Minaret
Although the origin and early function(s) of the minaret have not been clearly identified, the structure was used as a high platform by muezzins (Muslim criers) to call worshipers to daily pra...
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Suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, dealing a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace and reopening old wounds a year after the mosq...
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HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A group of mediaeval
minarets in the Afghan city of Herat could be saved thanks to
the closure of a busy road threatening their foundations. The minarets, st...
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KABUL, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Afghanistan has closed a road that
threatened the foundation of a group of mediaeval minarets
which Kabul wants to see listed among the World's Cultural
Heritage sites. Th...
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Geneva (dpa) - Signatures by 100,000 petitioners are needed in
Switzerland for a referendum - including a possible one on banning
the construction of minarets on mosques.
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BERLIN, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A German Muslim group criticised
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday for suggesting that mosque
minarets should not be higher than church steeples, saying it
hoped this ...
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired the Basra police chief Monday over his force's failure to stop weekend attacks on Sunni mosques in Iraq's second-largest city, police said.At least two major mo...
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A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 shook the capital of Ankara on Thursday, a Turkish seismology center said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but the quake broug...
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Minaret
Iraq bombers topple Samarra minarets
