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Minarets and concrete Israeli guard towers touch the sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Minarets, towers from which the Muslim call to prayer is issued, were added at the four corners of the building, and Arabic writing was placed beside the ancient Greek iconography.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Minarets on the building's four corners, visible in publicly available satellite images in 2019, have gone.

From Reuters • May 13, 2021

Minarets symbolize the Alif, the first letter in the Arabic alphabet and the first letter in Allah’s name, Spahic said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2020

Minarets and sculptured friezes and the floral designs so abundantly used in the decoration are seen in fairy-like grace.

From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Mullgardt, Louis Christian