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It is the same as the towers of traditional churches that indicates Christian architecture. For mosques, it is a matter of Islamic architecture and is symbolic indication of mosques.
It not just a symbolic item. Everything created for purpose. As churches minaret used to locate the bell, minaret in mosques also use for the signal purpose.
In more recent times, the main function of the minaret was to provide a vantage point from which the muezzin can call out the adhan, calling the faithful to prayer.
In most modern Mosques, the adhan is called not in the minaret, but in the musallah, or prayer hall, via a microphone and speaker system. However, the minaret still a good place to locate the speaker.
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When was Mosque with the Spiral Minaret created?
Mosque with the Spiral Minaret was created in 1550.
Is the minaret of the mosque the high point or steeple of the mosque?
Minaret. The Steeple can be a neutral term in architecture and can therefore apply to the minaret of a mosque, but steeple usually refers to the tower placed on the side of a church.
How is a minaret like anything that other religions use?
A minaret on a mosque performs roughly the same function as belltower on a church; it calls the faithful to prayer at the appropriate intervals.
How many steps does the spiral minaret have at the Great Mosque of Samarra?
The spiral minaret on the Mosque of Samarra has approximately 650 steps. -stanggirl258
In a Mosque where is the Minaret?
no for calling to prayer when no laud speaker was invented
What is the name of the Muslim tower that calls them to prayer?
The building is called Mosque (or Masjid) and the tower is called minaret (or Me'zana)
What do you call that thing on top of a dome at a mosque?
a minaret
What is the name of the mosque tower?
Minaret
What is the name of a tower at mosque from which believers are called to prayer?
The tower at a mosque from which believers are called to prayer is called a "minaret." Minarets are often tall, slender structures that serve both a practical purpose of calling the faithful to prayer and an aesthetic role in Islamic architecture. The call to prayer, or "adhan," is usually announced from the minaret by a muezzin.
The slender towers of mosque are known as?
The tower is called a minaret, and the building is called a mosque or a masjid. The minaret is used by the muezzin, who climbs to the top and announces the beginning of a prayer.
What is the name of a mosque tower?
It is called minaret. In Arabic, it is Me'ezana
What is a mosque tower?
A Minaret. It is where the call of prayer (Adhan) is called from.
