Umm Al-Qura Mosque (Baghdad City)

Iraq / Bagdad / Baghdad / Baghdad City
The Umm al-Qura ("Mother of All Cities") mosque in Baghdad is the city's largest place of worship for Sunni Muslims. Originally called the Umm al-Ma'arik ("Mother of All Battles") mosque, it was designed to commemorate Saddam Hussein's 'victory' in the 1991 Gulf War and was intended to serve as a personal tribute to Saddam himself. It is located in the Sunni-populated al-Adel area of western Baghdad. Costing $7.5 million to build, the mosque's cornerstone was laid on Saddam's 65th birthday on 28 April 1998. It was formally completed on 28 April 2001 in time for the ten-year anniversary of the Gulf War.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_al-Qura_Mosque
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Coordinates:   33°20'19"N   44°17'47"E

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