"to third division became a reality. El Sekka El Hadid SC El Sekka El Hadid Sporting Club (), is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is currently playing in the Egyptian Second Division, the second-highest league in the Egyptian football league system. Founded in 1903, the club is the oldest club in Egypt,and Middle East. In 1903, El Sekka El Hadid Club formed the first football team in Egypt. The team was mainly formed of British and Italian engineers working in the maintenance workshops affiliated to the Railway Authority of the time. When it was necessary"
"Maqam El-Nabi Musa, which lies south of Jericho and east of Jerusalem in the Judean wilderness. A side road to the right of the main Jerusalem-Jericho road, about beyond the sign indicating sea level, leads to the site. The Fatimid, Taiyabi and Dawoodi Bohra sects also believe in the same. The main body of the present shrine, mosque, minaret and some rooms were built during the reign of Baibars, a Mamluk Sultan, in 1270 AD. Over the years Nebi Musa was expanded, protected by walls, and includes 120 rooms in its two levels which hosted the visitors. Moses in Islam"
"Kufa was also the capital of the Rashidun Caliphate during the time of Ali. Likewise, Samarra is also home to the al-Askari Mosque, containing the mausoleums of the Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari, the tenth and eleventh Shia Imams respectively, as well as the maqam (or ""point"") of Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is the twelfth and final Imam of the Shia Madhhab. This has made it an important pilgrimage centre for Ja'farī Shia Muslims. In addition, some female relatives of Muhammad are buried in Samarra, making the city one of the most significant sites of worship for Shia Muslims and a"
"Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Homs) The Great Mosque of al-Nuri () also called al-Nouri Mosque, is a mosque in Homs, Syria. It is situated off ash-Shouhada street, adjacent to the city's historical roofed ""souqs"" (""markets""). Originally, under the Roman Empire, the Great Mosque was the site of the city's pagan temple for the sun god (""El-Gabal""). The temple gained Emesa (Homs) prominence in the region as an important center of paganism and one of its priests, Elagabalus, became Emperor of Rome. El-Gabal's temple was paid tribute by Aurelian after he attributed his victory of Zenobia to the deity. Later during"
"Al-Maqam Mosque Al-Maqam Mosque () is a historic mosque in the city of Basra, Iraq. It is located in the Al-'Ashara region. The word in means ""shrine"", and it is believed that the site was originally a place of shrine, but the views are divided on who was being commemorated. According to an account by Muhammad Sadiq al-Hakim in his documentation, the shrine dated back to the year 772, and it was established by the descendant of Islamic prophet Muhammad and the eighth Shia imam Ali al-Ridha when he visited Basra from Medina. The construction of the mosque itself dates"
"the mosque are considered to be equal to those offered in Jerusalem. Hebron is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem, considered by many Muslims to be the fourth holiest city in Islam. Its Arab name, ""Al-Khalil"" meaning ""friend of God"", stems from the belief that it was the city Abraham settled in. Within the city lies the Sanctuary of Abraham, the traditional burial site of the biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs, and the ""Ibrahimi Mosque"" built on top of the tomb to honor the prophet. Muslims believe that Muhammed visited Hebron on his nocturnal journey from"
"Al Haoua Mosque Al Haoua Mosque, also known as the Mosque of El Hawa or Ettaoufi, is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It is an official Historical Monument. This mosque is located in the Medina area of the city. This mosque was built in 1252 by Princess Lady Sovereign Hafsid Atf Abu Zakaria I, mother of Mohamed al Moustancir Billah. As it fell into ruin, it became subsequently known as ""outdoor mosque"" because it was built on a hill overlooking the gardens and orchards in a place called ""Rawdha Essououd"". When the Andalusians came to Tunis they used it as"
"Souk Al Asr Souk Al Asr (; English: Era market) is one of the souks of Tunis, specialized in selling antique products. The souk is mainly intended for the middle class and poor. It is located behind Bab Al Gorjani, one of the medina's doors and near three neighbourhoods inhabited by poor people of Tunis, i.e. Mellassine, Saida Manoubia and Helal City. The souk didn't exist before the Husainid era (1705-1957), while other souks emerged under the Hafsid dynasty (1228-1537). It was a tiny souk that stood between prayers of the afternoon and the sunset (third and fourth prayers of"
"At the time, the town comprised five neighborhoods: Al-Amir, Ghadir, Karama, Al Shuhada and Zahra. A few typical timber-latticed ""shanasheel"" buildings are still standing – albeit in poor conditions. The great Mosque of Qalat Saleh, built in 1868 during the Ottoman Empire, is one of the town’s most significant heritage landmarks. Most visitors come to the area to pay a visit to the shrine of Imam Abdullah bin Ali, located 10 km south of the town. Not far from Qalat Saleh is another of Maysan’s famous attractions, the Tomb of Ezra (Prophet Uzayr) and its adjacent old synagogue located in"
"The Seven Mosques The Seven Mosques ( ') or Sab'u Masajid is a complex of six small historic and often visited mosques in the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. The complex consists of six mosques in spite of the name ""Sab'ah"" means ""seven"", because it included the Masjid al-Qiblatayn originally. Although the mosque is often visited by the pilgrims, there is no accounts in the order from the Islamic prophet Muhammad or in Sharia regarding the virtue of visiting these mosques. These mosques are located in south of Mount Sala' which was the scene of the Battle of the Trench."
