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<span>Iwan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iwan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parts_of_Mosques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parts_of_Mosques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Parts of Mosques</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Parts_of_Mosques-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Parts of Mosques subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Parts_of_Mosques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Minarets" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minarets"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Minarets</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minarets-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="#Modern_features"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Modern features</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern_features-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_inside_of_mosques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_inside_of_mosques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>The inside of mosques</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_inside_of_mosques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religious_functions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religious_functions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Religious functions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Religious_functions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Political functions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Political_functions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Political functions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Political_functions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Advocacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Advocacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Advocacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Advocacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Social_conflict" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Social_conflict"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Social conflict</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Social_conflict-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Saudi_influence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Saudi_influence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Saudi influence</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Saudi_influence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rules_and_behaviour_in_mosques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rules_and_behaviour_in_mosques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Rules and behaviour in mosques</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Rules_and_behaviour_in_mosques-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Rules and behaviour in mosques subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Rules_and_behaviour_in_mosques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Prayer_leader" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prayer_leader"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Prayer leader</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prayer_leader-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Attending_a_mosque" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attending_a_mosque"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Attending a mosque</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attending_a_mosque-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Men_and_women_pray_in_different_parts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Men_and_women_pray_in_different_parts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Men and women pray in different parts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Men_and_women_pray_in_different_parts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-Muslims_in_mosques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-Muslims_in_mosques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Non-Muslims in mosques</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-Muslims_in_mosques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dogs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dogs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Dogs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dogs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mosques_as_hostels" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mosques_as_hostels"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Mosques as hostels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mosques_as_hostels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mosques_in_Spain" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mosques_in_Spain"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Mosques in Spain</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mosques_in_Spain-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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title="Moskee – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Moskee" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschee" title="Moschee – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Moschee" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%98%E1%88%B5%E1%8C%8A%E1%8B%B5" title="መስጊድ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="መስጊድ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6" title="मस्जिद – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="मस्जिद" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF" title="مسجد – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مسجد" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquita" title="Mesquita – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Mesquita" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6" title="মছজিদ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="মছজিদ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita" title="Mezquita – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mezquita" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Мажгит – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Мажгит" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99scid" title="Məscid – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Məscid" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AF" title="مسجید – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مسجید" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6" title="মসজিদ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মসজিদ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masigit" title="Masigit – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Masigit" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chheng-chin-s%C4%AB" title="Chheng-chin-sī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chheng-chin-sī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesjid" title="Mesjid – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Mesjid" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D3%99%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Мәсет – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Мәсет" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8F%D1%87%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Мячэць – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мячэць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8F%D1%87%D1%8D%D1%82" title="Мячэт – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мячэт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6" title="महजिद – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="महजिद" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moske" title="Moske – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Moske" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Джамия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джамия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%81%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%86%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%81%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BC%8D" title="ཁ་ཆེའི་ཆོས་ཁང་། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཁ་ཆེའི་ཆོས་ཁང་།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEamija" title="Džamija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Džamija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskeenn" title="Moskeenn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Moskeenn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquita" title="Mesquita – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mesquita" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%87%C4%95%D1%82" title="Мичĕт – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Мичĕт" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meskita" title="Meskita – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Meskita" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C5%A1ita" title="Mešita – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mešita" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosg" title="Mosg – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Mosg" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%8Bli" title="Jiŋli – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Jiŋli" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosk%C3%A9" title="Moské – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Moské" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9" title="جامع – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="جامع" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschee" title="Moschee – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Moschee" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C5%A1ee" title="Mošee – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mošee" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AF" title="Τζαμί – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζαμί" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Mosque" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita" title="Mezquita – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mezquita" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskeo" title="Moskeo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Moskeo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meskita" title="Meskita – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Meskita" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF" title="مسجد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مسجد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moska" title="Moska – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Moska" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e" title="Mosquée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mosquée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskee" title="Moskee – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Moskee" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juulirde" title="Juulirde – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Juulirde" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosc" title="Mosc – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Mosc" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosg" title="Mosg – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Mosg" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquita" title="Mesquita – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mesquita" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%8C%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3" title="Маьждиг – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Маьждиг" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%86%DA%86%D8%AF" title="مچچد – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="مچچد" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%81%AC" title="모스크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="모스크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masallaci" title="Masallaci – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Masallaci" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A6%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%A9" title="Մզկիթ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մզկիթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6" title="मस्जिद – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मस्जिद" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEamija" title="Džamija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Džamija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gor mw-list-item"><a href="https://gor.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tihi" title="Tihi – Gorontalo" lang="gor" hreflang="gor" data-title="Tihi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Hulontalo" data-language-local-name="Gorontalo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Hulontalo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskeo" title="Moskeo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Moskeo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid" title="Masjid – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Masjid" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosk%C3%A9" title="Moské – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Moské" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%C3%A6%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D1%82" title="Мæзджыт – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Мæзджыт" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moska" title="Moska – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Moska" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschea" title="Moschea – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Moschea" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%92%D7%93" title="מסגד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מסגד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid" title="Masjid – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Masjid" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ci%C5%8Bili" title="Ciŋili – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Ciŋili" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF" title="ಮಸೀದಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮಸೀದಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98" title="მეჩეთი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მეჩეთი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%96%D8%AF" title="مشیٖد – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="مشیٖد" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%88%D1%96%D1%82" title="Мешіт – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мешіт" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Msikiti" title="Msikiti – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Msikiti" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizgeft" title="Mizgeft – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Mizgeft" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Мечит – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Мечит" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Мечеть – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Мечеть" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishkita" title="Mishkita – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Mishkita" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Мизит – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Мизит" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschita" title="Meschita – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Meschita" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C5%A1eja" title="Mošeja – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mošeja" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschee" title="Moschee – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Moschee" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C4%8Det%C4%97" title="Mečetė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mečetė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nia mw-list-item"><a