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About 10% of the population of Bulgaria are muslim, a relic of hundreds of years of domination by the Ottoman Empire. The moslems tend to be concentrated in certain areas. One such area is here in the mountains to the south of the country. A series of villages visible from the narrow-gauge train between Septemvri and Dobriniste are dominated by minarets rather than church towers or steeples. A strange sight in Europe! In Bulgaria there doesn't seem to be any friction between the communities - unlike in other parts of the Balkans.
Masjid Negara. It does not follow the conventional Middle Eastern mosque design of domes and arches.
Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the 7th largest mosque and has the highest (210 metres) minaret.
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
uit:
www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
uit:
www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
The Hassan II mosque is the second largest religious building (after the mosque in Mekka). 2/3 of it is built above the sea.
Sultan Hassan Mosque and Rifai Mosque in Cairo. View from the Citadel.
"Gâmi' Sultân Hasan, the 'superb mosque', and the finest existing monument of Egypto-Arabian architecture. It was built in 1356-59 for Sultan Hasan, perhaps by a Syrian architect, and has been restored by Herz-Pasha. The huge proportions of the building, which occupies a shelving rock below the citadel, taken in conjunction with the masterly execution of its details, produce an effect of great majesty".--Baedeker 1914
Kodacolor C127 negative. Camera: Imperial Mark 27.
Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdülmecid) in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, is situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus.
The original Ortaköy Mosque was built in the 18th century. The current mosque, which was erected in its place, was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid and built between 1854 and 1856. Its architects were Armenian father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoğayos Balyan (who also designed the nearby Dolmabahçe Palace), who designed it in Neo-Baroque style. Within the mosque hang several examples of Islamic calligraphy executed by the Sultan Abdülmecid himself, who was also a hattat (master calligrapher).
The wide, high windows let the ever-changing light reflections of the Bosphorus shine in the mosque.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortak%C3%B6y_Mosque
Linxia (simplified Chinese: 临夏; traditional Chinese: 臨夏; pinyin: Línxià), once known as Hezhou (河州), is a county-level city in the province of Gansu of the People's Republic of China. Population 285,000. It is located in the valley of the Daxia River (a right tributary of the Huanghe) southwest of Lanzhou. It is the seat of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, which is the centre of the ethnic minority of the Dongxiang.
Linxia has a Muslim (Hui and Dongxiang) majority. It is the main center of the Qadariyah Sufi order. It has long been the center of the Muslim community of Gansu,[1] and even today it is sometimes referred to as "the Mecca of China".
Odd juxtaposition-the Mosque takes up the second floor; a discount clothing retailer uses the main floor (and most of the advertising space).
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
uit:
www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
An original photo dated to ca. 1895 of the mosque in Monastiraki Square.
This is taken from a similar angle as the other photos here, dated to 1900-1906.
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There seem to be rather more windows in this photo, however -- note particularly the vertical arrow slot to the right of the main entrance.
Eyüp - Istanbul - Turkey
The name Eyüp comes from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the companion and standard bearer of the Prophet Muhammad. Abu Ayyub came to Constantinople with the Arab army during the first attempted Muslim conquest of the city, died, and as his last request was buried there. Seven centuries later, during the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, the tomb was said to have been re-discovered by Ak Şemsettin, the spiritual mentor of Mehmed II.
After the city was taken, Sultan Mehmet ordered a tomb (türbe) constructed over Abu Ayyub's resting place and a mosque, the Eyüp Sultan Mosque, constructed in his honor. The first major mosque to be built in Istanbul,[citation needed] it was surrounded by a traditional complex including a bath, school, and kitchen.
From that point on, Eyüp became a sacred place. Relics were displayed in the tomb, including a stone said to bear the footprint of the Prophet Muhammad. More mosques, schools, tekkes, and fountains were built, and since many Ottoman officials wished to be buried near Abu Ayyub's resting place, the cemetery became one of Istanbul's most desirable.
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Dai Anga Mosque - مسجد دائی انگہ
A mosque built by Zeb-un-Nisa / Dai Anga - a wet nurse of Emperor Shah Jahan. Her family had been closely associated with the Mughal imperial family her husband Morad Khan served Jahangir as Adawlati or Magistrate of Bikaner, and her son Muhammad Rashid Khan, reputed to be one of the best archers in the kingdom, died fighting in the service of Shah Jahan's eldest born Dara Shikoh. Zeb-un-Nisa herself was highly regarded by Shah Jahan.
The Süleymaniye Mosque, built on the order of Sultan Süleyman (Süleyman the Magnificent), "was fortunate to be able to draw on the talents of the architectural genius of Mimar Sinan." The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1557. Istanbul, Turkey
hassan II mosque is the largest mosque in morocco. located in casablanca city.
it has tallest minaret in the world, appx. 210 m.
stands on the waterfront looking out to the atlantic ocean
many local people come together with some tourist to here to enjoy their time until sunset come.
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