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mosque
mosque Islamic place of worship. Mosques are usually decorated with abstract and geometric designs, because
Islam prohibits the imitation of God's creation. The building's parts include a
dome; a
mihrab (prayer niche), which shows the direction of
Mecca; a
minaret, from which the
muezzin calls the faithful to prayer; and a
sahn (courtyard) often with a central fountain for ritual ablution. The complex often includes a
madressa (school). See also
Islamic art and architecture
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 "Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)")
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Mosques open to female worshippers.
Newspaper article from: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); 9/5/2009; 700+ words
; ...Daleel Mosque. The Al Noor Mosque was built on the same model as the mosques in Turkey, while King Faisal Mosque is the largest in the city...praying on Friday outside the mosque's doorsteps since only 178 mosques are open for the Friday prayers...
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Mosques Are Frequent Targets in Iraq
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/8/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...attacks on Shiite mosques this week. Nearly...bombers attacked a mosque in northern Baghdad...An "attack on any mosque is perceived as a...entire group." Mosques traditionally have...for the sanctity of mosques have not dissuaded...the rival sect's mosque. "From a religious...
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Mosques stand alone amid Indonesia tsunami destruction, devout see divine help
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/13/2005; ; 692 words
; ...000 Indonesians died, mosques stand alone amid vast...piled high against a mosque's outside gate, but...But the imams built the mosques hundreds of years ago...belong to humans, but mosques belong to Allah." From behind the Ulee Lheu mosque, the most seaward building...
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Mosques' doors opening wider
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 5/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...are associated with a mosque. - The number of participants...more than 75 percent of mosques during the past five...nearly 30 percent of mosque participants are converts. The average mosque has 16 conversions a year. - Mosques are relatively young...
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 "Business Times (Malaysia)")
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Mosques being abused to divide muslims, BUSINESS TIMES
Newspaper article from: Business Times (Malaysia); 7/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the ceramahs in that mosque are definitely against...is very sad indeed if mosques, symbolically accepted...these efforts to cleanse mosques of Umno elements spread...in which elections of mosque committees have become...difficult to understand why. Mosques are where Malay Muslims...
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Mosques present emotional targets
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 4/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...attacks on Shiite mosques this week. Nearly...bombers attacked a mosque in northern Baghdad...An "attack on any mosque is perceived as a...entire group." Mosques traditionally have...for the sanctity of mosques has not dissuaded...the rival sect's mosque. "From a religious...
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Mosques today play multi-purpose role
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/28/2004; ; 540 words
; ...Masjid" (Enliven the Mosque) programme, Muslims...encouraged to utilise mosques as the community...Bandar Baru Uda Mosque chairman Sulaiman...is a regular at the mosque said he was happy to see that mosques are no longer left...
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Mosques Stand Alone Amid Tsunami Damage
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...devastating tsunami but mosques are practically intact...The white Ulee Lheu mosque gleams defiantly on the...But the imams built the mosques hundreds of years ago...belong to humans, but mosques belong to Allah." From behind the Ulee Lheu mosque, the waves rushed inland...
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Mosques of Africa.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...during Ramadan, mosques throughout the world...the hungry. The mosque is an important place...during Ramadan. so mosques are filled with people...The King Hassan II Mosque in Casblanca, Morocco...century. Though many mosques are adorned with ornate tile work, this mosque is simple ...
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Mosques in Turkey, Bulgaria, Kosovo amongst worlds most impressive.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 9/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...newspaper Vatan. The mosques from the Balkans...begins with the Great Mosque in Seville, which...highest number of mosques listed. In Istanbul...the Suleymaniye Mosque, which was built...outside. The other mosques in Turkey considered...include: the Selimiye Mosque in the city of ...
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mosque
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...unrecognizable. Representative Mosques An early mosque, the Dome of the Rock...right in the middle of the mosque area. Mosques of Persia inherited the...and the huge Ahmediyeh mosque (1608-14) of Ahmed I. Indian mosques betray their Persian origin...
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Muhammad Ali Mosque
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...the style of great Ottoman mosques of Constantinople (now Istanbul). Sultan Ahmet's Blue Mosque, the Nuru Osmaniye, and the Yeni mosques have all been cited as influencing...Constantinople to construct the mosque. Its embellishments are in...
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Ibn Tulun Mosque
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...tower. The interior of the mosque is relatively plain, although...decorative features of the mosque are foreign to Egyptian architecture...buildings as the congregational mosques at Samarra, the Abbasid capital...retinue of Ibn Tulun. The mosque was repeatedly restored and...
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Mosque
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...constitutes a mosque. The term mosque, however, is most commonly...worship. While many mosques share such common features...architecture of any given mosque is usually particular...religious traditions, mosques and larger mosque complexes often serve...
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Grand Mosque
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
GRAND MOSQUE The most important mosque in Islam and destination for Muslim pilgrims from around the world. The Grand Mosque is located in Mecca and known in Arabic as al-Masjid al-Haram (the Mosque of the Holy Sanctuary). Around the year...
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