href="https://nia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosagi" title="Mosagi – Nias" lang="nia" hreflang="nia" data-title="Mosagi" data-language-autonym="Li Niha" data-language-local-name="Nias" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Li Niha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskee" title="Moskee – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Moskee" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschea" title="Moschea – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Moschea" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecset" title="Mecset – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mecset" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6" title="मस्जिद – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मस्जिद" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Џамија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Џамија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B4skea" title="Môskea – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Môskea" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%85_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D" title="ജുമുഅ മസ്ജിദ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ജുമുഅ മസ്ജിദ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A6" title="मशीद – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मशीद" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98" title="მეჩეთი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მეჩეთი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9" title="جامع – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جامع" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AA" title="مَزگه‌ت – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مَزگه‌ت" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid" title="Masjid – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Masjid" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A1%EA%AF%92%EA%AF%9F_%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A2%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%AA" title="ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯟ ꯂꯥꯢꯁꯪ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯄꯥꯡꯒꯟ ꯂꯥꯢꯁꯪ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musajik" title="Musajik – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Musajik" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Мечет – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мечет" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskee" title="Moskee – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Moskee" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6" title="मस्जिद – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मस्जिद" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6" title="मस्जिद – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="मस्जिद" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF" title="モスク – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="モスク" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%8C%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3" title="Маьждиг – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Маьждиг" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosk%C3%A9" title="Moské – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Moské" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosk%C3%A9" title="Moské – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Moské" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqueta" title="Mosqueta – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mosqueta" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjiida" title="Masjiida – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Masjiida" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid" title="Masjid – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Masjid" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A6" title="ਮਸਜਿਦ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਸਜਿਦ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="مسیت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مسیت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosk%C3%A9" title="Moské – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Moské" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="جومات – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="جومات" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask" title="Mask – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Mask" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meczet" title="Meczet – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Meczet" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesquita" title="Mesquita – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mesquita" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshit" title="Meshit – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Meshit" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschee" title="Moschee – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Moschee" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschee" title="Moschee – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Moschee" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiya" title="Jamiya – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Jamiya" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miskita" title="Miskita – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Miskita" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Мечет – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Мечет" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Мечеть – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мечеть" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%8D%D1%82" title="Мэчиэт – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Мэчиэт" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%BD" title="ᱢᱚᱥᱡᱤᱫᱽ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱢᱚᱥᱡᱤᱫᱽ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Mosque" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhamia" title="Xhamia – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Xhamia" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muschea" title="Muschea – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Muschea" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA" title="මුස්ලිම් පල්ලිය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මුස්ලිම් පල්ලිය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF" title="مسجد – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="مسجد" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C5%A1ita" title="Mešita – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mešita" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C5%A1eja" title="Mošeja – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Mošeja" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moszeja" title="Moszeja – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Moszeja" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaajid" title="Masaajid – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Masaajid" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B2%DA%AF%DB%95%D9%88%D8%AA" title="مزگەوت – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مزگەوت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Џамија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Џамија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEamija" title="Džamija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Džamija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masigit" title="Masigit – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Masigit" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskeija" title="Moskeija – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Moskeija" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosk%C3%A9" title="Moské – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Moské" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moske" title="Moske – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Moske" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" 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Follow the link for more information." