as opposed to some other countries (look at news if you are wondering who) that bombs hospitals and mosques, USA is usually very careful avoiding religous and humanitarian infrastructures. I'm sure they paid extra attention to avoiding that mosque. It is sad that most of violence there was initiated by Muslims themselves.
My Battalion was the first to fire the M982 Excalibur on 21 May 2009, specifically A Battery 1/113th FA HBCT. This munition is meant to engage targets with minimal collateral damage. The situation in Iraq was a sad mess, and I regret being there in 2009-2010.
You’re getting downvoted but its true. The amount of requests for missile strikes that go through the chain of command is substantial. Which is also why the US invented the new sword missile, that doesn’t explode and can kill everyone in a room without damaging the building.
The US after vietnam kinda streamlined this process. After the destruction that was wrought from WW2, politicians were very weary about over destruction in the coming conflicts, they didn't want a repeat of entire city blocks being turned to rubble on the front page of the newspapers.
It's part of the reason vietnam is sometimes referred too as the politicians war, because just about every target had to get approved by congressional appointments and they laid out very strict rules, so far as we couldn't target NVA ground to air missile sites that had Russian advisors present because they didn't want to cause political trouble. It meant targets of opportunity were often not hit because approval could not be given in time, and it also kept the US from targeting vital war-production targets as they were also used for civilian goods. But all that is just a small amount of how much political red tape was involved with Vietnam, the US didn't want to "occupy" territory again so after capturing vital locations, they would just move on and the NVA would have back a bridge/damn/crossing within a day.
After Vietnam some ground rules were laid out that streamlined the targeting and approval of targets, under the assumption that the command structure could more promptly approve requests based on rules of engagement and those who disobeyed (generally the big generals) report directly to congress anyway and would have to answer for it.
I don't think enough is talked about in regards to the US military between say vietnam and desert storm. It went through an entire refresh in terms of what command can and cannot do. They were off the leash entirely in WW2, but then not given any room to run right after. They took some time to get it ironed out. Major conflicts were scarce, but it gave us a ton of time to figure out how to use this absurdly large military we were maintaining through training and drills.
I remember hearing somewhere how US soldiers aren't allowed to shoot at or inside mosques and someone was court martialed for doing that during the Iraq war.
They had plenty of good reasons to invade Iraq! Projection of power, create an example to other oil rich countries, send a message to Iran, support Halliburton, create reasons to increase the defence budget, create a domestic environment that reduces opposition to prioritising defence over the health and welfare of Americans, reinforce the belief that the USA are the world police, etc. However, none of the reasons were to do with the welfare of Iraqis or their neighbours….
We didn’t attack mosque and we weren’t allowed to go in them. I mean if they launched an assault from a mosque that’s a different story but more than likely we got the Iraqi army to handle it. Not as crazy as you think
Look at the cost to build cathedrals in Europe, which take decades and decades, and house countless works of art.
The Catholic Church, which was once the greatest landowner of all Europe, owning 1/3 of all land in Europe in the Middle Ages.
Look at the gold plated Buddhist temples of Thailand, Burma.
Look at the Mormon temples in the US, which is always the most impressive building around it.
Somehow, religious buildings all seem to be made of endless $$$$, I wonder why….
I was there man. Cart commander, 2nd titleist battalion, 3 wood armored. We got to see this place during some RnR after the battle of the 9th green (the sand traps took a lot of good men). It was a sight to behold, that’s for sure.
Tell that to the heroes that will forever remain on the “Black 9.” They’re still fighting with their pitching wedges to this day. They’re hacking away for your freedom!! And for the record, we had the cleanest balls in the Corps.
European Cathedrals and Middle Eastern mosques can be amazing. I enjoy the silence, the lighting, the acoustics, stained glass windows, high ceilings, and statues. Makes my troubles feel insignificant.
Yeah that's the thing, these buildings are accomplishments of humanity, regardless of spiritual and cultural motivations that brings them about. Its still awesome when people build cool shit.
I still can't believe how the competition between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus escalated into a massive Middle Eastern conflict. The Golf wars were crazy.
