minarets
A Turkish artisan has kept the Istanbul skyline lit during Ramadan for decades. He may be the last
By Robert Badendieck and Emrah Gurel — March 11, 2024
ISTANBUL (AP) — The future of Mahya, the unique Turkish tradition of stringing religious messages and designs between minarets, hangs in the balance.
Israel criticized for silencing call to prayer from Al-Aqsa Mosque
By Daoud Kuttab — April 16, 2021
AMMAN, Jordan (RNS) — The move reportedly came after the agency that oversees Jerusalem’s holy sites refused to voluntarily turn off loudspeakers for a ceremony at the Western Wall.
Shock and anger in Mosul after ISIS destroys historic mosque
By Reuters — June 22, 2017
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) For many in Mosul, the city can never be the same after Islamic State militants blew up the leaning minaret that had graced the city for nearly 850 years.
ISIS blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
By Reuters — June 21, 2017
MOSUL/IRBIL, Iraq (Reuters) It was from this medieval mosque three years ago that the militants' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a self-styled "caliphate" spanning parts of Syria and Iraq.
In Jerusalem, Jews, Muslims clash over mosque loudspeakers
By Michele Chabin — March 4, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) The call of the muezzin, broadcast by loudspeakers on nearly 200 minarets, can be heard across Jerusalem’s hills and valleys, especially in the middle of the night, when the rest of the city is asleep.
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