Abu Hanifa Mosque
The Abu Hanifa Mosque ( Arabic مسجد أبو حنيفة, DMG Masǧid abū ḥanīfah ) is the most famous Sunni mosque in Baghdad . It was built by the Ottomans during their over four hundred year rule in Iraq near Abu Hanifa's tomb, one of the founders of the Hanafi school of law . It is also called the “Mosque of the Greatest Imam” (Masǧid al-Imâm al-A'zam) , al-Imâm al-A'zam stands for the greatest Imâm , as Abu Hanifa is called by his followers. The mosque is in the Adamiya district of Baghdad (northern Baghdad). The Abu Hanifa Mosque is considered a very important place for Sunni Muslims , especially for Hanafi , including the residents of the district Adamiya belong. In the past, the mosque and the district have been the scene of fighting between Iraqi rebels and US troops .
On November 19, 2004, US forces and Iraqi security forces carried out an attack on Abu Hanifa Mosque during a prayer in which four Iraqis were killed. The attack came a week after a religious scholar in the mosque called for a fight against US forces and the Iraqi government. Many Sunni Iraqis criticized the operation because the mosque is particularly sacred and one of the most important figures in Sunni Islam is buried there. In a further reaction, religious scholars called for a boycott of the upcoming elections. On November 23, 2006, terrorists fired ten mortar shells at the Sunni Abu Hanifa Mosque, killing at least one person and injuring seven.
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- ↑ http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1246
- ^ A Day in "Democratic" Iraq: The Attack on the Abu Hanifa Mosque and its Impact on Adhamiya ( Memento from November 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sunni, Shiite imams condemn Baghdad mosque raid ( Memento of 24 March 2006 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Day of Terror in Baghdad: curfew after the worst series of attacks since the beginning of the war. In: Spiegel Online . November 23, 2006, accessed June 10, 2018 .
Coordinates: 33 ° 22 ′ 19.1 ″ N , 44 ° 21 ′ 30.3 ″ E