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Mosque
A mosque is the building where Muslims worship. There are very strict building requirements for a place of worship to be called a mosque.
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The Mihrab is a marker or niche in a mosque that indicates the proper direction fro the worshippers to face while praying. It points toward Mecca which is the site of the Kaaba toward which all Muslims must face during prayer.
Why is the mayor of New York City allowing a mosque to be built near Ground Zero?
It's not the mayor's decision, first of all. The mayor can use his influence to get support for his side, but it is not up to him to decide what buildings should be constructed and where. That is up to the New York City Department of Buildings, which grants permits allowing structures to be built, altered or demolished.
Second of all, the building -- which is called the Park51 project -- is not a mosque. It is an Islamic community center with a non-denominational prayer space.
As to the heart of the actual question: the center will be built because there is no good reason for it not to be built. Anti-Muslim bigotry is not a good reason to prevent its construction. After all, in the words of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, "Islam did not attack the World Trade Center. Al Qaeda did."
If some people oppose its construction because they associate all Muslims with terrorism, and therefore they do not wish to see Muslims near Ground Zero, then that's their problem. They have no right to make it everyone else's problem.
The idea that it "just seems insensitive somehow" is purely an emotional argument with no basis in reason. Islamic terrorists are a tiny group of radical extremists, and they are in no way representative of the entire Muslim population. Most Muslims are not terrorists and have nothing to do with terrorism.
Associating all Muslims with terrorism may be an unfortunate but natural inclination to some. For example, you might get a little nervous seeing a Muslim guy wearing a turban and robes on the same airplane with you. But you have to recognize that your fear is irrational and prejudicial. You might not be able to help having racist thoughts sometimes, but that doesn't mean it's okay to have them. And it certainly doesn't mean that everyone else should accommodate your racism.
To oppose the Park51 project is to demand that everyone else accommodate your prejudice against Muslims. Even though it's illogical to associate all Muslims with terrorism because a tiny minority of them attacked the U.S., you demand that they be denied the right to build a community center where they see fit. Muslims have the right to build mosques where they please, just like how they have the right to fly whenever they please. You can't prohibit them from building it, any more than you can kick a Muslim guy in a turban off a plane because he makes you nervous.
This opposition is especially ridiculous in a place like Manhattan, which, with a population density of 71,000 people per square mile, is one of the most densely populated areas on earth. Everything in Manhattan is already close to everything else. There is no point in Lower Manhattan that is more than 2 miles away from any other point. It is jam-packed with people and buildings, and there are already several mosques near Ground Zero, so to oppose the construction of another one -- one which isn't even a mosque -- defies common sense.
Even if it were a mosque, and not just a community center with a prayer space, there would be no good reason to prevent its construction. The United States is a country that unconditionally guarantees the freedom of religion, so to prohibit the construction of any house of worship -- regardless of the reason -- would be a clear violation of this constitutional protection.
The September 11 attacks happened because of long-standing animosity between the United States and Muslims in the Middle East. Prohibiting the construction of the Park51 project only reinforces the rift between Muslims and Americans. It sends the message that Americans categorically mistrust Muslims and do not want them in our country. And like the war in Iraq, it is exemplary of the "9-11 justifies everything" attitude, which is only getting the U.S. into further trouble, not just in the Middle East, but around the world.
We cannot resolve our differences and learn to live in peace with each other, unless we open up the lines of communication and learn more about each other. Bigotry and hatred are born of ignorance. We hate people who are different than us because we don't know and understand them. The only way to end the bigotry and hatred is to get to know each other.
So, the September 11 attacks are a good reason to support the construction of an Islamic center near Ground Zero, not to oppose it.
What is the controversy in New York City over a Muslim mosque?
An Islamic cultural center (not a mosque) is supposed to be constructed two blocks away from Ground Zero (where the Twin Towers were), and some people feel that it's inappropriate, given that the towers were destroyed by radical Islamic terrorists.
Newt Gingrich says (at the first Related Link below) that, "Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum." But, as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said recently, "Islam did not attack the World Trade Center -- Al-Qaeda did."
A more appropriate analogy would be, it's like building a German cultural center next to a Holocaust Museum. Not all Germans are Nazis, just like not all Muslims are terrorists.
Why do terrorists attack mosques?
The same thing happened in northern Ireland (which is ocuppied by Britain) during the 70's, 80's and 90's by the british to divide communities and criminalize the IRA who fought against them. They called the IRA terrorrists yet the british killed far more civilians than the IRA. The IRA NEVER target civilians, they only consider soldier's and the so called police as legitimite targets. The exact same happens in the middle east today. it is plan against Islam. to stop Muslims going to mosques (everybody loves life) plus to form a notorious image of Islam and Muslims.
OpinionThere are numerous Islamic sects. Violent conflict between Islamic sects occurs.The Ahmadi sect considers itself Muslim but isn't recognized as such by other members of the religion's mainstream sects. Pakistan's constitution doesn't consider Ahmadis to be Muslims, and adherents have experienced years of discrimination, some of it state-sponsored. Radicals from the dominant Sunni branch of Islam in Pakistan have targeted Ahmadis before.
But even in violence-racked Pakistan, where Taliban and allied militants frequently target minority religious groups, especially Shiite Muslims, the Ahmadis have been spared large-scale attacks, making Friday's assault notable for its sweep.
At an Ahmadi mosque in Lahore's Model Town neighborhood, police and witnesses said five to six gunmen, some of them wearing suicide vests, broke through the light security cordon surrounding the place of worship and opened fire.
OpinionIslamic sects has never been a problem big enough to cause this much bloodshed.ITS POLITICS!
