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The exhibition spans over 2,200 square meters south of the mosque. It enhances the visitor experience by showcasing intricate architectural details, including the minbar and mihrab, domes and canopies ...
President Trump visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE, marking his first visit to a Muslim place of worship. He praised its beauty and acknowledged the mosque's closure for his visit.
It’s not merely a gate. It’s a threshold to a memory restored at last. Beneath the dust and shadow of war, remnants of the lost gate from the 12th-century Al Nuri Mosque in Mosul, Iraq have been lying ...
Inside the mosque, there is a simple mihrab – a niche in the wall which indicates the direction of Mecca, the direction in which Muslims face when praying – as well as a minbar – the flight ...
The mosque’s wooden minbar, traditionally used for Friday sermons, has been replaced with a tiled staircase structure. Süleyman Elik, a social affairs counselor at the Turkish Embassy ...
Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf), represented by the Mosques Department, has inaugurated a grand mosque in the Al Maarad area, with a capacity to accommodate ...
The minbar (pulpit) of the Al Andalus Mosque, dating back to 985 AD, is one of the rarest exhibits in the museum. The Bab Al-Sbitriyin, which was transferred from the Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque ...
However, it was not until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, that Mehmed II converted it into a mosque. He and his successors added minarets, Islamic inscriptions, a minbar and ...
Along with the two tall minarets, the arched vents and window grilles are the standout features of the mosque’s large rectangular space. Much of the work – especially the beautifully carved timber of ...
This initiative aims to provide instant translation of Friday sermons into 40 different languages through the "Minbar" app. The initiative was inaugurated at the Al-Maghfirah Mosque in the Al-Saif ...