Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...
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Mosques of the UAE: Blue Mosque's stepped design is just one of its many striking facetsThe Blue Mosque, in particular, has very cleverly taken that concept and incorporated it within more traditional Islamic design, where the high flat platform is used as a base to build the mosque ...
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Germany shuts ‘Blue Mosque’ over alleged links to HezbollahOn Wednesday morning, police officers in balaclavas descended on the Imam Ali mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, in Hamburg to confiscate cash and a black Audi vehicle. Nancy Faeser ...
The Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque tend to be the first to come to mind when penciling a visit to a mosque into your Istanbul itinerary—but there are plenty of equally impressive and historic ...
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