The Mohammad al-Amin Mosque, also referred to as the Blue Mosque, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon (all photographs courtesy Harout Bastajian, and used with permission) At the center of downtown Beirut is ...

The Dongguan Great Mosque in Xining, China, photographed in 2018. Its main green dome and minaret domes have since been removed. (Zhang Peng | LightRocket via Getty Images) XINING, China — The ...

Mosques are the source of some of the most inspiring and beautiful architecture. From the dome of the Hagia Sophia to the perforated box of the M. Ridwan Kamil's Al-Irsyad mosque, Islamic ...

China is destroying Arab-style architectural features of mosques, such as domes and minarets. The tightened control on religion has been met with rare resistance. By Vivian Wang Vivian Wang traveled ...

Legend has it that the call to prayer once echoed across Middle Eastern cities as one of the few sounds breaking the dawn’s tranquillity, urging people to gather in spaces designed as much for beauty ...

XINING, China — The Dongguan Mosque has adopted some very different looks in its nearly 700 years in China's northwestern city of Xining. Built in the style of a Chinese imperial palace, with tiled ...