 1991, 120 mosques. In twenty years, they have built 8,000. The largest mosque in Europe is in Moscow. And the imam of the Great Mosque of Moscow, Ildar Alyautdinov, said: “Muslims have a ...

And it is quite enthralling to hear the behind the scenes story of how the plan came about to have a mosque that mirrors the artistry seen in the Great Mosque ... has a rich history with unique ...

Explore how Star Wars reflects the Islamic Golden Age through architecture, astronomy, and philosophy rooted in real-world ...

Constructed between the late 13th and mid-14th centuries, the property includes the Great Mosque of Afyon (1272-77), the Great ... testimony that illustrates a significant stage in the history of ...