Caliph Al-Mansur ordered the building of Baghdad between AD762 and AD767 ... It was part of the Great Mosque of Samarra which was the largest mosque in the world at the time.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A bomb exploded Friday outside a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad as worshippers were leaving midday prayers, killing five people and wounding 17, police said. The bomb ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen dressed as Iraqi police commandos attacked a Sunni mosque in a western Baghdad neighborhood late Saturday, killing three mosque guards and wounding six others in an ...