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He saw great beauty in the natural world, often sharing photos with friends of hawks soaring over the mosque’s minaret.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Monday's itinerary includes a visit to the Great Mosque of Algiers -- with the world's highest minaret -- and the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa, overlooking the Bay of Algiers.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 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

Other major landmarks of Mosul have also been restored - that wriggling minaret of al-Hadba, the Dominican al-Saa'a Convent and the complex of Al-Nouri mosque.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 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

Another video verified by HRW showed an ablution hall in Liujiaguo mosque in southern Ningxia being demolished shortly after the removal of its two minarets and a dome.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023

Many buildings in Herat city were relatively unaffected, but the mediaeval minarets of its famous mosques sustained some damage, photographs on social media showed.

From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 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

“It’s a generational contest this year,” Sarah says, pointing at the labels on the minarets.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali