A Wondrous Piece of History and Mystery Qutub Minar, a wonder of architecture in Delhi, is the tallest minaret made of bricks ...

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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, ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying its many cultural ...

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.

Colorful Ortakoy mosque and Bosphorus Bridge in the background. Istanbul is known for its incredible Ottoman-era (and beyond) architecture and that extends to its mosques and other places of worship.

With its mosques, minarets and madrassas, Samarkand in northeastern Uzbekistan is a true visual marvel. As one of Central Asia’s oldest cities and a historic trading hub at the crossroads of east and ...

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such as domes and minarets, which were historically used for the call to prayer. These had the additional purpose of signifying the function of the building as a mosque and were used by rulers and ...

Now, all that remains of Masjid Al Taqwa — the first mosque in the Altadena-Pasadena area — are soot, ash and charred twisted skeletons of chairs. A sign proclaiming the mosque’s name stands ...