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Ortaköy Mosque (Turkish: Ortaköy Camii), formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii [1] (Turkish: Büyük Mecidiye Camii, lit. 'Great Mosque of Sultan Abdulmejid') in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, is a mosque situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus.
It was the first Spanish-language mosque to open in the United States since the 2005 closure of the storefront mosque of the Alianza Islámica in New York City. The Houston mosque, decorated in a manner similar to that of the Mezquita de Córdoba, [40] is operated by the organization IslamInSpanish. [41]
Interior of the Ortaköy Mosque. Ortaköy Mosque is a particularly beautiful Neo-Baroque structure right beside the Bosphorus and visible from passing boats.The first version of the mosque was built in the 18th century but the current mosque, commissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid I and designed by architects (father and son) Garabet Amira Balyan ...
The local mosque in terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston community has urged its members to avoid speaking with the media and to refer any potential FBI inquiries to the controversial Council ...
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This is a list of mosques in Turkey. As of March 2013, there were 82,693 mosques in Turkey. ... Ortaköy Mosque: Istanbul: 1854 Officially the Büyük Mecidiye Camii ...
The sunset meal to break the fast, around 8 p.m., is called iftar. Dates are an important part of the iftar table. Often, Muslims gather with family, relatives, friends or their local community ...
The mosque was originally commissioned in 1794 by Sultan Selim III, but most of the current mosque that stands today was completed in 1854 during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecit I. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was designed by Krikor Balyan , of the famed family of Armenian architects. [ 4 ]