350,000 attend first jumu’ah prayers at Hagia Sophia Mosque for 86 years
Around 350,000 people have attended Friday prayers in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Mosque after a Turkish court annulled a 1934 decree that had turned the...
Hagia Sophia khutba: Today is the day of honour and humbleness
This is the full transcript of the first jumu'ah khutba in Hagia Sophia in 86 years delivered by Imam Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey’s...
The restoration of Hagia Sophia Mosque: Symbolism, hope and Islamic revival
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, speaks with Dr Yakoob Ahmed - a Ottoman historian at Istanbul University - about the restoration of Hagia...
EXCLUSIVE: Caliph Abdulhamid’s great-grandson on Hagia Sophia and Islamic revival
In this exclusive interview with the great-grandson of Caliph Abdülhamid II, deputy editor of 5Pillars Dilly Hussain discusses the restoration of Hagia Sophia Mosque and...
Turkey rejects calls to re-establish Caliphate
A spokesman for Turkey's ruling AKP party has said the nation will remain a secular republic after a pro-government magazine issued a call to...
Hajj reaches climax on plains of Arafat
Hajj pilgrims ascended the vast plains of Arafat on Thursday, about 15 km east of Makkah, at the climax of this year’s pilgrimage.
Chanting “Labbaik...
The UAE and Israel normalise relations
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to normalise relations with Israel in exchange for Tel Aviv agreeing to suspend its attempts to annex parts of...
CAGE calls on HTS to release Bilal Abdul Kareem and Tauqir Sharif
Advocacy group CAGE has called on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to immediately release both American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem and British aid worker Tauqir Sharif.
CAGE...
Two years before World Cup Qatar still ‘not paying migrant workers properly’
Ahead of the 2022 World Cup migrant workers in Qatar are still not being paid properly, Human Rights Watch said in a report today.
HRW said despite...
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem resigns from UAE peace forum over false Israel statement
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem has resigned from the UAE-sponsored Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies after it falsely put his name to...
