is also the first Islamic building that adapted the four-courtyard layout of Sassanid palaces to Islamic religious architecture. Its double-shelled ribbed domes represent an architectural innovation ...

Euro-Islam architecture is paving the way to bridging the cultural gap. German mosques are rarely impressive and grand. Islamic houses of worship are often hidden away in a rear courtyard in an ...

Its grand entrance, flanked by two towering minarets, leads into a vast courtyard surrounded by ... is a stunning example of ...