About 2,000 mosques in Jordan are aiming to function entirely on renewable energy sources in two years, reducing their energy consumption by 90 per cent, a report said. More

An ancient burial site has been uncovered and saved by a group of archaeologists working with the Fujairah Tourism and Antiquities Authority. More

The British Library’s oldest Qur’ān manuscript, Or.2165, dating from the eighth century, has now been fully digitised and is available on the British Library’s Digitised Manuscripts site. More

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged that a vast majority of violent extremism victims worldwide are Muslims while he announced plans to create a new UN system-wide action group to tackle terror threats. More

The council of Cairo University has decided to award the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud a honorary doctorate in recognition of his unique role as a global figure who has a profound and remarkable influence at the Arab and international arenas. More

Dr. Zakir A. Naik, president of the Islamic Research Foundation of India, won the 2015 King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for Service to Islam.Makkah Gov. More

The Al –Ameen Educational Society celebrated the golden jubilee year with the theme “ 50 Glorious Years-1966-2016” from January 1st to 3rd. The Society was established in Bangalore in 1966 to provide educational facilities for the students. More

Saudi regime forces have arrested Sheikh Hussein Al-Radhi, a prominent Islamic scholar, in Rmaile village in al-Ahsaa in eastern part of the kingdom. More

For over 4,000 years we have relied on the duodecimal mathematics of the Bronze Age Babylonians, who built the first great cities in what is now Iraq. They saw the number 12 as much more important than 10 because it is divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6, making it particularly versatile in mathematical calculations. More

When did we first start drinking lemonade? There is a lot of debate as to when lemons were first used in food and drink. More

It is true there were only 300 Spartan soldiers at the Battle of Thermopylae but they were not alone, as the Spartans had formed an alliance with other Greek states. It is thought that the number of Greeks was closer to 7,000. The size of the Persian army is disputed. 5th-century Herodotus claimed there were over two million but it was more likely More

In the late 19th century, the archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe spent years excavating gravesites near Birka, a town on the Swedish island of Björkö that operated as a key center for trade during the Viking Age. In a grave of a woman buried in the 9th century, his excavations recovered a silver-colored ring with a purple stone, now in the collections More