Sheikh Matar Mosque or Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque is a historical mosque in Diyarbakır, Turkey, best known for its unique minaret based on four columns, dubbed the Four-legged Minaret.
Sheikh Matar Mosque with Four-legged Minaret
Base of the Four-legged Minaret next to Sheikh Matar Mosque.
Diyarbakır Sheikh Matar Mosque and Four footed minaret
Diyarbakır Sheikh Matar Mosque and Four footed minaret
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr rightfully
Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, the majority of whom are Sunni.
The Great Mosque of Kairouan (also known as the Mosque of Uqba) in the city of Kairouan, Tunisia, was, particularly from the 9th to 11th century, an important center of Islamic learning with an emphasis on the Maliki Madh'hab.
Muhammed accompanied by the archangels Gabriel, Michael, Israfil und Azrael. Turkish Siyer-i-Nebi-work, 1595
Historic Quran of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh