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mosque

[mosk, mawsk] / mɒsk, mɔsk /


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He came from a modest background: His father was a schoolteacher and an imam at a local mosque.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

After sunrise, villagers in Qusra, near the city of Nablus, walked through the scorched remains of the Al-Rahma mosque, broken tiles littering the ground, videos showed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

AFP footage showed dozens of Palestinians evacuating the area before the mosque was hit.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

But soon, it'll be the site of the first mosque in this Japanese town.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Instead, Mom told me to draw what I’d learned at the mosque to share with Dad when he got home.

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

He told me that during his childhood, Eid prayers were sometimes held in hotel ballrooms because mosques were too few and too small.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Turkey's religious affairs directorate mentioned the stand-up show, without naming Göktaş, in its weekly sermon on Friday which is read out in all the country's mosques.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

The Islamic Center of San Diego is one of the largest mosques in San Diego and attracts worshippers from across the region.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

The sector, which already weathered the closure of mosques and shrines in the pandemic, is a rare type of tourism in a country reeling from decades of conflicts.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

Sohrab left his arm resting on my shoulder as he pointed out the other buildings nearby: newer, smaller mosques, and bazaars, and farther away, looming over Yazd, the mountains we were going to visit soon.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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