"covers an area of including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to 820,000 worshippers during the Hajj period. During the Hajj period, the mosque is unable to contain the multitude of pilgrims, who pray on the outlining streets. More than 2 million worshippers gather to pray during Eid prayers. According to the teachings of Islam, God in the Quran used the word mosque when referring to the sites established by Ibrahim (Abraham) and his progeny as houses of worship to God centuries before the revelation of the Quran. The first of these spots is Masjid al-Haram"
"distributed in its villages. Most of these historic buildings have deteriorated and need to be restored. The most famous forts are: A’Suwaiq fort, Al Tharmad fort, Al Hilal fort, Al Mghabsha fort, Al Borusheed fort. Also there is an old mosque called Al Sabbara. This mosque was built during the reign of Ahmed bin Sa’aeed A’Suwaiq fort: It mediates A’Suwaiq, in A’Suwaiq souq (old market), and the entrance of the fort facing the sea. It is rectangular shape contains three circular shape towers and one Square shape. It is 60 meters length and 43 meters width. Inside the fort there"
"in Damascus, Great Mosque of Kairouan in Kairouan, Sanctuary of Abraham in Hebron, Bukhara, Eyüp district in Istanbul, and Harar. The Hejaz is the region in the Arabian Peninsula where Mecca and Medina are located. It is thus where the Muhammad was from. Mecca is considered the holiest city in Islam, as it is home to the ""Ka‘bah"" ('Cube') and ""AL-Masjid Al-Ḥarām"" (The Sacred Mosque). Only Muslims are allowed to enter this place. The area of Mecca, which includes Mount Arafah, Mina and Muzdalifah, is important for the ""Ḥajj"" ('Pilgrimage'). As one of the Five Pillars of Islam, every adult"
"an educational institution. During the reign of King Hussein (1705 - 1735) the mosque was renovated. Al Haoua Mosque Al Haoua Mosque, also known as the Mosque of El Hawa or Ettaoufi, is a mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. It is an official Historical Monument. This mosque is located in the Medina area of the city. This mosque was built in 1252 by Princess Lady Sovereign Hafsid Atf Abu Zakaria I, mother of Mohamed al Moustancir Billah. As it fell into ruin, it became subsequently known as ""outdoor mosque"" because it was built on a hill overlooking the gardens and orchards"
"""Hidden"" Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, disappeared from view is also found within this mosque. At the time of the Al-Askari bombing in Samarra, it was reported that the mosque was one of Shia Islam's holiest sites, only exceeded by the shrines of Najaf and Karbala. The final Imam, considered to be alive and in occultation, has the following two mosques associated with him: The Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom, Iran contains the tomb of: Located in Qom, Iran, some consider the Fatima Masumeh Shrine to be the third holiest shrine in Shia Islam. The shrine has attracted to itself dozens of"
"the Al-Aqsa Mosque of Jerusalem (715 CE), and the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina (709-715). Since the mid 19th-century, a number of the Umayyad sites have been excavated, revealing stunning frescoes, wall and ceiling paintings and statuary. One of these paintings, the ""Painting of the Six Kings"" has been the subject of considerable scholarship with respect to its interpretation. Notable frescoes and relief carvings can be found the desert castles of Quasyr Al Hallabat; Quasyr al-Kharanah, Quasyr el-Azraq, Qasr Mshatta and the Quasyr 'Amra which features frescoes of hunting scenes, musicians, acrobats, entertainers, nude women, wrestlers and scenes of"
"legitimately called ""ḥaram"" were Mecca, Medina, and probably also the valley of Wajj in Ta'if, thus rejecting other places like Hebron and even Jerusalem. In fact, one of the Islamic names of Jerusalem, ""thālith al-ḥaramayn"" (, literally ""the third of the two holy places"") resolves the tension between the unchallengeable pre-eminence of Mecca and Medina versus the desire to recognize Jerusalem as having a special status in Islam in a somewhat paradoxical manner. Jerusalem, being home to Al-Aqsa Mosque (one of the few mosques that are mentioned by name in the Quran, and consequently one of the most important mosques)"
