mosque

Example Sentences

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The water washed away some two dozen low-lying houses, a church and part of a mosque.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

At the lower Rangpo area, close to the Teesta River, only a mosque remains, surrounded by piles of sand, some reaching the height of its roof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But most of the communal prayer events were canceled, with only one large gathering held in the Grand Mosalla mosque.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

"The occupier, under the pretext of security and for its own interests, has closed the mosque," cleric Ayman Abu Najm, who had come from Beit Hanina, a Palestinian neighbourhood in east Jerusalem, said.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

“Your mother came to volunteer at the mosque and asked for you. No one knew where you were so she’s very worried. Auntie Fatima and the girls are comforting her in the house right now.”

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