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/19px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/29px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/39px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul,_Turkey_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg/200px-Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg/300px-Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg/400px-Exterior_of_Sultan_Ahmed_I_Mosque_in_Istanbul%2C_Turkey_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4238" data-file-height="2766" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Blue_Mosque,_Istanbul" title="Blue Mosque, Istanbul">Blue Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>mosque</b> is a place where <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a> <a href="/wiki/Worship" title="Worship">worship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word <i>mosque</i> comes from the <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> word <i>masjid</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A larger, 'collective', mosque is called a <i>masjid jāmi</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Larger mosques offer more <a href="/wiki/Service" class="mw-disambig" title="Service">services</a> to their <a href="/wiki/Community" title="Community">community</a>. </p><p>For many Muslim people, a mosque is more than a place of worship. Muslims worship, study and discuss <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, and do many other things in a mosque and its compounds. In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, many mosques are used as community centres. They are also used to teach about Islam. Religious <a href="/wiki/Festival" title="Festival">festivals</a> and gatherings are held in mosques. Weddings are one example. Mosques have rules to control what people do inside. One of these is that it is disrespectful to disturb another person who is worshipping. </p><p>Many mosques are known for their <a href="/wiki/Islamic_architecture" title="Islamic architecture">Islamic architecture</a>. The earliest mosques, opened in <a href="/wiki/7th_century" title="7th century">7th century</a> were open-air spaces. They are the <i><a href="/wiki/Quba_Mosque" title="Quba Mosque">Quba Mosque</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Masjid_al-Nabawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Masjid al-Nabawi">Masjid al-Nabawi</a></i>. Later Mosques were buildings that were specially designed. Nowadays, mosques are in every <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">continent</a>, except <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Architecture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Architecture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SL_Colombo_asv2020-01_img22_Jami_Ul-Alfar_Mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/SL_Colombo_asv2020-01_img22_Jami_Ul-Alfar_Mosque.jpg/200px-SL_Colombo_asv2020-01_img22_Jami_Ul-Alfar_Mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/SL_Colombo_asv2020-01_img22_Jami_Ul-Alfar_Mosque.jpg/300px-SL_Colombo_asv2020-01_img22_Jami_Ul-Alfar_Mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/SL_Colombo_asv2020-01_img22_Jami_Ul-Alfar_Mosque.jpg/400px-SL_Colombo_asv2020-01_img22_Jami_Ul-Alfar_Mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5055" data-file-height="5055" /></a><figcaption>The <i>Jami Ul Alfar</i> mosque in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, has striking Moorish and Colonial architecture with a candy-striped <a href="/wiki/Facade" class="mw-redirect" title="Facade">facade</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Many mosques are famous works of <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a>. They are often built in a style that has stayed the same for many centuries. Many mosques have prayer halls, <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">domes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Minaret" title="Minaret">minarets</a>. They may also have a <a href="/wiki/Courtyard" title="Courtyard">courtyard</a>. Mosques are often built with patterned walls. </p><p>Mosques were first built on the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>. The Muslims who built them used old architectural styles. They also combined these styles in new ways. A major influence was the <a href="/wiki/Palace" title="Palace">palaces</a> built during the <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" title="Sassanid Empire">Sassanid</a> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">dynasties</a> of <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Persia">Persia</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Sarvestan_palace" title="Sarvestan palace">Sarvestan palace</a></i> from the Sassanid era is a good example of this. It has an <a href="/wiki/Arch" title="Arch">arched</a> entrance and a central dome. These features already existed in <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Persia">Persia</a> before Islam. </p><p>After the Arab invasion of Persia, the new style, with its Sassanid influence, was used for the new <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Islamic world</a>. Many forms of mosques have developed in different regions of the Islamic world. Important mosque types include the early <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbasid Empire">Abbasid</a> mosques, T-type mosques, and the central-dome mosques of <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a>, many countries that grew rich from <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">oil</a> paid for the building of many new mosques. The rulers of these countries often hired leading architects to design these mosques. They included non-Muslims. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arab_plan">Arab plan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Arab plan" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Arab plan"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cairo_al-Azhar_7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Cairo_al-Azhar_7.jpg/200px-Cairo_al-Azhar_7.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Cairo_al-Azhar_7.jpg/300px-Cairo_al-Azhar_7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Cairo_al-Azhar_7.jpg/400px-Cairo_al-Azhar_7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Al_Azhar" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Azhar">Al Azhar Mosque</a> in Cairo, Egypt has a hypostyle hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Many early mosques have a square or <a href="/wiki/Rectangle" title="Rectangle">rectangular</a> plan. They also have a prayer hall and an enclosed courtyard. This is known as <i>Arab-plan</i>. The first mosques of this type were built during the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Umayyad Dynasty">Umayyad Dynasty</a>. </p><p>The flat <a href="/wiki/Roof" title="Roof">roof</a> of the prayer hall was supported by <a href="/wiki/Column" title="Column">columns</a>. Many rows of columns were needed to support such roofs;<sup id="cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masdjid1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this is called "<a href="/wiki/Hypostyle" title="Hypostyle">hypostyle architecture</a>". One of the most famous hypostyle mosques is the <a href="/wiki/Mezquita_de_C%C3%B3rdoba" title="Mezquita de Córdoba">Mezquita de Córdoba</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. It is supported by over 850 columns.<sup id="cite_ref-mit-handout_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit-handout-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the warm <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> and Middle Eastern <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climates</a>, the courtyard served to hold the large number of worshippers during Friday prayers. Often, hypostyle mosques have outer <a href="/wiki/Arcade_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcade (architecture)">arcades</a>. They allow the visitors to enjoy the <a href="/wiki/Shade" title="Shade">shade</a>. Arab-plan mosques were built mostly during the Umayyad and <a href="/wiki/Abbasid" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbasid">Abbasid</a> dynasties. The Arab plan was very simple, which did not allow for much further development. This caused that style of mosque to fall out of favour.