Iran's new avant-garde mosque angers religious hardliners
garde mosque in the heart of Iran's capital has infuriated hardliners, who see it as part of a creeping secular onslaught on the Islamic republic./ Mosque architects say the design evokes austerity of early Islam/ Religious hardliners see it as a secular onslaught on the Islamic republic/ Project took 10 years to complete at a cost of $20 million/ The architects behind the Vali-e-Asr mosque dispensed with the traditional rounded domes and towering minarets, opting instead for a modern design of undulating waves of grey stone and concrete, ...
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