Mosque Projects

The foundation stone of the Masjid Mohammad bin Abdullah in Ayodhya is likely to be laid next year, and saints, pirs and clerics will be invited for the ceremony, people associated with the project said on Friday.

The government has granted tax exemption to those contributing to construct the mosque in Ayodhya, for which the Supreme Court had allotted five acres in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi land dispute case, the trust overlooking the project said.

A tree plantation drive and raising of the national flag on India's 72nd Republic Day marked the formal beginning of the project to construct a mosque at Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. It is set to be built following the landmark 2019 Supreme Court verdict that facilitated the construction of a temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya and a mosque i...

A tree sapling plantation drive and raising of the national flag will mark the formal beginning of the project to construct a mosque at Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya set to be built following the landmark Supreme Court verdict that facilitated the construction of a temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya and a mosque in the same district, officials...

The trust in charge of building a mosque in Ayodhya after last year's Supreme Court's verdict, which also paved the way for a Ram temple at the town in Uttar Pradesh, has released the first architectural plan for the project.

Residents of a colony in Srinagar have agreed to the demolition of a 40-year-old mosque to allow a long-awaited bridge over the Jhelum river to be completed, officials said on Sunday. They said the project has been pending since 2002 due to some bottlenecks, including the presence of the mosque and some residential and commercial structures.

Dubai has projected the image of New Zealand premier Jacinda Ardern onto its iconic Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, in thanks for her response to last week's mosque shootings.

Some sections of the mosques were creating obstructions to the road work and were demolished to assist the government in the road development project ahead of Kumbh Mela.

On Day 2 of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Gujarat, he and PM Narendra Modi jointly launched the high-speed bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai which is expected to be completed by 2022. On Wednesday night, PM Modi hosted a grand dinner for his Japanese counterpart and his wife Akie at Ahmedabad's famous 'Agashiye' rest...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Gujarat's Ahmedabad today to join PM Narendra Modi. The visit is seen as an effort to cement ties between India and Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe changed into a Indian-style kurta-pyjama and Nehru jacket today before going on a roadshow with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after landing in Gujarat's Ahmedabad for a two-day visit. Underscoring the importance of India-Japan ties, PM Modi went to the airport and received his Japanese counterpart with a warm hug. ...

With global oil prices flailing, Saudi Arabia is turning to another natural resource: billions of dollars gained from religious tourism as the kingdom hosts the annual hajj pilgrimage

Two months before it hosts the COP22 climate conference, Morocco is preparing to launch an ambitious project to turn its mosques green as a commitment to clean energy.

While a high-profile battle rages over a mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, heated confrontations have also broken out in communities across the country where mosques are proposed for far less hallowed locations.In Murfreesboro, Tenn, Republican candidates have denounced plans for a large Muslim center proposed near a subdivision, and hundreds o...

Controversial plans to build a mosque near the site of the New York towers destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks cleared a big hurdle on Tuesday as a city panel voted to end protected status for an existing structure on the site.The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously in favour of an application to end the protec...

The foundation stone of the Masjid Mohammad bin Abdullah in Ayodhya is likely to be laid next year, and saints, pirs and clerics will be invited for the ceremony, people associated with the project said on Friday.

The government has granted tax exemption to those contributing to construct the mosque in Ayodhya, for which the Supreme Court had allotted five acres in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi land dispute case, the trust overlooking the project said.

A tree plantation drive and raising of the national flag on India's 72nd Republic Day marked the formal beginning of the project to construct a mosque at Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. It is set to be built following the landmark 2019 Supreme Court verdict that facilitated the construction of a temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya and a mosque i...

A tree sapling plantation drive and raising of the national flag will mark the formal beginning of the project to construct a mosque at Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya set to be built following the landmark Supreme Court verdict that facilitated the construction of a temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya and a mosque in the same district, officials...

The trust in charge of building a mosque in Ayodhya after last year's Supreme Court's verdict, which also paved the way for a Ram temple at the town in Uttar Pradesh, has released the first architectural plan for the project.

Residents of a colony in Srinagar have agreed to the demolition of a 40-year-old mosque to allow a long-awaited bridge over the Jhelum river to be completed, officials said on Sunday. They said the project has been pending since 2002 due to some bottlenecks, including the presence of the mosque and some residential and commercial structures.

Dubai has projected the image of New Zealand premier Jacinda Ardern onto its iconic Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, in thanks for her response to last week's mosque shootings.

Some sections of the mosques were creating obstructions to the road work and were demolished to assist the government in the road development project ahead of Kumbh Mela.

On Day 2 of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Gujarat, he and PM Narendra Modi jointly launched the high-speed bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai which is expected to be completed by 2022. On Wednesday night, PM Modi hosted a grand dinner for his Japanese counterpart and his wife Akie at Ahmedabad's famous 'Agashiye' rest...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Gujarat's Ahmedabad today to join PM Narendra Modi. The visit is seen as an effort to cement ties between India and Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe changed into a Indian-style kurta-pyjama and Nehru jacket today before going on a roadshow with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after landing in Gujarat's Ahmedabad for a two-day visit. Underscoring the importance of India-Japan ties, PM Modi went to the airport and received his Japanese counterpart with a warm hug. ...

With global oil prices flailing, Saudi Arabia is turning to another natural resource: billions of dollars gained from religious tourism as the kingdom hosts the annual hajj pilgrimage

Two months before it hosts the COP22 climate conference, Morocco is preparing to launch an ambitious project to turn its mosques green as a commitment to clean energy.

While a high-profile battle rages over a mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, heated confrontations have also broken out in communities across the country where mosques are proposed for far less hallowed locations.In Murfreesboro, Tenn, Republican candidates have denounced plans for a large Muslim center proposed near a subdivision, and hundreds o...

Controversial plans to build a mosque near the site of the New York towers destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks cleared a big hurdle on Tuesday as a city panel voted to end protected status for an existing structure on the site.The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously in favour of an application to end the protec...