The mosque’s large prayer niche, or mihrab, features Quranic verses written in elegant ... making it a notable exception among Qajar-era buildings. The northern part of the iwan (portico) is crowned ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to ...

The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS ... Mahmoud said the mihrab, a niche indicating the direction of Mecca, has been largely repaired ...

Mosul's emblematic leaning minaret – known as the Al-Hadba or "hunchback" – has been rebuilt brick by brick, symbolising the rescue of the Iraqi city's priceless heritage after it was ...

The first mosques were, therefore, simple open spaces marked for ritual prayer use. Over the years and centuries, they would gain multiple standard, functional features, such as the mihrab ...

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Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule. The Al-Hadba or "hunchback ...

The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate" that committed atrocities across ...

The 1,400-year-old mosque’s minaret was destroyed, and parts of the structure were severely damaged. Other mosques damaged in the attacks include Sayed al-Hashim Mosque and Katib al-Wilaya Mosque.

STOCKHOLM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Sweden's government on Monday accused a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora. Sweden's ...