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One of only two mosques in Morocco that non-Muslims may enter, this, though I couldn't see any trace of it actually being used these days - I think they might use it on occasional Fridays. It's the Mosque of Tin Mal, the Atlas village which formed the secure stronghold base to many a horrible bunch of rulers, tyrants, and military nutcases over the years - particularly the Almohads.
It's a UN World Heritage Site, now, so of course it's quite well preserved and slightly devoid of any life. Still, a brilliant stop in your journey over the Atlas mountains, and definitely a good place to visit if you like reddish brown photographs.
This was a heap of the old cedar doors, left in a corner of the building. I love the detail on the pins holding them - just about - together. All the doors have been carefully replaced with new versions, made in just the same way.
Knox College students perform Mosque Alert, by Jamil Khoury, directed by Neil Blackadder, Feb. 25-28 in Harbach Theatre.
The Şehzade Mosque (Turkish: Şehzade Camii) is a mosque in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Suleiman I and was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1543 and 1548. It was considered by architectural historians as Sinan's first masterpiece of classical Ottoman architecture
Interior of the mosque
Interior of the mosque
The mosque has a square plan, covered by a central dome, flanked by four half-domes. The dome is supported by four piers, and has a diameter of 19 meters and it is 37 meters high. Şehzade complex (Külliye) is situated between Fatih and Bayezid complexes. The Külliye consists of the mosque, the tomb (turbe) of Prince Mehmet (which was built prior to the mosque), two schools (medresa), kitchen for the poor and a caravansarai. The mosque and its courtyard are surrounded by a wall that separates them from the rest of the complex.
the dome has a diameter of 31.22 m and a height of 42.25 m
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The Selimiye Mosque (Turkish: Selimiye Camii) is an Ottoman mosque in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1569 and 1575 It was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture.
Added to UNESCO World Heritage list in 2011
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Edirne ╢ Thrace ╢ Turkey
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这个是我所知道的常州的第三代的清真寺了。不过地理位置倒是一直围绕在公园路附近。从最早的在常州剧院旁，后因为市政道路拓宽而改建，改建的是一个白色风格的，然后前几年随着南大街改造又被拆迁。
不过还是目前的这个看的最好了，而且墙面的颜色也更具有中东的风格。
Kru Se Mosque Is ruined mosque, ho is more then 200 years old! Its a very nice place to visit! It was here 32 people was killed by Thai Army in 2004.
(Kru Se moskén är en ruin som är mer än 200 år gammal. Det är en mycket vacker moské att besöka. Det var här som den Thailänska armen dödade 32st. Och det var år 2004)
Al-Azhar Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزهر, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. 'The Resplendent Congregational Mosque'), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned by Jawhar al-Siqilli shortly after Cairo was established as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".[b] Its name is usually thought to derive from az-Zahrāʾ (meaning "the shining one"), a title given to Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad.
A mosque alongside the road. There are so many many religious buildings everywhere, mostly Hindu, but also Muslim, Christian and for Buddists.
Most of all colorful buildings in India have a religious purpose.
Even though most Kazakhs are Moslems, there was no central mosque in Almaty during Soviet times. After independence one mosque was built at the edge of downtown near the Sayakhat bus station. An inscription by the entrance in three languages indicates that the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, donated from his private funds for the construction of the mosque.
Reading the Kazhakh dedication was hopeless, the Russian difficult, but the Arabic was pretty clear...
From the top of my hotel parking, evening view is amazing. There is a mosque like every 1 km. And that makes devine and beautiful urban scape.
The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, 28 October 2009. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque was built in 1609-16 on the site of the Grand Palace of the Byzantine Emperors. It is the principle mosque of the city (supplanting the Hagia Sophia) and contains the tomb of Sultan Ahmed I. It is the last great mosque of the classical Ottoman period. It combines architectural elements of the neighbouring Byzantine Hagia Sophia Cathedral and traditional Ottoman architecture. The architect was Sedefkar Mehmed Aga. The interior is lined by 20,000 blue tiles.
Photos taken during Ramadan in Yemen.
The gigantic Saleh Mosque, built in 2008 by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former dictator that ruled Yemen for 23 years from 1990 to 2012. The mosque has a capacity of 44,000 people and cost nearly US$60 million to construct. Many criticised the president for spending that money on building the mosque when the country was still facing a serious socio-economic crisis.
