One of the largest functioning mosque in Africa and the 7th largest in the world, Hassan II Mosque in Casa Blanca, Morocco, held Tarawih prayer last night with 800,000 people praying shoulder-to-shoulder. During Ramadan, Tarawih is a spiritual meditative communal prayer meant to take the mind away from life’s grind and into an oasis of…
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The Mother Mosque of America, once known as The Rose of Fraternity Lodge, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, is the oldest standing purpose-built mosque in the United States, having been completed in 1934. The mosque was built by a local community of immigrants and their descendants from the Ottoman Empire, in what is now…
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The Khamis Mosque (مَسْجِدُ ٱلْخَمِيسِ) is believed to be the first mosque in Bahrain, built during the era of the Umayyad caliph Umar II. According to Al Wasat journalist Kassim Hussain, other sources mention that it was built in a later era during the rule of Uyunids with one minaret. The second was built two…
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