Umm al-Qura Mosque

The Umm al-Qura Mosque, also known as the Umm al-Ma'arik Mosque, is a Sunni located in , in the of . It was the city's largest place of worship for Sunnis, but it has also become the location of a Shi'a hawza and a place of refuge for many fleeing the terrorists' depredations in the Anbar Province.
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Mohammed Harith Khalil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Mosque
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
  • Description: mosque in Baghdad, Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Jāmi‘ Umm al Qurá”
    “Um Al-Quraa Mosque”
    “Umm al-Ma’arik Mosque”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghazaliya and Al Khadhraa.
is a neighborhood in the western outskirts…
is a neighborhood in , western , .
Al-Shu'ala is a lower middle class district of , Iraq. is situated 3 km north of Umm al-Qura Mosque.

Umm al-Qura Mosque

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Latitude
33.3379° or 33° 20′ 16″ north
Longitude
44.29627° or 44° 17′ 47″ east
Open location code
8H5687QW+5G
Geo­Names ID
9640551
Wiki­data ID
Q1325641

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Umm al-Qura Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جامع أم القرى”
  • Arabic: “جامع أم المعارك”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جامع ام القرى”
  • German: “Umm-al-Qura-Moschee”
  • German: “Umm-el-Kura-Moschee”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Umm al-Ma’arik Mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Umm al-Qura Mosque”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Umm al-Qura”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Umm al-Qura”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Umm al-Qura”
  • Persian: “مسجد ام‌القری”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Umm al-Qura”
  • Romanian: “Moscheea Umm al-Qura”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Umm al-Qura”
  • Turkish: “Ümmü’l Kurâ Camii”
  • Urdu: “مسجد ام القری”
  • Uzbek: “Umm al-Qura masjidi”

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