The design is gorgeous, a sort of patterned ziggurat that climbs 150 feet in the air, before culminating in a dome-shaped skylight; over the sidewalk, a pair of slender minarets preside. But in a ...

MOROCCAN MUSLIMS ARE going modern, thanks to the opening last week of the Grand Hassan II Mosque on the Casablanca shore. The high-tech Mosque, which took seven years and $500 million to complete, has ...

A new 99-domed mosque in Australia is attracting attention for its bold, brutalist design. But the architect behind the project, Angelo Candalepas, is hoping that his creation can do more than win ...

The whole world is a mosque, the Prophet Muhammad once said. With pious intent, a faithful Muslim can conjure a mosque almost anywhere, transforming a desert sand dune, airport departure lounge or ...

The celebrated Turkish architect explains how breaking from tradition led to a mosque that redefines spirituality through space, light and context. Celebrated Turkish architect Emre Arolat joined us ...

Mosques have long been places of wonder, in which the elegance and serenity of the architecture have enhanced the atmosphere of worship. But in recent years, alas, new ones have looked much less ...

Bernard O’Kane, a professor of Islamic art and architecture at American University in Cairo, has a message and a nudge for travelers standing outside a mosque, wondering whether they should enter: Go ...

People of the Islamic faith are a small religious group in Latin America, accounting for only 0.1 percent of the population. However, the region still offers beautiful mosques and Islamic centers as ...