minaret
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Speaking to the BBC from a government compound with a gleaming golden minaret, Mehdi Nobani, said neither Israel nor the US had achieved their military objectives, including regime change.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
Then the taxi headed into the rural West Bank of orchards and tiny villages, each with its own minaret and perched houses.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
"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
Famed for its palaces, tiled mosques and minarets, Isfahan - where blasts were heard overnight - is also a major centre for military industry.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
The wheat and potato fields there run right up to the Gaza border fence, within sight of the apartment buildings, water towers and minarets of the Palestinian village of Abasan just beyond it.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
Two 700-year-old minarets on the list that are in the path of the roadwork are being dismantled and moved to another location.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
I imagine the beautiful gold-domed mosque and minarets that stand beside the community building.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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