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Umm al-Qura Mosque

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Umm al-Qura Mosque

The Umm al-Qura Mosque (Arabic: جامع أم القرى, lit. 'Mother of All Cities'), also known as the Umm al-Ma'arik Mosque (lit. 'Mother of All Battles'), is a Sunni mosque located in Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. It was the city's largest place of worship for Sunnis, but it has also become

the location of a Shi'a hawza and a place of refuge for many fleeing the terrorists' depredations in the Anbar Province. It was designed to commemorate former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's self-proclaimed victory in the Gulf War (1990–1991) and was intended to serve as a personal tribute to Saddam himself. It is located in the Sunni-populated al-Adel area of western Baghdad. Although never confirmed by the regime or himself during his lifetime, there was speculation that it was intended to have been Saddam's final resting place.

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