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Following a donation by the late Prime
Minister Rafic Hariri, the foundation stone for the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque was laid in November 2002. The built area covers approximately 11,000 square meters with a 48-meter-high blue dome and 65-meter-high minarets. During the construction of the mosque on
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At the commencement of the mosque, Hariri commissioned Oger Liban. Hariri also hired Azmi
Fakhouri as the main architect for the mosque. After the first stone was laid out for the mosque, the first concrete was poured in 2003. By 2005, the architecture of the mosque had begun to be built. The main
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named after Sheikh Abu Nasr al-Yafi was built on this site. Souk Abu Nasr was located in the same area and was operational with the zawiya until 1975. Following earlier efforts by
Beiruti families, the Mohammad Al-Amin Association was created in the 1950s in order to replace the zawiya with a
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There is the
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque that was believed to be named after Muhammad. The Ottoman empire's Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid had Shaykh Muhammad Abu Nasr Al-Yafi originally name the mosque "Zawiya Abu Nasr" and was then later on carrying the name in reference to Muhammad. The
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City Center skyline. It was inaugurated in 2008. The
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque contains multiple domes, all of which are made from light blue tiles. The mosque also has multiple arches, which are a couple stories high. The mosque has very similar characteristics to the
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The prime minister Rafic Hariri was assassinated on
February 14, 2005, and his body is buried next to the mosque in downtown Beirut, within the Martyr Square of Beirut. The mosque was used for the ceremony of the funeral of Hariri.
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The interior details have patterned ceilings and a dome circle. The ornament that seems to be a chandelier dangles in front of the mihrab. As for the scale of this mosque, it is surrounded by four minarets that are 65 meters tall.
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Mohammad Al-Amin mosque is the biggest mosque in Lebanon. In preparation for the mosque, panels were placed which signified that a mosque was going to be built. Soon after the
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stone used for the mosque was the Yellow Riyadh Stone. Rafic Hariri, along with other architects and artists, was involved in the making of the building's exterior decor.
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