But Williams said the mosque hadn’t fully signaled its presence until its most recent building project. A team of contractors is nearing completion of a minaret — the kind of Islamic tower ...

These remarkable architectural masterpieces, known as Qatar’s ‘Leaning Mosque and Minaret,’ are the brainchild of Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, reflecting his visionary approach to ...

After years of careful restoration work, Mosul’s skyline has reclaimed one of its most beloved symbols, with Unesco placing the final brick in the city’s landmark Al Nuri Mosque minaret.

The primary goal of the project is to foster reconciliation and social cohesion in Mosul and its Old Town, through the restoration and reconstruction of Al-Nouri Mosque and its Al-Hadba Minaret as ...

“In the early morning, I climbed up to my house roof and was stunned to see the Hadba minaret had gone,” Nashwan, a day-labourer living in Khazraj neighbourhood near the mosque, said by phone.

France24 (Video) Iraq: Mosul's historic al-Nuri mosque and al-Hadba minaret rise again Posted: February 5, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been ...

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 ...

Likely built by the prisoners themselves, the mosque was a mishmash of Islamic architecture, with its dome, façade and minaret each representing different regions of the Islamic world.