Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has been renovated in a boost for Iraq's second city as it rebuilds after ...

Erbil’s historic Choli Minaret will soon be renovated to preserve the 900-year-old landmark and boost tourism. The project, ...

Installation view of A Minaret for the General’s Wife by Erdem Taşdelen, on view at the Richmond Art Gallery through July 31, 2022. Photo by Michael Love, courtesy of the artist.

The height of the minaret was reduced from 34 metres to 25 metres as a goodwill gesture. One thing to change Those who run Jam’e Masjid Markham have no qualms about its appearance.

The minaret’s destruction has drawn attention to the gaps in Iraq’s legal framework for heritage preservation. The country has two separate laws, the Antique and Heritage Protection Law and ...

“The minaret does not bother me at all and I will vote no on November 29,” he said. “If there was a muezzin [calling Muslims to prayer] that would be a different matter.” ...

Earlier this year local authorities blocked the construction of a minaret in Wangen in northern Switzerland and in Langenthal in canton Bern. Minarets already exist in Zurich and Geneva.

The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble a… ...

The minaret is slightly in a sloping position and Afghanistan is prone to experience earthquakes. No wonder then, Unesco has included it in its list of World Heritage in Danger.