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Minarets (Turkish: minare, from Arabic manāra (lighthouse) منارة, usually مئذنة) are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall spires with onion-shaped crowns, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure.
As well as providing a visual cue to a Muslim community, the call to prayer is traditionally given from the top of the minaret. In some of the oldest mosques, such as the Great Mosque of Damascus, minarets originally served as watchtowers illuminated by torches (hence the derivation of the word from the Arabic nur, meaning "light"). 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 remains as an architect symbol for the mosque.
In a practical sense, these are also used for natural air conditioning. As the sun heats the dome, air is drawn in through open windows and up and out of the shaft, thereby causing a natural ventilation.
Minarets have been described as the "gate from heaven and earth", and as the Arabic language letter alif (which is a straight vertical line).
The world's tallest minaret (at 210 meters) is located at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. The world's tallest brick minaret is Qutub Minar located in Delhi, India. There are two 230 meter tall minarets under construction in Tehran, Iran.
Answer BA minaret is a tower that adjoins a mosque. The original purpose of a minaret was to allow a muezzin to call people to prayer in that neighborhood. Some minarets are still functional in that regard although, with the use of public address systems, loud speakers today are frequently attached to the minaret instead. Most mosques have only one minaret, many of which are placed in the direction of the qibla, which shows the direction in which Muslims pray (toward the city of Makkah). However, some mosques may have more than one minaret. Minarets are also somewhat like church steeples in that people can tell from a distance which building is the mosque.A minaret does not show anything. It is for azan to be heard by as many people as possible, in the early days when there was no microphones.
About the iron pillar in mehrauli delhi and its importance of keeping in the mosque?
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What is the shape of the roof of a mosque?
The roof of a mosque is generally in the shape of a qubah or dome, depending on the size of the mosque. Bigger mosques may have several dome-shaped roofs plus flat roofs for the rest of the prayer hall.
Do Muslims worship in a mosque?
yes, but they can worship (pray or do salat) anywhere else or in open air areas on condition to be clean and free from any dirt.
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What about Pearl Mosque and was built in respect of whom?
There are three mosques named by the same "Pearl Mosque". The three are called also Moti Masjid. They are:
- One in Lahore (Pakistan) built in 1630-1635 by Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan.
- One in Delhi (India) built in 1659-1660 by Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb.
- One in Agra (India) built in around 1647-1653 by Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan.
Why are women required to be separate from men when in a mosque or at a function?
It is in the nature of men to be attracted to women, to stare when they see a female and to think immorally about her. While some women are happy to have lots of men oggling them, most feel uncomfortable. Therefore in a joint Muslim gathering, in order to make women feel more comfortable and do whatever they like without any man's glare bothering them, they are given their privacy. Being free from male stares, women can dress the way they like.
In any party, when women are dressed in figure hugging clothes or wear dresses that do no cover the whole body, do you think any male would not look, talk about and even fantasize about that woman? Is this moral?
Also, women with small children have to breastfeed them too. Imagine, a woman breast feeding her baby....with men in the vicinity....would any red-blooded man NOT stare, not even steal a look? So to give women peace of mind, they are kept separate from men not because it is a cruelty but because men cannot be expected to NOT look, NOT think about immorally, NOT talk about the women they are in the same room with. And most women don't like that.
In a mosque, men and women are not always separate. But women are advised to stand behind men in prayer because if women would stand in front, it is impossible to have 100% of the men keep their full concentration on the prayer itself or in the thought of God. In Islamic prayer, the Namaaz, one has to make several movements of the body, bending down to bow, prostrating, etc. Now imagine a woman bending down in front of a man....what would he be more interested in?....in his own bow or in the curves of the woman's body? He is bound to be distracted. So women stand behind so that men cannot look at them and both can offer prayer in peaceful concentration.
Does that seem logical to you?
Which thing is halal in masjid but haram outside the masjid?
The ritual worship that is called in Arabic " Eitikaf"> it is valid licitly only in the masjid (mosque) but not outside the masjid.
God says in Quran:
وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ.....
Meaning English translation:
"And do not have relations with them (Wives) as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques." [Quran, chapter 2, verse 187]
Who is managing the building of the mosque proposed for the area near Ground Zero?
Imam Feisal Abdul-Rauf and Sharif El-Gamal are serving as the project managers of the proposed Islamic center, called Park51, until a non-profit organization is established. Abdul Rauf was born in Egypt and moved with his father to the US when he was a teenager. A Sufi Muslim, he is a community and prayer leader who has been the imam of the Masjid al-Farah mosque in lower Manhattan.
El-Gamal was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He leads a real estate investment firm, SOHO Properties, that owns the lower Manhattan building where the $100 million center, Park51, would open. Abdul Rauf and El-Gamal have said that they would be seeking funding for the structure from the Muslim community. So far, they are far from having accrued the estimated $100 million building cost.
How does Friday prayer help the Muslims as a community?
Friday prayer helps the Muslims to gather together in the Jamia Mosque. It prvides them an opportunity to discuss their problems. It enhances brotherhood.
What is the person called who calls Muslims to prayer from the minaret of a Mosque?
Muezzin (or Muzim)
Why would Spain have both roman aqueducts and Muslim mosques?
Oh, isn't that just lovely? Spain has such a rich history, with influences from various cultures over the centuries. The Roman aqueducts showcase the engineering marvels of the ancient Romans, while the Muslim mosques reflect the beautiful architecture and artistry of Islamic culture. It's like a beautiful painting with layers of history and diversity coming together to create a unique and vibrant tapestry.
