an-nur mosque

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an-nur mosque

The an-Nur Mosque ( Arabic مسجد النور Masjid an-Nūr ) is a Sunni - Islamic place of worship in the Chalid lagoon on the Buchaira Chalid (Chalid Lake) in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates . Built in the Ottoman-Turkish style , the mosque was influenced by the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (also called the Blue Mosque), the main mosque in Istanbul . The two imams of the mosque come from Syria (as of 5/2016), the “Sharjah Center for Cultural Understanding” is the official spokesman for the mosque.

The an-Nur mosque was built from fiberglass , marble and plaster of paris from April 6, 2003 by the academic architecture office of the independent parts emirate Sharjah and the general contractor United Engineering and completed in 2005. It belongs to the government of Sharjah and has a capacity of 2,200 believers, 1,800 of whom are men and 400 women. The building has 2 minarets each 52 meters high and 34 domes, the largest inside is 31.5 meters high.

The mosque is one of a total of 600 in Sharjah and one of only three that are also open to a non-Muslim public. In 2014, the an Nur Mosque broke a Guinness book record by building the “world's largest charity box” as part of its Ramadan fundraising campaign.

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  1. ^ Al Noor Mosque. February 4, 2015, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
  2. ^ Mosque is a haven for prayer and serenity. In: www.thenational.ae. The National , accessed June 7, 2016 .
  3. ↑ About Sharjah: Magnificent mosques. In: www.khaleejtimes.com. Khaleej Times , accessed June 7, 2016 .
  4. ^ Travel: Middle Eastern culture and allure in Sharjah. (No longer available online.) In: Somerset Live. October 11, 2014, archived from the original on December 22, 2014 ; Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
  5. ^ Sharjah opens mosque to non-Muslims as bridge between cultures. In: www.thenational.ae. The National, accessed June 7, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Guinness World Records register Sharjah's wooden charity box. (No longer available online.) In: gulftoday.ae. Gulf Today, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; Retrieved June 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gulftoday.ae
  7. ^ By Jumana Khamis, Staff Reporter: Sharjah charity box sets world record. In: GulfNews . August 22, 2014, accessed June 7, 2016 .

Coordinates: 25 ° 20 ′ 6 ″  N , 55 ° 23 ′ 13.9 ″  E