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 ...

TASHKENT, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The prosecutor's office of Uzbekistan's Andijan region said gas leak is the cause of an explosion at a local mosque earlier this week, local media reported Tuesday.