One reason, say churchmen, is that a minaret on the skyline might mislead first-time visitors.

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The glistening white marble and the swirling, minaret-like towers never fail to impress.

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For all Tepebasi's dome-and-minaret orthodoxy, the practical merits of reinforced concrete over masonry mean they got barely a pastiche.

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Indeed, many of the older mosques lost nothing more than the odd minaret.

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This past summer, he was banned from The Minaret magazine, a publication to which he had contributed a monthly column for nearly 20 years.

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The centre's new building includes a minaret, dome and a chapel.

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Marine commanders say they were taking sniper fire from that minaret.

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You find a steeple, a dome, a minaret, a belltower, you grab on to a ledge or a window and you start to make your way up.

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Traditionalists advocate the addition of a minaret and secularists counter by arguing that the Cinicis have allowed for that with a tall cypress, planted where the mosque and library meet.

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There's nothing left at all of that minaret.

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The gallery in which Jewish women once prayed behind lace curtains has been removed, and another floor installed. (A plan to add a minaret was scotched by the local council.) Except for its chandeliers and the ornate carving around its doors, the main prayer hall is much more austere than in its Christian and Jewish phases.

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