Mosul Grand Mosque

The Mosul Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع الموصل الكبير) is an incomplete Sunni Islamic mosque located in Mosul, Iraq. It is the largest mosque in Mosul and was previously called Saddam Mosque in honour of the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein.

Mosul Grand Mosque
Arabic: جامع الموصل الكبير
Grand Mosque of Mosul, pictured in 2014
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RiteSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusClosed
Location
LocationMosul, Iraq
Location in Iraq
Geographic coordinates36.3577°N 43.1417°E / 36.3577; 43.1417
Architecture
TypeIslamic architecture
Date establishedc.1985
Specifications
Dome(s)10
Minaret(s)2

The mosque is situated in the Taqafah district bordering the Tigris river near the Nineveh archeological site. Its construction started during the Saddam Hussein regime, but works were interrupted because of the political instability in the country and it remains incomplete to this day.

Nineveh Governorate municipality announced in 18 February 2019 that construction was resumed, albeit damages caused by ISIS, with a 50 million dollar grant from the United Arab Emirates. Completion date was not set.[1]

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