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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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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?
because i don't know.
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?
The reason that Spain contains roman aqueducts dates back to 200 BC, when the Roman Empire was expanding. They ruled Spain and they built their aqueduct system in their cities.
Muslim mosques in Spain go back to 711 A.D., when the Moors and Berbers spread Islam, led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad. They conquered the territory and started to establish Muslim states in the land, pushing the Christians to the North. The territory was renamed Al-Andalus and many mosques were built as a result of the Muslim settlers. The Christians in the north slowly started to recover the land and, in 1492, the Muslims were pushed out of the land after they lost at Granada, establishing the Kingdom of Spain.
Are mosques built on land that Muslims have conquered to symbolize their conquest?
No, mosques are buildings where Muslims pray. Also, they were previously places where education was offered.
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Yes. The Koran (018:021) states: 'Build a building over them, their Lord knows best about them;' and those who prevailedin their affair said, 'We will surely make a mosque over them.'
This has led to the practice of building to mosques to symbolize conquest over infidels.
Cordoba is known for having a beautiful mosque build by the Muslims and by being a very cultural and spectacular city were everybody is very friendly with each other.
I recommend yo don't go to Cordoba at summer time because is so hot the perfect time to go is autumn or spring.
In may there are the patios this is when the Cordoba houses open for tourists and people who are interested to see the flowers they are really beautiful in may there is also the fair were there are lots of people dancing sevillanas and dressed with typical clothes there are also rides and it is so cool.