"The main entrance to the mosque is arched, decorated with black and white stone, and carved with Arabic inscriptions on either side. Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Homs) The Great Mosque of al-Nuri () also called al-Nouri Mosque, is a mosque in Homs, Syria. It is situated off ash-Shouhada street, adjacent to the city's historical roofed ""souqs"" (""markets""). Originally, under the Roman Empire, the Great Mosque was the site of the city's pagan temple for the sun god (""El-Gabal""). The temple gained Emesa (Homs) prominence in the region as an important center of paganism and one of its priests, Elagabalus, became"
"more Muslim pilgrims. The city of Kufa was home to the famed Sunni scholar Abu Hanifah, whose school of thought is followed by a sizable number of Sunni Muslims across the globe. Likewise, Samarra is also home to the al-Askari Mosque, containing the mausoleums of the Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari, the tenth and eleventh Shia Imams, respectively, as well as the shrine of Muhammad al-Mahdi, known as the ""Hidden Imam"", who is the twelfth and final Imam of the Shia of the Ja'farī Madhhab. This has made it an important pilgrimage centre for Ja'farī Shia Muslims. In addition, some"
"Close by is Deir Sammit where the primary healthcare facilities are at level 2. Al-Kum Al-Kum (, officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron. Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east. It had a population of 2,568 in the 2007 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's ""Survey of Western Palestine"" found at ""Kh. el Kôm"" ""traces of ruins"
"Al-Asha'ir Mosque The Al-Asha'ir Mosque or the Great Mosque of Zabid (), is an ancient mosque in the historic city of Zabid, Yemen. It is located near the Zubaid market, forming a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Town of Zabid. Its foundation is owing to the great Sahabi Abu Musa al-Ash'ari in the year 8 AH or 629 CE and since then the mosque was the first mosque to achieve its spiritual and historical status in Yemen. Local tradition narrates that the mosque is fifth oldest mosque in the history of Islam, making it one of the oldest"
"tall central aisle leading to the prayer niche borrows from the Mahdiya mosque's design. The al-Hakim mosque differs from the al-Azhar and Ibn Tulun mosques in having two stone minarets at the corners of the stone façade, which has a monumental projecting portal like the Mosque of Mahdiya. The Lulua Mosque, located in the southern cemetery of the Moqattam hills, was built in 1015–16 during the reign of the third Caliph al-Hakim. The mosque was built on a promontory of limestone and consisted originally of a three-storey tower-like structure built over a rectangular plan. It exhibited typical aspects of the"
"covers an area of including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to 820,000 worshipers during the Hajj period. During the Hajj period, the mosque is unable to contain the multitude of pilgrims, who pray on the outlining streets. More than 2 million worshipers gather to pray during Eid prayers. According to the teachings of Islam, God, in the Quran, used the word mosque when referring to the sites established by ʾIbrāhīm (Abraham) and his progeny as houses of worship to God centuries before the revelation of the Quran. The first of these spots is Masjid al-Haram"
"the mosque has been directly connected to the Shatt al-Arab. There are two libraries adjacent to the mosque, one on the first floor which stores Al-Qur'an and books for dawah, and another on the second floor which was newly founded and named as the Library of Imam Ali bin Musa al-Ridha. Al-Maqam Mosque Al-Maqam Mosque () is a historic mosque in the city of Basra, Iraq. It is located in the Al-'Ashara region. The word in means ""shrine"", and it is believed that the site was originally a place of shrine, but the views are divided on who was being"
"Hara or the jewish hood. El Hafsia Mosque ""El Hafsia Mosque ""' () is a small mosque in the Hafsia Hood in the north of the medina of Tunis. It is located in 23 Achour Street. According to the panel at the entrance of the mosque, it was built during the reign of Muhammad VIII al-Amin. The construction started in 1954 thanks to the grant offered by Salah Ben Ali Ben Belgacem Bouzinbila El Douiri, and finished two years later in 1956. It was restored in 2011. The mosque got its name from the hood in which it is located"
