These mosques are not just places of worship but also architectural masterpieces that attract millions of visitors annually.

The government bulldozed the mosque, built on waqf land, in January 2025 [Kashif Kakvi/Al Jazeera] Madhya Pradesh, India’s second-largest state by size, has been governed by the BJP for most of ...

That makes the “ waqf boards” that control them (on Allah’s behalf, they say) count collectively as India’s third-biggest landowner after the armed forces and the Indian railways. Many of these ...