minaret

The center — its minaret visible for miles — draws congregants from across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

With its palm trees standing alongside the minaret and its nondescript suburban homes lining the street, this suburb presents the image of a peaceful, multicultural America.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

In the video, verified by the BBC, much of the Great Omari Mosque appears to be reduced to rubble, with only its minaret still intact.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023

They only stopped when the call from the minaret of a nearby mosque announced the arrival of a new morning.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

"I could talk to you for three hours about the family lineages, the mosques' minarets and why the mud-brick walls never collapse in the rain," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

In the Muslim-majority village of Liaoqiao in the autonomous region of Ningxia, three of six mosques have been stripped of their domes and minarets, according to HRW.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023

In Muslim-majority countries, they’re in the minarets defining skylines, the headscarves donned by many women, the omnipresent call to prayer that beckons the faithful five times a day, and the references peppering casual greetings.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

Two mosque minarets fell, along with many traditional houses.

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2023

Above, two slim, fluted minarets rose in the air before a background of soaring coconut trees.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel