In the belatedly 1990s , amidst ascension poverty as well as alongside iv meg residents on the verge of famine , the quondam Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein decided to pass hundreds of meg dollars on iii grandiose projects inwards a bid to bolster his Islamic credentials as well as save his tyrannical legacy. Only ane was completed.
The Umm al-Ma'arik mosque —Umm al-Ma'arik pregnant "Mother of All Battles"— was designed to commemorate the First Gulf War of 1991-92 , as well as at the same fourth dimension , serve every bit a personal tribute to Saddam himself. The huge blue-and-white mosque , completed inwards Apr 2001 , only inwards fourth dimension for the ten-year anniversary of the Gulf War , is amount of subtle as well as around not-so-subtle references to the nation of war as well as Saddam.
Al-Shaheed Monument , Baghdad
Al-Rahman mosque. Photo credit: www.skyscrapercity.com
Al-Rahman mosque. Photo credit: www.skyscrapercity.com
Al-Rahman mosque. Photo credit: www.skyscrapercity.com
Al-Rahman mosque. Photo credit: Omar Chatriwala/Flickr
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