Religion

Saudi Arabia to begin allowing Umrah for citizens and residents

Kingdom says they will be allowed to resume the lesser pilgrimage in stages, starting on 4 October

Israel-UAE deal

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem resigns from UAE peace forum over Israel statement

Massive fire tears through historic Durban mosque in South Africa

Israel-UAE deal

Prominent American activist resigns from UAE peace forum over Israel statement

Shia pilgrims gather in Karbala despite calls to avoid gatherings over coronavirus

Turkey turns another former Byzantine church into a mosque

Israel-UAE deal

Influential Muslim scholar Hamza Yusuf criticised for backing UAE-Israel deal

In pictures: 2020's coronavirus-hit Eid al-Adha

A Turkish magazine wants the caliphate back. Controversy followed

Turkey Politics

Hagia Sofia: Muslims flock to historic reopening as mosque

Istanbul revels in 'reconquest' of Hagia Sophia during first Friday prayer

Hagia Sophia: Ataturk and the rich Americans who changed icon's fate

Yildiray Ogur

Egypt's al-Azhar poised to be stripped of its power

Hagia Sophia and the fall of military secularism

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Erdogan defends converting Istanbul's Hagia Sophia against criticism

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul shopkeepers more concerned about economic situation

Erdogan signs order to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque

Turkish court hears the Hagia Sophia case amid calls to preserve it as a museum

US top diplomat Pompeo urges Turkey not to convert Hagia Sophia into mosque

Israel orders US-based evangelical channel off air over conversion accusations

Palestinian citizens of Israel protest to save Jaffa cemetery