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The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba [1] [2] (Spanish: Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba [meθˈkita kateˈðɾal de ˈkoɾðoβa]), officially known by its ecclesiastical name of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), [3] is the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and located in the Spanish region of ...
[10] [11] The mosque was subsequently expanded multiple times afterwards under Abd ar-Rahman's successors up to the 10th century. [13] After its last expansion by al-Mansur (Almanzor) in the 980s, the mosque covered an area measuring 590 by 425 feet (180 m × 130 m) [14] and became the largest mosque in the world outside of Abbasid Iraq.
Park51 (originally named Cordoba House) was a development originally envisioned as a 13-story Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan, New York City.The developers hoped to promote an interfaith dialogue within the greater community.
The oldest mosque in Europe (also known as Bayezid Mosque or Didymoteicho Mosque) List of mosques in Hungary: Hungary: Reykjavík Mosque: Iceland: Reykjavík: 2002 U Also home to the Félag Múslima á Íslandi (Association of Muslims in Iceland) Dublin Mosque: Ireland: Dublin: 1976 U Omar Mosque Italy: Catania (via Castromarino) 1980
The inner city of Cordoba was surrounded by 11 palaces, 22 almuna and 12 arbad (or suburbs), mainly on the right bank of the Guadalquivir, and in particular to the north and west of the city. Not much later, Ibn Bashkuwal lists a total of 21 suburbs (two to the south, three to the north, seven to the east and nine to the west).
The Initiative lists the following activities on their website: convening annual meetings of Islamic scholars, media appearances, lectures and publications, creating Cordoba House, shaping a strong and moderate Muslim-American community, [11] building bridges with those of other faiths, combatting “Islamophobia”, and the Shariah Index Project, by which they say they will create a blueprint ...
Al Morabito Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita El Morabito) is a mosque in Córdoba, Spain. It was built during the Spanish Civil War as a gift for Franco's Muslim soldiers and is considered Spain's first modern mosque.
Cordoba had been a seat of Jewish life in Andalusia for centuries. [citation needed] The Rambam (Maimonides), who was one of the most influential medieval Rabbis, was a notable resident of the town. There is a Historic Jewish Quarter, from the Medieval Era, that houses one of the oldest synagogues of the world; the Cordoba synagogue (built 1314 ...