Umm al-Qura Mosque
The Umm al-Qura Mosque, also known as the Umm al-Ma'arik Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in baghdad
- Also known as: “Jāmi‘ Umm al Qurá”, “Um Al-Quraa Mosque”, and “Umm al Qurá Mosque”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghazaliya and Al Khadhraa.
Ghazaliya
Suburb
Ghazaliya is a neighborhood in the western outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, in the city's Mansour district. To the north of Ghazaliya is the neighborhood of Al-Shu'ala, to the east is Al-Adel, to the south is Al Khadhraa, and to the west is Abu Ghraib.
Al Khadhraa
Quarter
Al Khadhraa is a neighborhood in Mansour district, western Baghdad, Iraq. In 2004, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society opened a camp in Al Khadraa to provide shelter and assistance for families displaced by an upsurge in violence in Fallujah.
Al-Shu’ala
Quarter
Al-Shu'ala is a lower middle class district of Baghdad, Iraq. It is heavily populated and its inhabitants are working class families of limited income. Al-Shu’ala is situated 3 km north of Umm al-Qura Mosque.
Umm al-Qura Mosque
- Category: religion
- Location: Karkh, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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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”
- 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”
- Turkish: “Ümmü’l-Kurâ Camii”
- Uzbek: “Umm al-Qura masjidi”
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