Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Faisal Mosque

Bastion for Hope

Original - Amidst the firing of bullets, the frequent suicide bombing and the noise created by the War on Terror, in a region considered to be one of the most dangerous places on Earth, silently stands the grandeur of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, as seen from a nearby hilltop. These pencil shaped minarets don't depict missiles, but a call of hope for believers around the world, surviving the bloodshed and holding the promise of a better tomorrow.

Reason

Because it is catchy, portrays a beautiful of Islamabad, Pakistan and Islam (all of who are highly misunderstood in general terms), and depicts pure majesty.

Articles this image appears in

Faisal_Mosque, Haze#Obscuration

Creator

Raaid

• Support as nominator --Raaid (talk) 10:33, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose - Erm... for the obvious reason of not being able to see anything --Childzy ¤ Talk 10:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose. Far too misty. Yeah, you may feel that that gives it character, but FPs are about encyclopedic value, not character and emotion. Your caption is also a little on the poetic side... We're an encyclopedia, not a novel. J Milburn (talk) 18:00, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose pet childzy.--Avala (talk) 22:26, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose As mentioned above, it's not a clear picture at all, and the caption makes it sound like you're writing a poem rather than a section of factual text. Silvestra (talk) 23:36, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose You have to be kidding with this nomination. -- mcshadypl ^TC 17:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Catchy?! You can't see anything that would "catch" you... No chance suggest speedy close?! (amazed no-one has done this yet...) Gazhiley (talk) 09:28, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support. Added to Haze#Obscuration :) Kaldari (talk) 23:25, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
• Weak support per Kaldari. For an ideal illustration of haze, there should be a version taken on a day without haze, to compare with. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 21:13, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:04, 26 September 2009 (UTC)