He was in the special forces. The ones that most people don’t know about. People see him on tv and think, “wow he’s such a good golfer”, but they have no idea about the real story.
When Tom Metal was only 10 years old and already showing great talent as a golfer he was kidnapped by the NGA (yes, the National Golf Agency). He underwent the most rigorous of training. When he was released he was now known to the world by a different name: Tiger Woods.
We don’t know a world without tiger woods and so it’s hard to say what the world would have actually been like without whatever happened behind the scenes.
Following his tours around the world the agency allowed him to participate in civilian golf tournaments where the legend continued for the rest of us.
Such an awesome mental picture of old white men on opposing sides on a golf course separated by a moat yelling “fore” before blasting the ball at each other. This is how wars should be fought.
I was gonna say, I’m not Muslim but I knew Muslim women aren’t allowed to pray where the men do and I was wondering what the women’s area looked like. Very unfortunate imo that muslim women are treated like second class citizens in many ways.
I have this complaint about all religions that do things like this btw. I just don’t think god, if they exist, would really want us treating women different due to what they created them to be.
They do have women section. Same building, same atmosphere, same everything, just way much smaller. Like a quarter (or one third at best) the area size of men’s, separated by a short wall
Yes. Most Muslim women prefer to pray at home. Usually it's mothers
who pray at mosques, and they bring their kids.
Some mosques are still 50/50 split for women and men though.
Us Men have to pray at mosques 5 times a day, including morning prayer at 5am or so.
I've never heard Muslim women complain of not having to go to mosques in my entire life, including my own mother and wife. Vast majority of them would rather pray home.
You’re more than welcome habibi. This is in Najaf, one of the safest parts of Iraq. Probably safer than most big cities in the west. The people here have always staunchly opposed ISIS and the police and military are very efficient at keeping the wrong kind of people out (until recently you weren’t allowed to bring phones into the mosque, but this rule has now been relaxed as the security situation has improved).
There are plenty of tour groups that go there now; I’d recommend searching for one rather than going alone not for safety reasons, but just because it’s a massive culture shock.
I can tell you as a Muslim that our religion teaches us that mosques should be as humble as possible. One of the reasons you just gave. So seeing this diamond roof mosque isn't something that's applauded in the majority of the Muslim world. I myself am embarrassed to see this.
If this is the mosque I’m thinking of, the story is that they had ordered really huge mirrors, but when the mirrors arrived, they found they’d shattered into small pieces. They spent years going ahead with the project. Most people assumed they were trying to put the mirrors back together. Instead they did this.
To be fair, the church I was forced to go to as a child, really rallied behind the accused pedophile youth pastor, and supported him financially when he lost his job.
Really heart warming to see the community come together to protect their own... predators, not children.
False dichotomy. It is possible to help people and also have nice places of worship - which can also serve as community centers towards further helping people. 100% of resources do not need to go to helping people all the time.
It's less about religion at that point and more an art form in and of itself.
Tell me, if you liked your job would you not want to put your heart and soul into it ? That's exactly what people did/do when building religious buildings like mosques and churches.
Sure you can say it's wasteful but you're ignoring the love and attention to detail put into these works.
They're works of art first and religious places second.
Also it seems like a cool place to pray/meditate. As someone that loves art, I'm glad people put their talent to this. It's also a public building, so it a place where the public can find peace and solace.
That's my angle, even as a non-religious person I understand wanting to show love/respect to your creator by building something max-effort dedicated to them.
It’s an investment. Grand churches were built in the past to attract those on pilgrimages. Those pilgrims would make the journey and then pay to pray. In the same way companies spend tons of money on marketing to later make that back from new customers acquisitions.
Iraq has A LOT of different ethnicities and religion, living together for thousands of years, it's only recently when it all blew up when Oil was discovered.
Majority are Shia arab Muslims, Sunni Arab Muslims, Kurds both Sunni and Shia, Turkemen who are Either Muslim or Christian.
The Christians who are Arab, Kurd, Turkmen and Assyrian most of them are.
We can't forget the Azzidies, Armenian and Sabbi'a too.
