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.
That minaret has now been leveled by U.S. military ordnance, missiles and mortars.
For all Tepebasi's dome-and-minaret orthodoxy, the practical merits of reinforced concrete over masonry mean they got barely a pastiche.
Indeed, many of the older mosques lost nothing more than the odd minaret.
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.
Marine commanders say they were taking sniper fire from that minaret.
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.
And Tepebasi's muezzin could not deliver a call to prayer from the top of his minaret even if he wanted to: the minaret like so much else in the mosque is a fake.
European citizens are asking their governments to set limits on Islamic encroachment-the minaret construction freeze voted in a Swiss referendum-and the will of the people sometimes reaches the ears of their elected representatives- forthcoming law against full facial veiling in France, cancellation of permit for a mega-mosque at London's 2012 Olympic site.
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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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