Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque

The Mohammed al - Amin Mosque is a Sunni mosque at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It was built between 2002 and 2007 by the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was also buried next to the mosque. It was inaugurated on 17 October 2008 by his son Saad Hariri. At the ceremony, Minister of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Djibouti and the Palestinian Authority were present.

The architect Azmi Fakhuri According to the building was inspired by the Ottoman architecture and mimicking the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The blue dome is 42 meters high, the minarets stand 72 meters high.

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