with shock as we were at our most vulnerable. Twelve years later the devastation is still felt. Especially when a Muslim group wants to built a Muslim center‚ two blocks away from where the World Trade Center stood. The Muslim center will include a mosque for Muslims to worship in. The reason why some oppose the center is that it was Muslim terrorists who hijacked the planes that took down the World Trade Center. Mass of Americans‚ including victims of 9/11‚ are still wounded from the attacks. All
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date from the 11th century you’ll find a small and peaceful neighborhood. Here you can stroll along twisting white and blue lanes in Andalusian-style. Visit the Kasbah Mosque which was built in 1150 and is the oldest mosque in the city. This area also offers great views over to Sale and the Atlantic Ocean. Outside of the mosque are the beautiful Andalusian Gardens that were laid out in the early 20th century. Within the gardens you’ll fine the Oudaias Museum housed
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Istanbul is the largest city in the turkey‚ as well as country economic‚ cultural and a historic heart. Throughout its history Istanbul has been home to many civilizations the byzantine and ottoman empires being the most famous. As for today the city carries the characteristics of these two different cultures. Hagia Sophia is Istanbul’s most famous building it has a perfect synthesis of ottoman and byzantine architecture under one great dome. It is the biggest church constructed by the eastern Roman
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The Dome of the Rock. There are many mosques and shrines. There are more than thirty-four shrines and mosques the buildings have been preserved for a long time. Saudi Arabia‚ Iraq‚ and many other countries are locations of these shrines. Three known shrines/mosques are the Hira where Muhammad received a revelation from God. Quba mosque is the oldest mosque. The construction was started by Muhammad. It was rebuilt in 1986. Masjid al-Haram is the largest mosque today. It was established in 638 A.D
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"Islamic art is intended to suggest but not to portray the divine presence" (G.Eaton). Discuss Islamic art is unlike the art of many other cultures. The main reason for this difference is that the subjects of Islamic art are strictly controlled by the religious beliefs held by Muslims. Any Muslim artist must work within strict guidelines‚ largely set out in the Qur ’an‚ when producing any work of art. These guidelines define what is acceptable as a subject for a work of art and also the form
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What is the oldest painting of an area called Bangladesh? What is the oldest sculpture? Where to go to see sculptures and Fine Arts? The answer to get to see a number of ancient fine arts testimony is- National Museum’s Collection -situated in Dhaka; and also in Rajshahi’s Borendra Museum‚ Mohasthangor of Bogra‚ Moynamoti of Comilla‚ and Rajshahi’s Paharpur Museum. Because of Geographical reason most of the areas Bangladesh is silted. Soft soil and marshy land surrounded by small and huge rivers
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In West Africa‚ the mosque is simply a place of worship‚ and the imam spends almost all of his time studying‚ leading prayers‚ and expounding on the Qur’an (Muslim holy book) and Hadith (the traditions of Mohammed). Furthermore‚ marabouts tend to have more religious influence
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Muslim Migrants in south india a study on malabar The historically misapprehended culturally differenced ‘Mappila’ Muslims of Kerala are a little known community in Indian subcontinent‚ though ‘Malabari’ is more familiar in the Islamic world. The coast of ‘Malabar’ has the first place to host Islam in the country. Since the dawn of Islam in Arabia in the 7th century A.D‚ the believers carried on the proselytization and the promulgation of the religion along with their maritime activities in different
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will take me to the mosque (Masjid in Arabic). It is a place for Muslims to worship God. I asked her to take me on Tuesday afternoon since my class was canceled. She was happy about
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An Analysis of my cultural experience Arriving at a foreign country at the age of eleven years old was and exiting and yet intimidating experience. High buildings‚ wide roads‚ newer and nicer cars on the streets were some of the first things I noticed when I arrived to the city of Los Angeles CA. Living in a country where you were not born in could be difficult some times. Although Spanish is spoken at a grand scale in CA‚ it was difficult to communicate with and understand the teachers from my
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