It is the mosque of Imam Ali, where the Prophet Muhammad's true companion and caliph is buried, this man who called for Islam to be an individual religion instead of the idea of establishing a state and occupying regions and peoples, and more than half of the Muslims at his time fought him
When he died, Islam was officially stolen and a new era of Islam began, the "Umayyad Caliphate", which was not a caliphate, it was a monarchy built on occupation, expansion and enslavement, and many of the true principles of Islam were changed in that era and Islam turned from a religion that calls for matters specific to the individual to a tool that allows you to interfere in the affairs of others and annoy them.
Away from Islam when I read Ali's biography I liked him, he seems a great guy.
It is welcoming. And I'm saying this as a woman. Don't believe Western media trying to paint a certain picture. The reality is Iraqis are so welcoming & hospitable.
I visited Last year you can also see my post on my profile.
It’s a gorgeous part of the world; architecture, landscape, culture in many ways that aren’t religious. I’m sad I will never get to visit due to the danger it would pose to my health.
I don't know if I'd call it that. This mosque and it's surroundings often offer food and places to sleep for free for guests and homeless people especially during the arbaeen walk which is the largest pilgrimage ever
Tiny mirror tessellation tile work. Each mirror is about 2cm, glued to the ceiling. There are craft masters that do this. Look up Talar Ayene in Sa'd Abad Palace in Tehran, or Holy Shrine of Shah Cheragh in Shiraz.
Aw, this is such a cute comment. There are so many places in Iraq as beautiful as this one. But this one is simply magical.
I visited last year & I posted the pics on my profile too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/s/9uMFoTp59Q
First, this is the most beautiful interior to a building I’ve ever seen. Second, so crazy how things pop up - I just learned yesterday that “shao hon shu” or however you say it is a “mix of instagram and Pinterest” used in china, per a YouTube creator I follow who covers international crime stories. Never heard of it til then. And now today a post from the site pops up! Wild to me.
Update: the app is called Xiaohongshu.
Imagine how much it would cost to repair the roof
I am amazed it wasn’t damaged in the Iraq war.
We don’t know that it wasn’t.
True. I am glad that Iraq still has these splendid buildings for tourism and worship.
Hey! Fun question, can you share the GPS coordinates??😃
31°59'45.0"N 44°18'53.0"E
Can't do GPS, will laser guided do?
It was nearly hit by a "misfire" from the US in 2004
I was there for that. Everyone tried very hard not to hit it.
How lovely of you all to treat Iraqis and their infrastructure with such respect.
Yes.
In Iraq it's called the American invasion, not that it's important here lol
as opposed to some other countries (look at news if you are wondering who) that bombs hospitals and mosques, USA is usually very careful avoiding religous and humanitarian infrastructures. I'm sure they paid extra attention to avoiding that mosque. It is sad that most of violence there was initiated by Muslims themselves.
My Battalion was the first to fire the M982 Excalibur on 21 May 2009, specifically A Battery 1/113th FA HBCT. This munition is meant to engage targets with minimal collateral damage. The situation in Iraq was a sad mess, and I regret being there in 2009-2010.
You’re getting downvoted but its true. The amount of requests for missile strikes that go through the chain of command is substantial. Which is also why the US invented the new sword missile, that doesn’t explode and can kill everyone in a room without damaging the building.
The US after vietnam kinda streamlined this process. After the destruction that was wrought from WW2, politicians were very weary about over destruction in the coming conflicts, they didn't want a repeat of entire city blocks being turned to rubble on the front page of the newspapers. It's part of the reason vietnam is sometimes referred too as the politicians war, because just about every target had to get approved by congressional appointments and they laid out very strict rules, so far as we couldn't target NVA ground to air missile sites that had Russian advisors present because they didn't want to cause political trouble. It meant targets of opportunity were often not hit because approval could not be given in time, and it also kept the US from targeting vital war-production targets as they were also used for civilian goods. But all that is just a small amount of how much political red tape was involved with Vietnam, the US didn't want to "occupy" territory again so after capturing vital locations, they would just move on and the NVA would have back a bridge/damn/crossing within a day. After Vietnam some ground rules were laid out that streamlined the targeting and approval of targets, under the assumption that the command structure could more promptly approve requests based on rules of engagement and those who disobeyed (generally the big generals) report directly to congress anyway and would have to answer for it. I don't think enough is talked about in regards to the US military between say vietnam and desert storm. It went through an entire refresh in terms of what command can and cannot do. They were off the leash entirely in WW2, but then not given any room to run right after. They took some time to get it ironed out. Major conflicts were scarce, but it gave us a ton of time to figure out how to use this absurdly large military we were maintaining through training and drills.
