Bibi Heybat mosque (Baku, Azerbaijan) Cargado originalmente por sana banana nana But the Bibi-Heybat Mosque is unusual in that it is the only religious building that Stalin destroyed, to date, which has been reconstructed. The origins of this mosque go back to 7th century Baghdad. During the reign of Caliph Garun-ar Rashid, a dispute […]
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Bibi Heybat mosque (Baku, Azerbaijan)
November 11, 2009Dome mosque (Grozny, Chechnya, Russia)
November 11, 2009Dome mosque (Grozny, Chechnya, Russia) Cargado originalmente por sana banana nana Akhmad Kadyrov Grozny Central Dome Mosque is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, and bears the name of Akhmad Kadyrov. The mosque design is based on the Blue Mosque in İstanbul. On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony […]
Kurdish mosque (Diyarbakir, Turkey)
November 11, 2009Kurdish mosque (Diyarbakir, Turkey) Cargado originalmente por sana banana nana The Great Mosque of Diyarbakir is the oldest and one of the most significant mosques in Anatolia. Following the Muslim capture of Diyarbakir in 639, a church in the city was used in part as a mosque. The church was eventually fully converted to a […]
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