Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer from a muezzin, but they also served as landmarks and symbols of Islam's presence. [2] [3] They can have a variety of forms, from thick, squat towers to soaring, pencil-thin spires. [2] [4] More @Wikipedia
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