It is said that the word minaret comes from the Arabic term Al - manar, which means lighthouse and minaret. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
He is right to point out that the minaret is a symbol. From Wordnik.com. [news.beiruter.com - A directory of Lebanese blogs] Reference
The seventh feature is a minaret, which is normally used for the call to prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Paly Voice] Reference
The minaret is a symbol of Islamist supremacy, a token of domination that came to symbolize Islamic conquest. From Wordnik.com. [Booker Rising] Reference
Switerzerland's People's Party launched the referendum, arguing the minaret is a symbol of Islamic intolerance. From Wordnik.com. [Adventist News Network] Reference
The poll was called by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, who argue that a minaret is a symbol Islamic political power. From Wordnik.com. [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference
To them, the minaret is a sign of growing Islamic encroachment on their land, and Muslims are regarded as undesirable outsiders. From Wordnik.com. [Elder of Ziyon] Reference
The outer staircase is a feature found in Samarran architecture and proves that at least part of the minaret is the original structure. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Therefore, in Switzerland, the minaret is a purely symbolic structure - and it is this symbolism that is causing the entire controversy. From Wordnik.com. [Elder of Ziyon] Reference
I agree with The 1-2-3-4, that 'minaret' tune I listen at least once a day. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Brand New Day (Music (For Robots))] Reference
If having a minaret is a human right, it’s being denied everyone, not just the minority. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Swiss vote to ban minarets] Reference
If having a minaret is a human right, it’s being denied everyone, not just the minority.mischiefQuote. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Swiss vote to ban minarets] Reference
"minaret" the diminutive of "minar," the latter being to the former as a tower to a turret. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
"minaret" fashion, which would have, in the end, made the poor lady look a good deal like an overgrown ballet dancer!. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Over all rises the square, crescent-crowned minaret -- no. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
While here and there, above them all, the mosque and minaret. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
Now the minaret of the local mosque has been snapped in two by explosives. From Wordnik.com. [Last Rites For Bosnia] Reference
Luckily the minaret showed intact as the dust drifted clear and firing continued. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
I heard the Ezan, or cry of the muezzin from the minaret, calling the faithful to prayer. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
The local mosque's white minaret, toppled during a massacre that claimed 118 lives, is back. From Wordnik.com. [Bosnia Reborn] Reference
Finishing touches are being put on the town's mosque, whose minaret was toppled by a tank shell. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangers Of Drift] Reference
The minaret of Suk el-Ghazl, in the south-eastern part of the city, dates from the 13th century. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The drum and dome of the design, of comparatively modest dimensions, are crowned with a minaret-like spire. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference
The position of the town itself was shown by the minaret of the mosque and one or two other taller buildings. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
At each corner of the foundation stands a tall, graceful minaret, one hundred and thirty-seven feet in height. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
This only rendered the apostate more devout than ever, and set him roaring invocations like a muezzin from a minaret. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
SHAHED Amanullah knows it's time to pray, not by a muezzin's call from a mosque minaret, but because his PowerMac has chimed. From Wordnik.com. [The New Islam] Reference
The Bedaween have eyes like eagles; and some avouched that they could see the Mount of Olives, and the minaret upon its summit. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
Each minaret was deliberately slanted outward -- the southwest minaret by 20 centimeters and the other three by five centimeters. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Nutshells] Reference
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