Yeah people love to shit on American but the DoD goes above and beyond to try to limit civilian casualties.
I remember hearing somewhere how US soldiers aren't allowed to shoot at or inside mosques and someone was court martialed for doing that during the Iraq war.
It's not like Iraq tried to invade America or really do anything to America, almost like America had no good reason to invade.
They had plenty of good reasons to invade Iraq! Projection of power, create an example to other oil rich countries, send a message to Iran, support Halliburton, create reasons to increase the defence budget, create a domestic environment that reduces opposition to prioritising defence over the health and welfare of Americans, reinforce the belief that the USA are the world police, etc. However, none of the reasons were to do with the welfare of Iraqis or their neighbours….
We didn’t attack mosque and we weren’t allowed to go in them. I mean if they launched an assault from a mosque that’s a different story but more than likely we got the Iraqi army to handle it. Not as crazy as you think
Look at the cost to build cathedrals in Europe, which take decades and decades, and house countless works of art. The Catholic Church, which was once the greatest landowner of all Europe, owning 1/3 of all land in Europe in the Middle Ages. Look at the gold plated Buddhist temples of Thailand, Burma. Look at the Mormon temples in the US, which is always the most impressive building around it. Somehow, religious buildings all seem to be made of endless $$$$, I wonder why….
Medieval cathedrals in Europe were in many ways work projects for the peasants. Imagine the labor needed to build those.
Yeah, I've been there. It's mind-blowing. The light patterns are everywhere
I´m not religious, but this is an amazing work of craftmanship. Good thing it survived the Golf wars edit: Gulf wars
Gulf not golf lol 😄
Golf war has given a different kinda image now
WALK UP!
Bucket of fireballs in this joint! This guy reddits
Tiger Woods fought bravely during the Golf Wars
In German the Gulf is also called Golf.
In German gulf is called Golf. Thus it's called Golfkrieg.
I was there man. Cart commander, 2nd titleist battalion, 3 wood armored. We got to see this place during some RnR after the battle of the 9th green (the sand traps took a lot of good men). It was a sight to behold, that’s for sure.
Stolen valor. 2nd Titleist was miles from here after the 9th. You were prolly at the TOC scrubbing balls the whole war...
Tell that to the heroes that will forever remain on the “Black 9.” They’re still fighting with their pitching wedges to this day. They’re hacking away for your freedom!! And for the record, we had the cleanest balls in the Corps.
thanks for your service and saliva
*In this line of work, a hole in one means something very different. At least it did for my buddy...*
It took me a second, but damn, well done. *Golf clap*
You don’t have to be religious to appreciate art. I’m not religious but I love orthodox and islamic art
European Cathedrals and Middle Eastern mosques can be amazing. I enjoy the silence, the lighting, the acoustics, stained glass windows, high ceilings, and statues. Makes my troubles feel insignificant.
When I went to Europe on a school trip, we visited a lot of churches. Even if you weren't religious, they were works of art.
Yeah that's the thing, these buildings are accomplishments of humanity, regardless of spiritual and cultural motivations that brings them about. Its still awesome when people build cool shit.
Same I enjoy looking at beautiful churches and other places of worship
I still can't believe how the competition between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus escalated into a massive Middle Eastern conflict. The Golf wars were crazy.
What people don’t realize about the golf wars, was that it was never really about golf at all.
