Ar-Rahman Mosque (Aleppo)

For other uses, see Al rahman (disambiguation) § Mosques.

The Ar-Rahman Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلرَّحْمَٰن, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ ar-Raḥmān) is a contemporary mosque in Aleppo, Syria, located on King Faisal Street. It was opened in 1994 and features a combined architectural style of the early Umayyad and modern eras.

Ar-Rahman mosque
جَامِع ٱلرَّحْمَٰن
The mosque in 2010
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	King Faisal Street, Aleppo
Country	Syria
Location of the mosque in Aleppo
Geographic coordinates	36°12′59″N 37°08′18″E
Architecture
Type	Islamic architecture
Style	Early Umayyad Modern
Completed	1994 CE
Specifications
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	6
Minaret height	75 m (246 ft) (tallest two)

It has a large central highly-decorated dome surrounded with two 75-metre-high (246 ft) and four shorter rectangular minarets. The external walls of the mosque are decorated with stones in the form of traditional Quran pages, inscribed with some verses from the Ar-Rahman sura.^[1][2]

Gallery

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  The mosque under construction in 1983, Henk van Rinsum, Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
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  Under construction in 1983
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  Under construction in 1983

See also

• Middle East portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in Syria
• List of mosques in Syria