Dubai mosque welcomes 50 delegatesThe Al Farooq Omar Ibn Al Khattab Mosque today welcomed a group of nearly 50 delegates from the British Consulate in Dubai, including Ian Gibbons, deputy consul general at the British Consulate and consulate staff, their families and friends. More… |
Saudi to build $100m Islamic centre in KabulSaudi Arabia will build a massive Islamic centre complete with a university and a mosque in Afghanistan, an Afghan minister said yesterday, describing the project as “grand and unique”. Estimated to cost up to $ More… |
Saudi to build $100m Islamic centre in KabulSaudi Arabia will build a massive Islamic centre complete with a university and a mosque in Afghanistan, an Afghan minister said yesterday, describing the project as “grand and unique”. Estimated to cost up to $ More… |
$5bn projects coming up in MakkahA total of 100 towers worth SR18 billion ($4.8 billion) are currently under construction near the Grand Mosque in Makkah which once completed will add more than 24,480 hotel rooms to the hospitality industry, said an expert. The S More… |
Two killed in Iran suicide bombingA suicide bomber killed two guards as he blew himself up outside a mosque in a restive southern province of Iran on Friday after being prevented from reaching worshippers inside, Iranian media reported. The bomber set off his expl More… |
Saudi launches Madinah mosque expansion projectSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah yesterday laid the foundation stone for the largest expansion project of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah. The King viewed two replicas of the project and he was briefed on it by the Minister of Fin More… |
Bahrain mosques to help in war on drugsBahrain's fight against drug addiction is being stepped up with plans to use religious centres as a platform to spread awareness of rehabilitation programmes. Experts hope to use the upcoming holy month of Ramadan as a tool to reach out to More… |
Top court halts mosque rebuilding in BahrainBahrain's highest court, the Cassation Court, has halted work on rebuilding 11 mosques that were demolished during last year's unrest, ruling that their construction was illegal without a municipal permit. But Lawyer Abdullah Al Shamlawi r More… |
Bahrain plans $63m hi-tech parkBahrain will start work a BD24 million ($63.66 million) state-of-the-art public park early next year, said a top government official. The project will take three years and will see the overhaul of the Grand Muharraq Garden close to Bahrain More… |
New industrial city planned in BahrainA new industrial city is coming up in the Southern Governorate of Bahrain, as increasing number of workshops and garages in residential areas has become a cause of pollution, said a top official. Garages in the city will have an area betwe More… |