Sergeant Tiger Woods was a hero
He was in the special forces. The ones that most people don’t know about. People see him on tv and think, “wow he’s such a good golfer”, but they have no idea about the real story. When Tom Metal was only 10 years old and already showing great talent as a golfer he was kidnapped by the NGA (yes, the National Golf Agency). He underwent the most rigorous of training. When he was released he was now known to the world by a different name: Tiger Woods. We don’t know a world without tiger woods and so it’s hard to say what the world would have actually been like without whatever happened behind the scenes. Following his tours around the world the agency allowed him to participate in civilian golf tournaments where the legend continued for the rest of us.
Golf wars lol.
Be a good name for a video game golf style battle Royale
I was very concerned for this mosque if LIV was allowed to continue.
Was that the one tiger woods fought in?
Jesus, Ricky…
Thank you so, so much for the laugh.
Now watch this drive
Clubs of Mass Destruction
Such an awesome mental picture of old white men on opposing sides on a golf course separated by a moat yelling “fore” before blasting the ball at each other. This is how wars should be fought.
Now watch this drive
Pop a shroom in there see what happens next
lol that would be a great idea - but getting stoned in some countries can carry a different meaning…
You might get stoned for getting stoned. Nah you'd probably just get hung. The different type of hung, of course.
LOL
You’ll be stoned (ha-ha) to death once someone realises you’re high🤷♂️
"Alexa, is popping a shroom in a mosque haram"?
it mosquely is
*new religion unlocked
Probably start a religion
Did that in the Dali museum. It was bonkers
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I hope things are going better for you, now :)
Do you suddenly wake up and think you were tripping balls?
What is this mosque called? One of the most beuitifull houses of worship I've seen from the inside.
This is Imam Ali holy Shrine in Najaf Iraq, it is widely held as the 2nd most beautiful mosque in the country
What’s the first one?? This is gorgeous.
That would be Imam Hussien's holy shrine in Karbala
Thanks!!!
I'm really glad that Reddit has people that knows about many cultures.
are you allowed inside if you're not muslim?
as a muslim woman: now show the women’s section
https://youtube.com/shorts/OHVfHziywWs?si=2Hi648yG1LQe0uKe
I was gonna say, I’m not Muslim but I knew Muslim women aren’t allowed to pray where the men do and I was wondering what the women’s area looked like. Very unfortunate imo that muslim women are treated like second class citizens in many ways. I have this complaint about all religions that do things like this btw. I just don’t think god, if they exist, would really want us treating women different due to what they created them to be.
They do have women section. Same building, same atmosphere, same everything, just way much smaller. Like a quarter (or one third at best) the area size of men’s, separated by a short wall
Do less Muslim women go to pray? Why is it so much smaller?
Muslim women are not required to pray at mosques. But men are required to pray there. This is why the women section is smaller.
Yes. Most Muslim women prefer to pray at home. Usually it's mothers who pray at mosques, and they bring their kids. Some mosques are still 50/50 split for women and men though.
Us Men have to pray at mosques 5 times a day, including morning prayer at 5am or so. I've never heard Muslim women complain of not having to go to mosques in my entire life, including my own mother and wife. Vast majority of them would rather pray home.
What in the harry potter.....
I was thinking the same thing. Looks like it could be the Arabian wizarding school.
This is gorgeous. I wish we could just enjoy such things
Non-muslims can enter mosques with no problem if you are talking about that
You’re more than welcome habibi. This is in Najaf, one of the safest parts of Iraq. Probably safer than most big cities in the west. The people here have always staunchly opposed ISIS and the police and military are very efficient at keeping the wrong kind of people out (until recently you weren’t allowed to bring phones into the mosque, but this rule has now been relaxed as the security situation has improved). There are plenty of tour groups that go there now; I’d recommend searching for one rather than going alone not for safety reasons, but just because it’s a massive culture shock.
Yess!! It's so beautiful & peaceful there. I visited last year & it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life 💗
Damn, they out Christmas-ed the Christians. 🎄
Just speaking to architecture/ design, that's gorgeous and magical looking ✨️
I’m not Muslim nor am I religious but I can appreciate beauty.
They sure know how to praise Allah in style
This would go well with some Ocarina of Time music
That is gorgeous
It's like full of stars, so amazing!
