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At least 87 dead as crane crashes into Mecca's Grand Mosque
At least 87 people were killed and 154 injured when a construction crane crashed into the Grand Mosque of Saudi Arabia?s holy Muslim city of Mecca on Sept. 11, authorities said.
Mountaintop mosque built in Erdo?an's hometown
An unusual mosque has been built on top of a 1,130-meter mountain in a Black Sea province in Turkey where President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s father was born.
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The portrait of an election
As the opposition mentions "minimum wage," the president mentions "Quran." The minute the opposition says "retiree salaries," the president says the "Directorate of Religious Affairs [Diyanet]." The opposition says, "There will be no subcontracted worker left," he says "Kaaba." The opposition promises, "Price of diesel fuel will fall," the president says "mosque."
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The death of probably the last Cold War spy
Mecca, the Hajj of 1954, September... Two pilgrims took a ride on the bus carrying 21 Soviet Muslims to the Kaaba.
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Turkish Delight in Kaaba-shaped box is the latest religious trend in Turkey
A private firm has added yet another twist to the religious-themed frenzy in Turkey, offering Turkish Delight in the shape of the most sacred site in Islam: The Kabaa in the holy city of Mecca.
One Kabaa-shaped box of Turkish Delight is available for 1.75 liras, but images of the box stirred anger and ridicule among some social media users.
Replica Mecca, Quran-shaped cake slammed by Turkey's top religious body
Turkey's top religious body has registered its disdain at two recent efforts to celebrate Islam, describing a Quran-shaped cake as "wrong" and slamming the replicas of Islam's holiest places and objects as "great sin."
Two municipalities in Istanbul recently constructed replicas of the Kaaba in Mecca, as well as other sacred places.
'Replica Mecca' in Istanbul raises eyebrows
A district mayor in Istanbul from Turkey?s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has raised some eyebrows by constructing the replicas of Islam?s holiest places and objects, yet the building idea seems to have spread elsewhere.
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Iran film portrays the Prophet Muhammad, drawing criticism
Here in this Persian replica of Mecca, built at the cost of millions of dollars, an Iranian film company is attempting to offer the world a literal glimpse of the Prophet Muhammad despite traditional taboos against it.
Idols and the human figure in Islam
Debate continues about the permissibility of representing the human form in Islam, particularly in the wake of ISIL's iconoclastic attacks on ancient structure in Iraq.
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Turkish clerics debate Demba Ba’s ‘Islamic’ goal celebration
The goal celebration of BeÅiktaÅâs Senegalese national Demba Ba, who kneels down to prostrate before God after goal, has stirred a religious debate in Turkey, with a popular televangelist declaring it a sin to perform the action in a random direction instead of toward the Kaaba.