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Masjid al-Qiblatayn

Mosque

Photo: Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Masjid al-Qiblatayn, also spelt Masjid al-Qiblatain, is a historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, located approximately 5 km north-west of the Prophet's Mosque.

Prophet’s Mosque

Mosque

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The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. Prophet’s Mosque is situated 3½ km east of alQiblatyn القبلتين.

The Seven Mosques

Photo: Imam Khairul Annas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Seven Mosques is a complex of six small historic and often visited mosques in the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. Despite only consisting of six mosques, the complex is called seven because some think it originally consisted of seven mosques.

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Medina

Photo: Medineli, Public domain.

Medina, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.

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