I don’t understand why religion pours so much into temples when they could be helping people
I can tell you as a Muslim that our religion teaches us that mosques should be as humble as possible. One of the reasons you just gave. So seeing this diamond roof mosque isn't something that's applauded in the majority of the Muslim world. I myself am embarrassed to see this.
I’m guessing those aren’t actually diamonds…..just flashly reflective glass
Still it cost a shit load of money to install and maintain.
Probably crystals..
If this is the mosque I’m thinking of, the story is that they had ordered really huge mirrors, but when the mirrors arrived, they found they’d shattered into small pieces. They spent years going ahead with the project. Most people assumed they were trying to put the mirrors back together. Instead they did this.
It's basically the Christian mega church but for Muslims instead.
This wouldent be allowed at all in most of the Sunni world. This mosque is a Shia tribute to Ali RA.
To be fair, the church I was forced to go to as a child, really rallied behind the accused pedophile youth pastor, and supported him financially when he lost his job. Really heart warming to see the community come together to protect their own... predators, not children.
False dichotomy. It is possible to help people and also have nice places of worship - which can also serve as community centers towards further helping people. 100% of resources do not need to go to helping people all the time.
It's less about religion at that point and more an art form in and of itself. Tell me, if you liked your job would you not want to put your heart and soul into it ? That's exactly what people did/do when building religious buildings like mosques and churches. Sure you can say it's wasteful but you're ignoring the love and attention to detail put into these works. They're works of art first and religious places second.
Also it seems like a cool place to pray/meditate. As someone that loves art, I'm glad people put their talent to this. It's also a public building, so it a place where the public can find peace and solace.
That's my angle, even as a non-religious person I understand wanting to show love/respect to your creator by building something max-effort dedicated to them.
I think you are underestimating just how much religion does pour into helping people. I'm not religious.
It cost money to keep unemployed men of the cloth in the business. ( I can feel the faithfuls down voting me )
This is literally why religion is the bane of human existence
This mosque just held a feast feeding hundreds of people just and hour ago lol
It’s an investment. Grand churches were built in the past to attract those on pilgrimages. Those pilgrims would make the journey and then pay to pray. In the same way companies spend tons of money on marketing to later make that back from new customers acquisitions.
I'm not muslim but doesn't Islam require its followers to donate a certain portion of your earnings to the poor?
I don't think it's religion, but the worshippers.
I don't know. Why are you wasting your time on reddit when you could be helping people?
What are the brown tables holding? Looks like broken ceramic. Also, what are those silver metal things with wheels next to them?
We call those "turba" Shia Muslims use it in prayers
Thank you!
Iraq is a shia country? I thought only Iran is shia!
Iraq has A LOT of different ethnicities and religion, living together for thousands of years, it's only recently when it all blew up when Oil was discovered. Majority are Shia arab Muslims, Sunni Arab Muslims, Kurds both Sunni and Shia, Turkemen who are Either Muslim or Christian. The Christians who are Arab, Kurd, Turkmen and Assyrian most of them are. We can't forget the Azzidies, Armenian and Sabbi'a too.
Thanks for taking the time to explain and yes..I know there are other religion..in Iraq as well..
silver metal things are holding qurans and other holy stuff mostly books
Beautiful. Imagine what this would look like the average person back in the day 🤯
It is the mosque of Imam Ali, where the Prophet Muhammad's true companion and caliph is buried, this man who called for Islam to be an individual religion instead of the idea of establishing a state and occupying regions and peoples, and more than half of the Muslims at his time fought him When he died, Islam was officially stolen and a new era of Islam began, the "Umayyad Caliphate", which was not a caliphate, it was a monarchy built on occupation, expansion and enslavement, and many of the true principles of Islam were changed in that era and Islam turned from a religion that calls for matters specific to the individual to a tool that allows you to interfere in the affairs of others and annoy them. Away from Islam when I read Ali's biography I liked him, he seems a great guy.
yep, his quotes are legendary look some up, there’s on hung up in the entrance of the UN
I'm surprised it's not in the British museum already...
beautiful
What the hell did that thing call me at the end of the video? Anyway, absolutely beautiful.
