The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque was built from 1603 to 1618 and designed by Shaykh Bahai in the city of Isfahan‚ one of the oldest cities in Iran‚ at around 2‚500 years old. It was built in the Naghsh-e-Jahan Square surrounded by other buildings from the Safavid dynasty. This mosque was commissioned by Shah Abbas‚ a military commander‚ who made the mosque in dedication to his father in law‚ Shaykh Lutfallah Maysi al-’Amili‚ a religious scholar and teacher. The mosque has a total of three levels and sixteen
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On November 3rd (Tuesday)‚ I went to an Arab American event called "Mosque Alert". Mosque Alert is a play written by Jamil Khoury‚ which elaborates on the struggles of opening a mosque for Muslims in the Naperville community. It also explores multiple aspects like Islamophobia‚ religious pluralism‚ and cultural collision from thirty four 2 to 15 minute clips that made up a story. In these clips‚ two family (One Christian & One Muslim) discuss individual perspectives of what they see as being Muslim
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In her book The Butterfly Mosque‚ Willow Wilson aims to convey her own experience of the Muslim culture. Because her family was not religious and she converted to Islam willingly in her adulthood‚ she is able to present both internal and external sides of this religion. This work is not a propaganda‚ for Wilson mentions both positive and negative facets of her conversion as she describes her early attempts to harmonize Western and Eastern norms in her personal worldview. This book elaborately discusses
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Republic of the Philippines Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Accountancy QUIAPO GOLDEN MOSQUE by MARAYA‚ Charlene L. PACAO‚ Nova Kristeta G. BSA 1-21 To: Prof. Fe Lina Salting ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We wish to thank our friends whose support have been unfailing; to our respondents‚ H. Abdulrahim Marmaya‚ H. Ali Aganta‚ Mojib Dimapundug‚ Macsud Abdulfatah and Mano Masacal for help and cooperation with the research‚ for providing the information we needed; to
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Mosque Trip Report Of all the places in the world that I would like to see it had never occurred to me that I would actually visit a mosque. Even if I had desired to visit a mosque I believed that Christians such as myself would not be welcome. In reality‚ we were warmly received by a body of children Muslims by waving to us from above‚ eager to share their beliefs at the Islamic Association of North Texas - Dallas Central Mosque. From the moment we entered the lobby‚ our guide‚ an outgoing young
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the birthplace of the Hindu God Rama‚ the history and location of the Babri Mosque at the site‚ and whether a previous Hindu temple was demolished or modified to create the mosque. The tension started with the Mughal emperor Babar‚ who entered India after defeating Hindu King Rana Sangram Singh in 1527. Babar made his general Mir Banki in-charge of the area. Banki visited Ayodhya in 1528 and reportedly built a mosque destroying a Hindu Temple. The first Hindu-Muslim riot broke out over the
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The Friday prayer at the mosque or salatul Jumu’ah is an essential part of the practice of Salat and the life of a Muslim believer and holds special significance for both the individual and Islamic community and is considered one of the blessings with which the Muslim nation has been endowed as “the best day…(as) on it‚ Allah created Aadam” (Ahmad and At-AT Tirmithi). In the holy Quran and the Hadiths‚ it is mentioned that Friday is one of the most important days of the week because of this. The
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an imambara is a shrine built by Shia Muslims for the purpose of Azadari. The Bara Imambara is among the grandest buildings of Lucknow. ------------------------------------------------- Building Composition The complex also includes the large Asfi mosque‚ the bhulbhulayah (the labyrinth)‚ and bowli‚ a step well with running water. Two imposing gateways lead to the main hall. ------------------------------------------------- Relief Measure The Bara Imambara was built in 1783‚ a year of a devastating
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The Great Mosque of Cordoba The Great Mosque of Cordoba can be seen as “the earliest extant example of Andalusi architectural culture”[i]. The Mezquita’s history begins with its initial inception and assembly in the late eighth-early ninth century‚ continuing into its expansions of the tenth century‚ culminating in its unexpected welding of ideology in the sixteenth century. “As the premier monument of al-Andalus‚ the Cordoba mosque embodies the history of the Iberian peninsula from its
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Sheikh Lutfallah Mosque Art Appreciation Written Assignment #2 Ms. Muzna Alquaiti Sundus Nagadi For my written art critique‚ I was asked to choose a work of art that I liked and discuss what I think about it as well as critique it based on what I have learned throughout this course so far. I looked at various works of Islamic Art‚ and I realized that I preferred the ones with Mosques; therefore‚ I chose to critique one. I had quite a variety to choose from‚ but Shekh Lutfallah’s Mosque was the one
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