pilgrimage. The pilgrimage to Mecca is the fifth pillar of faith that all Muslims are required to do at least once in their lifetime. Mecca is also the sacred city were the Prophet Mohammed was born and grew up. The Great Mosque is located in the heart of the city of Mecca. Outside the mosque‚ there is a courtyard. Inside the courtyard is the most sacred place of Islam‚ the Kaaba. The Kaaba is “the house of god‚ believed by Muslims to have been built by Abraham and his son‚ Ishmael” (Religion Facts). The
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during this month that the holy Koran was revealed. Eid means recurring happiness or festivity. Eid is celebrated in India with much enthusiasm and fervor and Muslims from all strata of life can be seen adorned in beautiful new clothes‚ visiting the mosques to attend Salatul Eid (Eid prayers). Greetings of "Eid-Mubarak" or "a blessed Eid" are exchanged. A very important aspect of eid is the charity‚ which all the Muslims are expected to extend to the needy. Earlier‚ this was in the form of gifts
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It is the site of several prophet’s tombs. Inside the Tomb of the Patriarchs is the Abraham Mosque‚ this is the tomb of Abraham. Inside the mosque is a cave which contains the remains of the Prophets and their wives such as Abraham‚ Isaac and Jacob and their wives Sarah‚ Rebekah and Leah. The tomb contains artefacts almost 4‚000 years old‚ such as pieces of a lamp and
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The Islamic architecture has very sheer masterpieces in their culture‚ but those masterpieces are never given the importance they deserve just for the fact they belong to the ‘non-western architecture’. But if the same monuments such as the Great mosque of Damascus‚ Qairawan and Isfahan would have been built in Western countries like Europe for example‚ then they would have been really popular‚ well maintained and a focus for many scholars. I completely agree with the author on the extrinsic and
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the last Prophet‚ Muhammad. Salat It’s the performing of prayers spreaded five times in the day. Usually prayers are led by a skilled person who’s knowledgeable in the Qur’an and is generally chosen by the congregation. Most Muslims attend the mosque as frequently as possible‚ although prayer can be done anywhere. They are obligatory daily prayers rituals and considered to be a direct link between the worshipper and God. Zakat The word zakah means both "purification" and "growth.” Muslims
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by Christianity. Mosques and churches of all sizes scale the entirety of Egypt as prayer sites. Both religions followed by the Egyptian people have forbidden the concept of the afterlife; therefore the building of pyramids and tombs has ceased. Instead‚ vast areas of land have been set aside as burial sites known as the cemeteries. the religious customs are followed for burial; the body is wrapped in a special cloth and placed into an underground coffin. Funerals are held in mosques and churches where
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that they still keep their ways. Restaurants with different foods such as Italian or Chinese. People from different places around the world live in different places in the US such as Mexicans living in Texas. There are churches‚ synagogues‚ and mosques for many kinds of religions. There are festivals and holidays that are celebrated in the US by certain people. It’s saying that the US has people from all around the world that still have their cultures and traditions‚ and that it isn’t mixed together
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within modern walls. After the death of Firoz Shah‚ the tank again silted up and area came to be inhabited by rural population‚ which grows to be known as the Hauz Khas village. The Hauz Khas Complex houses a water tank‚ an Islamic seminary‚ a mosque ‚ a tomb and pavilions built around an urbanized village with medieval history traced to the 13th century of Delhi Sultanate reign. Firoz Shah Tughlaq built a Madrasa on the southern and eastern banks of the lake‚ which are the western and northern
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landscape is portrayed in the same elements used on mosques. According to Naissance Renaissance‚ “The elements such as the horseshoe arches‚ muqarnas (plaster placed in geometric patterns surrounded by calligraphy)‚ voussoirs of different colors‚ striped decorations‚ colorful tilework (azulejo)‚ simple columns‚ and domes.” The horseshoe arches‚ columns‚ and the dome gave extra strength to the building. These same elements can be seen in the building and mosques built in Arab countries such as Iraq and Egypt
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Internally they wielded considerable having acquired education from the source. Secondly‚ it was through them that Arab donors channeled much of nonstate donations‚ aid‚ and grants for constructing schools‚ mosques and other social services. With this donor support hundreds of schools‚ mosques were set up on individual basis since there were constant divisions and wrangles at the top leadership of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council. Thus most of the projects were established without regulation from
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