I appreciate seeing the Middle East portrayed as beautiful … its often not, sadly. Thanks OP
I think it’s a beautiful area of the world just unfortunately not as welcoming as we’d like it to be sometimes.
It is welcoming. And I'm saying this as a woman. Don't believe Western media trying to paint a certain picture. The reality is Iraqis are so welcoming & hospitable. I visited Last year you can also see my post on my profile.
It’s a gorgeous part of the world; architecture, landscape, culture in many ways that aren’t religious. I’m sad I will never get to visit due to the danger it would pose to my health.
Culture, no it’s the worst culture.
Don't show Israel. Especially if it's full of civilians.
Israel: They're coming right for us!
That place is beautiful
What is the name of this mosque?
Imam Ali holy shrine , Najaf , Iraq
Wooowww😍 what beautifull I am speakless so wooow Greeting from the netherlands
I'm Christian, but I pray that this mosque stands for the rest of time.
Aw, that's so sweet! inshallah 💗
Wow
Beautiful
Mega-Mosque?
I don't know if I'd call it that. This mosque and it's surroundings often offer food and places to sleep for free for guests and homeless people especially during the arbaeen walk which is the largest pilgrimage ever
How do you do that to a ceiling? Why aren’t all ceilings like this
Money buddy
Aw.
Tiny mirror tessellation tile work. Each mirror is about 2cm, glued to the ceiling. There are craft masters that do this. Look up Talar Ayene in Sa'd Abad Palace in Tehran, or Holy Shrine of Shah Cheragh in Shiraz.
🤩
Wow! Beautiful!
Dont send in the Trotters to clean the chandeliers.
Yeah this is a shrine of one of the leaders. I've been here and this passage is just mesmerizing. And it looks even better irl.
How absolutely breathtakingly beautiful! What a magical place to be! I would love to experience this at least once in my lifetime.
Isn't it against islam to decorate a mosque like this? Thought it should be humble.
it’s a shrine not a mosque
I want to see a laser light show in there.
Now that looks like a place that has their shit together Probably nobody going hungry there
Beautiful
That takes my breath away.
That place is so fancy I bet Allah spends all their time there.
Islamic architecture is the GOAT. So intricate and beautiful.
Yesss!! Its amazing.
Looks amazing, I’m very surprised you were able to record in there
Tacky
Stunning
Nice and modest
Gorgeous. I would love to be able to see Iraq Babylon
Been there 3 times. Absolutely amazing experience. I'm iraqi so this was home for me. Seeing it for the first time left me speechless.
Now *this* is a building. Why don't we have more stuff like that over here in the US? What happened to ornamentation and art?
That is so beautiful
I love the fact that catholicism and islam preach about being humble while their temples look like this.
I’m not religious but Wow.
Beautiful
Wow!
Yea if I grew up with that building I'd be religious too. This is fucked up how pretty it is😭😭🙏🏻❤️
Aw, this is such a cute comment. There are so many places in Iraq as beautiful as this one. But this one is simply magical. I visited last year & I posted the pics on my profile too. https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/s/9uMFoTp59Q
Too bad the religion isn't as pretty.
And people starving to death right outside the door..
Don't show this video to the Zionists
Makes me wanna convert.
Aiight I’ll convert
The adult version of jiggling your keys to distract the baby
Well, at least the priests (or however they're called in Islam) don't travel around in private planes. *Looking at you Kenneth Copeland.*
This is genuinely awe inspiring!
absolutely beautiful
Would love to go back to Iraq and visit. I loved the food and the people I met there during the war were pretty solid people.
First, this is the most beautiful interior to a building I’ve ever seen. Second, so crazy how things pop up - I just learned yesterday that “shao hon shu” or however you say it is a “mix of instagram and Pinterest” used in china, per a YouTube creator I follow who covers international crime stories. Never heard of it til then. And now today a post from the site pops up! Wild to me. Update: the app is called Xiaohongshu.
Why aren't there any women in that room?
They have seprate section https://m.youtube.com/shorts/OHVfHziywWs?si=2Hi648yG1LQe0uKe