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History of the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque in Baghdad Iraq

Part-2

Dekhti Aankhooon aur sountay kaanoon ko Asslamoalaikum, sisters, brothers friends and elders, In this holiest places informative video, we are describing the Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, a landmark of spiritual and historical significance in Baghdad Iraq. The narrative covers its origins, architectural style, and the various historical events that have occurred within its walls. We are describing how this mosque has become a symbol of faith and resilience for the local and international islamic community. its history we descring in two parts and this is its second and last part.

On 8 April, 2009, 7 people were killed and 23 others were wounded after a bomb that was left in a plastic bag near the mosque detonated. Iraqi officials at that time have warned the public that they expected a rise in attacks in the country.

On 7 May 2016, a triple-car bomb series goes off. At least 21 visitors were killed and 45 injured. The visitors were commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim. Immediately after the blasts, the terrorist group ISIS claimed responsibility. Iraqi Security forces have blocked major roads in Baghdad in anticipation of attacks against the visitors who traditionally travel on foot from different parts of Iraq and used the event to stop antigovernmental protests.

Today, the mosque remains busy with visitors from all over the Islamic world and is considered a beautiful Islamic architectural landmark. The forecourts of the mosque have also been expanded. Although the expansion of the mosque and shrine have been severely criticized due to neglect of its heritage surroundings and the removing of its old urban fabric. More than 130 old archeological sites, traditional houses, Ottoman landmarks, and heritage buildings have reportedly been demolished in order to make way for the expansion with calls on institutions to preserve the remaining heritage buildings being made. The development has also been criticized for the disregard of using historically accurate material in construction and instead the use of modern materials to replace it.

Repairs to the crumbling structure of the main courtyard of the mosque and its surrounding rooms were carried out in three phases, spanning four months, before the end of 2007. The project entailed the stripping off of the old crumbling walls throughout the courtyard, the addition of various reinforcements to the walls and ceilings, as well as maintenance on the electrical wirings throughout the mosque. Once the inner structure was completed, the floors and walls were then plated in various kinds of marble. Updates to the cooling units of the mosque began in late 2008, and new water filtration units were installed on November 28, 2008.

Construction on the new ladies entrance to the mosque, that is Bab al-Fa?imah began in late 2008, along with the construction work for new rooms to the mosque meant for serving refreshments to pilgrims.

Among the earliest repairs done to the mosque after the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 2003 were repairs done to one of the entrance gates of the mosque known as Bab al-Qiblah. The gate and the outer wall had to be entirely refurbished because of the severe neglect they had withstood, and took seven months to complete, having started in early September 2006. The golden dome over the grave of Muhammad at-Taq? was re-gilded and unveiled to the public in March 2008, during the birthday celebrations of Muhammad and his descendant, Ja‘far as-Sadiq. Repair work on the dome over the grave of Musa al-Kadhim began in early August 2008, during the birthday ceremonies of Husayn ibn Ali, Abbas ibn Ali, and Ali ibn Husayn.

The rectangular layout, including its "al-Rawdah," of the mosque has a side length of 140 meters from south to north, and 135 meters from west to east. It contains a sahn, the main mosque, and walls that protect the mosque, consisting of small rooms with gates in the middle of each wall. The walls of the outer mosque also contain half-open iwans and open-rooms for students of religious sciences. The iwans' shape also lightens the weight of the matter, which symbolizes the earth and the sky.

The prayer hall contains two rectangular buildings adjacent to each other and connected with a hallway surrounding the two. The two main shrines are located almost in the center of the layout.The two shrine rooms are connected via a rectangular corridor that connects the two rooms using six doors. The corridor contains niches and alcoves which help reduce the weight and density of the material used in construction. The ceiling of the corridor is lower than the ceiling of the two rooms that contain the shrine which are topped by two domes. The iwans are decorated with various decorations and mirrors used to symbolize paradise.

The mosque has two main domes of equal dimensions and four large minarets, all six coated with gold. The height of the ceiling is 25 meter, surmounted by the two domes decorated with Islamic decorations and Qur’anic verses from the inside. From the outside, the two domes are covered with 9,000 bricks of pure gold, and around them are the four minarets, also covered with gold, which rise to 35 meters above the ceiling. Also around the domes are four small minaret-shaped towers with a height of 4.5 meters.

so sisters brothers and friends, inshaAllah tomorow we will be described History of the Al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. Allah Hafiz

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