Project MINARET was a domestic espionage project operated by the National Security Agency (NSA), which, after intercepting electronic communications that...

type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) from a muezzin, but they...

Project SHAMROCK was the sister project to Project MINARET, an espionage exercise started in August 1945. Project MINARET involved the accumulation of...

The Minaret of Jam (Pashto and Dari: منار جام) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Afghanistan. It is located in a remote and nearly inaccessible...

a dossier on dissident Americans. Instituted in 1967 by the NSA, Project MINARET's purpose was to document "Soviet, Chinese, and North Vietnamese influence...

ECHELON NSA warrantless surveillance controversy Project Megiddo Project MINARET Project Mockingbird Project SHAMROCK Church Committee Athan Theoharis, Richard...

mountains in New Zealand Minaret (novel), a 2005 novel by Leila Aboulela Minaret (band), an Azerbaijani rock band Project MINARET, a National Security Agency...

building was started, which was docked to the old building. A dome and two minarets were installed on it. This made the building recognizable as a mosque from...

The Ghazni Minarets are two elaborately decorated minaret towers located in Ghazni city, central Afghanistan. They were built in middle of the twelfth...

forces. In 2015, UNESCO and the Iraqi government announced a project to restore the minaret and assess damages to the rest of the Samarra archeological...

Umayyad Mosque". Madain Project. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020. "Minaret of Isa". Madain Project. Archived from the...

"against the construction of minarets" was a successful popular initiative in Switzerland to prevent the construction of minarets on mosques. In a November...

The Charminar (lit. 'four minarets') is a monument located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Constructed in 1591, the landmark is a symbol of Hyderabad and...

studies relevant to military operations. Among these were Project SHAMROCK and Project MINARET, in which the NSA, upon request by the FBI and CIA, intercepted...

The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem has four minarets in total: three on the western flank and one on the northern flank. Early Muslim...

monitored by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) as part of Project MINARET, a program that some NSA officials have described as "disreputable...

abyss from which there is no return. In a secret operation code-named "Project Minaret," the National Security Agency (NSA) monitored the communications of...

romanized: Jāmiʿ an-Nūrī) was a mosque in Mosul, Iraq. It was famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback" (Arabic: الحدباء, romanized: al-Ḥadbāˈ)...

required by the Privacy Act of 1974. Project MINARET watch lists: Between 1967 and 1973, under Project MINARET, the National Security Agency (NSA) searched...

the 14th largest in the world.[citation needed] Its minaret is the world's second tallest minaret at 210 metres (689 ft). Completed in 1993, it was designed...

and other domes and religious structures, as well as the four encircling minarets. It is considered the third holiest site in Islam. The compound's main...

along with its minaret, was completely rebuilt and restored in the 1960s by the Ministry of Awqaf in its current shape to this day. The minaret dates back...

went to Thai bases, and all returned to the US in 1975. Project SHAMROCK and Project MINARET were active through the sixties, and terminated in 1975....

Mehmed IV. After the renovation project of 1994, there were ten minarets which were 104 metres (341 ft) high. The minarets' upper, middle, and bottom portions...

the prayer hall. It is fronted by a large courtyard and flanked by six minarets. On the inside, it is decorated with thousands of Iznik tiles and painted...

allowed the NSA to store personal data of British citizens. Under Project MINARET, anti-Vietnam War dissidents in the United States were jointly targeted...

Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (Arabic: صومعة حسان; is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco. It was commissioned by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur...

activities and visitor programs. The library, located in the northeast minaret, serves the community with classic books and publications addressing a...

Washington, D.C. private schools. In a secret operation code-named "Project MINARET", the National Security Agency (NSA) monitored the communications of...

self-declared Vietnam War conscientious objector, was targeted by the NSA's Project MINARET. During World War II the U.K. and U.S. governments entered into a series...