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BREAKING: Anti-mosque protesters are demonstrating outside the construction site of a new mosque being built near England's Lake District. A counter demo of Unite Against Fascism is also here expressing solidarity with the mosque.

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Abu Dulaf Mosque is a historic mosque located in Samarra, Iraq. The mosque, which was built in 859 AD, by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutawakkil, is among the largest mosques in the world measured by area size. The iconic spiral minaret which resembles the renowned Malwiya of the Great Mosque of Samarra is located at the northern side. The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 as part of Samarra Archaeological City. This archeological mosque, along with the Great Mosque of Samarra, represent a unique example of the planning, capacity, construction, and artistic in Islamic architecture and mosques in Abbasid Caliphate, considered one of the finest. Their large dimensions and unique spiral minarets, these mosques demonstrate the pride and political and religious strength that correspond with the strength and power of the caliphate at that time. Even after abandonment of the Mosque by Caliphate, Mosque remained partially preserved with some damages caused mainly by ploughing and cultivation. Mosque, along with archeological city of Samarra, are a part of UNESCO World Heritage Convention. The mosque is rectangular shaped, and consisted of open air sahn surrounded by the corridors with the qibla corridor being the biggest of them. Mosque is among the largest mosques in the world measured by area size, reaching 46,800 square metres wide. The iconic spiral minaret which resembles the renowned Malwiya of the Great Mosque of Samarra is located at the northern side. The unique design of the minaret is said to be inspired by the similar structure in Firuzabad, while others believe the minaret's unique spiral design is derived from the architecture of Mesopotamian Ziggurats (modern day Iraq). Minaret reaches 32m and standing on a square base. Mosque also has extra arcades added to its courtyard indicating that interior of mosque couldn't accommodate the masses during Friday prayers. Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo has similar architecture to the Abu Dulaf Mosque, as well as other mosques in Samarra at the time, if not a smaller replica of said mosque. 🎥© lucaputzer #archaeohistories

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