Al Noor Mosque ( ar, جَامِع ٱلنُّوْر, Jāmiʿ An-Nūr) is a
mosque in
Sharjah, the
United Arab Emirates, located on the Khaled lagoon at the Buhaira Corniche. It is of
Turkish Ottoman design and was influenced by the
Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Turkey.
It is one of the mosques open to the public in Sharjah, which has over 600 total.
In 2014 the mosque set a
Guinness World Record
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
for the "World's largest wooden charity box" for their
Ramadan
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, caption=From top, left to right: A crescent moon over Sarıçam, Turkey, marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Ramadan Quran reading in Bandar Torkaman, Iran. ...
donation campaign.
References
External links
Al Noor MosqueSharjah, Al Noor Mosque. United Arab Emirates.(
YouTube)
Sharjah Light Festival - Al Noor Mosque
Mosques in Sharjah (city)
Mosques completed in 2005
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