“While they’re not mandatory for a mosque, a minaret is considered a traditional ... and adorned by calligraphic design elements. As of Friday, the structural elements were in place, the ...

BASRA, Iraq July 16 (Reuters) - The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and ...

was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Built in 1727, the 11-meter Siraji minaret, was demolished to create road expansion following complaints of traffic around the mosque ...

For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque remained a distinctive feature ... before it demolished the minaret on Friday morning, July 14. "We requested the Basra governorate to relocate the ...

One of them, identified as Sadaqat, 30, succumbed to his injuries, while two others, Ijaz and Khizer Abbas, are being treated ...

Images published Friday by a local Gaza news site and the Gaza City municipality show the mosque's roof demolished ... but still intact, minaret. Israel says its aim is to eliminate Hamas in ...

Lakemba Mosque, also known as the Masjid Ali Bin Abi Talib, has proposed to affix four loudspeakers to its minaret in a new ... once a week prior to the Friday prayer, referred to as the Jummah.

The minaret’s design, with its shallow niches and off-center ... Kufic inscriptions add to the mosque’s visual and spiritual appeal. Visitors to the Friday Mosque of Golpayegan can immerse themselves ...

Culture Minister said he had not given permission to destroy the mosque's minaret The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for ...