Last week, archaeologists discovered one of the world’s oldest mosques beneath Rahat, in the south of Israel. There, construction on a new neighborhood in the world’s largest Bedouin city uncovered “a ...

The Omari Mosque in Gaza was largely destroyed by Israeli bombardment on Dec. 8, 2023. It was one of the most ancient mosques in the region and a beloved Gazan landmark. The mosque was first built in ...

The centuries-old Omari Mosque, Gaza's oldest, was badly damaged in an Israeli strike. An Israeli official told NPR it was targeted because... Israeli strike leaves Gaza's oldest mosque in ruins TEL ...

The oldest mosque in Gaza dates back to crusader times a thousand years ago, and it has been badly damaged by an Israeli strike. An Israeli official says Hamas militants were using it as cover. People ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The oldest-standing Muslim mosque built in North America is considered a symbol of tolerance and acceptance of Islam and Muslims in the United States by the National Register of ...

One of the oldest mosques on Long Island broke ground Friday on a project that will nearly triple its size to accommodate a growing congregation. Following an afternoon prayer service Friday, elected ...

Someone threw a beer bottle through the window of the Islamic Center of San Francisco on Nov. 12. “We feel like our home was attacked,” a mosque resident scholar said. Islamic Center of San Francisco ...

For more than five decades, Mattie Collins has joined the worshipers and curious onlookers who pour into a green-and-white building within earshot of Interstate 95. They climb up the stairs, take off ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- Members of the Islamic Center of San Francisco are shaken after someone vandalized their mosque, the city's oldest, on Friday night. Leaders who serve on the board say it is ...

(The Conversation) — Gaza’s Omari Mosque embodies the history of Gaza – as a site of frequent destruction, but also of renewal, writes a scholar of Islamic architecture and archaeology. The mosque was ...