A few incidents happened both during and after it's construction; the minarets collapsed multiple times, resulting in some deaths, and the president himself was badly injured by a bombing at the mosque in June 2011 (with his badly burnt and damaged trousers still on display in the mosque.
Sana'a, Yemen.
إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ
وَأَقَامَ الصَّلاةَ وَآتَى الزَّكَاةَ وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلاَّ اللَّهَ فَعَسَى أُوْلَئِكَ أَن يَكُونُواْ مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ
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This is a beautiful little mosque about 6 or 7 blocks from my work. This was my last set of shots the morning I took the pictures of the creek and such. I had spent so much time I was hoofing it to get to work on time, but I had to stop long enough to get these pictures. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and the light was perfect.
The Koutoubia Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية Arabic pronunciation: [jaːmiʕu‿lkutubijːa(h)]) is the largest mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199) and was used as the model for the Giralda of Seville and for the Hassan Tower of Rabat.
The name is derived from the Arabic al-Koutoubiyyin for librarian, since it used to be surrounded by sellers of manuscripts. It is considered the ultimate structure of its kind. The tower is 69 m (221 ft) in height and has a lateral length of 12.8 m (41 ft). Six rooms (one above the other) constitute the interior; leading around them is a ramp by way of which the muezzin could ride up to the balcony. It is built in a traditional Almohad style and the tower is adorned with four copper globes.
According to legend, the globes were originally made of pure gold, and there were once supposed to have been only three globes. The fourth globe was donated by the wife of Yacoub el-Mansour as compensation for her failure to keep the fast for one day during the month of Ramadan. She had her golden jewelry melted down to flab the fourth globe.
The minaret of the Koutoubia was the model for the minaret of the Giralda mosque in Seville which in its turn has influenced thousands of church towers in Spain and Eastern Europe.
Istiqlal Mosque, or Masjid Istiqlal, (Independence Mosque) in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.[1] This national mosque of Indonesia was built to commemorate Indonesian independence and named "Istiqlal", an Arabic word for "independence". The mosque was opened to the public 22 February 1978. Within Jakarta, the mosque is positioned next to Merdeka Square and the Jakarta Cathedral.
The Koutoubia Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية Arabic pronunciation: [jaːmiʕu‿lkutubijːa(h)]) is the largest mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199) and was used as the model for the Giralda of Seville and for the Hassan Tower of Rabat.
The name is derived from the Arabic al-Koutoubiyyin for librarian, since it used to be surrounded by sellers of manuscripts. It is considered the ultimate structure of its kind. The tower is 69 m (221 ft) in height and has a lateral length of 12.8 m (41 ft). Six rooms (one above the other) constitute the interior; leading around them is a ramp by way of which the muezzin could ride up to the balcony. It is built in a traditional Almohad style and the tower is adorned with four copper globes.
According to legend, the globes were originally made of pure gold, and there were once supposed to have been only three globes. The fourth globe was donated by the wife of Yacoub el-Mansour as compensation for her failure to keep the fast for one day during the month of Ramadan. She had her golden jewelry melted down to flab the fourth globe.
The minaret of the Koutoubia was the model for the minaret of the Giralda mosque in Seville which in its turn has influenced thousands of church towers in Spain and Eastern Europe.
Mosques are the Holy place of Muslims. It refers to a Arabic word Masjid. Muslims prayer five times a day when Adhan is call by muezzin in the Mosque. Mosques present all over the world in a huge amount that the voice of adhan is one which surrounds 24hrs of the day in the world.
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior..
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It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque..
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After the Peace of Zsitvatorok and the unfavorable result of the war with Persia, Sultan Ahmet the First decided to build a big mosque in Istanbul to calm God.[citation needed] It would be the first imperial mosque for more than forty years. While his predecessors had paid for their mosques with their spoil of war, Ahmet the First had to remove the funds of the Treasury, because he had not gained remarkable victories. It caused the anger of oulémas, the Muslim jurists. The mosque must be built on the site of the palace of the Byzantine emperors, in front of the basilica Ayasofya (at that time, the mosque the most worshipped in Istanbul) and the racecourse, a site of a big symbolic meaning. Big parts of the south shore of the mosque rest on the foundations, the vaults of the old Grand Palace.