Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

Mazar-i-Sharif, the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan, is most famous for the Blue Mosque, the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, which is intricately and beautifully decorated. Unfortunately for me ...

An Afghan man receives treatment in a hospital after he was injured in an explosion at a Shi'ite mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.