"El Tawheed Mosque The El Tawheed Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The foundation that manages the mosque was founded in 1986. The mosque is on Jan Hanzenstraat in the Old-West section of Amsterdam. Aside from its normal function, the mosque is used for social work, and for lessons in the Arabic language. It also houses a book store and a publisher of religious videos and DVDs. The mosque was in-part funded by the Saudi non-governmental organization al-Haramain Foundation. The mosque at one time had been cited by the Dutch government as a potential propagator of extremism. Mohammed"
"""modern"" building. 11 Mosques, Nabi Yunis Mosque, Maqam Sahabi Abdullah bin Masood Mosque, Omary Mosque, Al Therwa Mosque, Al Rebaat Mosque, Dherr Ektat Mosque, Salah Al Dean AL Ayyubi Mosque, Al Hwawer Mosque, Al Huda Mosque, Al Faroouk Mosque and Al Nuor Mosque, now dot the city and its environs. In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Halhul had a population of 1,927, all Muslim. This had increased at the time of 1931 census, when Halhul, together with the surrounding Kh. Haska, Kh. en Nuqta, Kh. Beit Khiran, Kh. Baqqar and Kh. ez Zarqa had"
"Al-Kum Al-Kum (, officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron. Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east. It had a population of 2,568 in the 2007 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's ""Survey of Western Palestine"" found at ""Kh. el Kôm"" ""traces of ruins and caves on a white hill-top."" It further described it as ""rather a large"
"Al-Hadi Mosque The Al-Hadi Mosque or Al-Imam Al-Hadi Mosque () is one of the historical mosques of the ancient city of Sa'ada, Yemen. It is located east-west of the city. It was built in around 897, and named after Imam Yahya Bin Al-Hussein, the founder of the Ziyadi state. The mosque became the oldest place for the teaching of Zaidi maddhab in the Arabian Peninsula. The mosque is the third mosque in Yemen to be built adjunct with minaret after the Mosque of Farwa Ibn Masik and the Great Mosque of Sana'a. It is also the oldest mosque attached to"
"destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in 2015 after an attempt to loot the mosque. Al-Imam Muhsin Mosque The Al-Imam Muhsin Mosque () was a historic mosque in Mosul, Iraq. It was located in Al-Shifa' neighborhood, near the Bash Tapia Castle and in front of the Mausoleum of Yahya Abu al-Qasim. The mosque was initially built as a madrasa known as Madrasa al-Nouri, which was commissioned by the Seljuk ruler Nour ad-Din ibn Ezzadeen in the late-12th century. It became a mausoleum after refurbishment by the Zangid ruler Badr al-Din Lu'lu'. He turned one of the rooms"
"of Muslims on Fridays at noon for Friday Prayers (Jummah), the most important Muslim prayer of the week and hear the sermon delivered by the Imam (Prayer Leader). Al Ahmad Mosque Al Ahmad Mosque is an Islamic place of worship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, opened in 1985. It is the second oldest mosque in Buenos Aires but it is the oldest building with Islamic architecture in Argentina and it was designed by Ahmed and Elia Ham. It is located on Alberti St. 1541, San Cristobal neighbourhood. It has a minaret from which the muezzin issues the call for the five"
"Sayed al-Hashim Mosque The Sayed al-Hashim Mosque ( ""Masjid as-Sayed Hāshim"") is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Gaza, located in the ad-Darrāj Quarter of the Old City, off of al-Wehda Street. The tomb of Hashim ibn Abd al-Manaf, Muhammad's great grandfather who died in Gaza during a trading voyage, is located under the dome of the mosque according to Muslim tradition. A mosque and hostel have been located at the present site since at least the 12th century CE. The mosque had a ""madrasa"" and was a center for religious learning in the 19th and parts of"
"to three mosques; Masjid al-Haram, Masjid al-Nabawi and Masjid Al-Aqsa"". Regarding this Serajul Haque says that, ""In the opinion of Ibn Taymiyyah only these three mosques have been accepted by the Prophet as the object of journeys, on account of their excellence over all other mosques and places of prayer. Ibn Taymiyyah uses a saying (hadith) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Bukhari and Muslim to justify his view that it is not permitted to journey exclusively to any mosque than Mecca, Medina, or Jerusalem. Although it is sometimes supposed that Ibn Taymiyyah rejected the very idea of saints, which"