<sup id="cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masdjid1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_dome">Central dome</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Central dome" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Central dome"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a> began building <i>central dome mosques</i> in the <a href="/wiki/15th_century" title="15th century">fifteenth century</a>. These mosques have a large dome centered over the prayer hall. There may also be smaller domes, which are off-center over the prayer hall or the rest of the mosque.<sup id="cite_ref-mit-vocab_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit-vocab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This style was heavily influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantine</a> <a href="/wiki/Religious_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious architecture">religious architecture</a> with its use of central domes.<sup id="cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masdjid1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iwan">Iwan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Iwan" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Iwan"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Iwan mosques</i> are famous for their domed rooms and <i><a href="/wiki/Iwan" title="Iwan">iwans</a></i>. Iwans are spaces with an arched roof. They have an opening at one end. One or more iwans face a central courtyard that serves as the prayer hall. The style borrows from pre-Islamic Iranian architecture. Most mosques with this style are in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parts_of_Mosques">Parts of Mosques</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Parts of Mosques" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Parts of Mosques"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minarets">Minarets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Minarets" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Minarets"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See the main article: <a href="/wiki/Minaret" title="Minaret">Minaret</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AleppoGreatMosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/AleppoGreatMosque.jpg/200px-AleppoGreatMosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/AleppoGreatMosque.jpg/300px-AleppoGreatMosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/AleppoGreatMosque.jpg/400px-AleppoGreatMosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>The Great Mosque in <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. The tower-like structure is the minaret.</figcaption></figure> <p>Most mosques have minarets. Minarets are tall <a href="/wiki/Tower" title="Tower">towers</a>. Usually they are at one of the corners of the mosque. The top of the minaret is the highest point in the mosque, and usually the highest point in the area around the mosque. The tallest minaret in the world is in the <a href="/wiki/Hassan_II_Mosque" title="Hassan II Mosque">Hassan II Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first mosques had no minarets. The most <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a> Islamic groups, like <i><a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" class="mw-redirect" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabis</a></i>, still avoid building minarets. They see them as simply a fancy decoration and unnecessary. The first minaret was built in 665 in <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Reign" title="Reign">reign</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad" class="mw-redirect" title="Umayyad">Umayyad</a> <a href="/wiki/Caliph" title="Caliph">caliph</a> <a href="/wiki/Muawiyah_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Muawiyah I">Muawiyah I</a>. Muawiyah encouraged the building of minarets, as they were supposed to be the same as <a href="/wiki/Bell_tower" title="Bell tower">bell towers</a> on <a href="/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">churches</a>. Because of this, mosque architects used the shape of the bell tower for their minarets. Both the minaret and the bell tower serve the same purpose — to call the faithful to prayer.<sup id="cite_ref-Manara_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manara-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the five required daily prayers, a <i><a href="/wiki/Muezzin" title="Muezzin">muezzin</a></i> calls the worshippers to <a href="/wiki/Salat" title="Salat">prayer</a> from the minaret. In many countries like Singapore where Muslims are not the majority, mosques are stopped from loudly playing the call to prayer. The main problem is the use of <a href="/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics">electronic</a> amplification of the call, which is now widely used by mosques. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domes">Domes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Domes" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Domes"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">domes</a> were often placed directly above the main prayer hall. They represent the universe that Allah created.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At first, these domes were small. They only took up a small part of the roof near the <i><a href="/wiki/Mihrab" title="Mihrab">mihrab</a></i>. Later, they took the whole roof above the prayer hall. Domes normally have the shape of a <a href="/wiki/Hemisphere" title="Hemisphere">hemisphere</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughals</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> popularized <a href="/wiki/Onion" title="Onion">onion</a>-shaped domes in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Persia">Persia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some mosques have several domes, as well as the main large dome. The other domes are often smaller. </p><p>Domes would help the <i>imam</i> be heard, as the sound waves would bounce in and then out of the dome making the voice louder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prayer_hall">Prayer hall</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Prayer hall" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Prayer hall"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All mosques have a <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayer</a> hall, which is also called <i><a href="/wiki/Musalla" title="Musalla">musalla</a></i>. Normally, there is no <a href="/wiki/Furniture" title="Furniture">furniture</a> in it except for prayer <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/mat" class="extiw" title="wikt:mat">mats</a> or <a href="/wiki/Rug" class="mw-redirect" title="Rug">rugs</a>. These are necessary, as Islamic prayer is usually done <a href="/wiki/Knee" title="Knee">kneeling</a>. </p><p>Some mosques have <a href="/wiki/Arabic_calligraphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic calligraphy">Arabic calligraphy</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an">Qur'anic</a></i> verses on the walls to help worshipers focus on the beauty of Islam and its holiest book, the <i>Qur'an</i>, as well as for decoration.<sup id="cite_ref-teach-islam_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teach-islam-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Qiblah" class="mw-redirect" title="Qiblah">qiblah</a> wall</i> is usually at the other side of the entrance to the prayer hall. This wall is specially decorated. In a properly sited mosque, it will be set <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/perpendicular" class="extiw" title="wikt:perpendicular">perpendicular</a> to a line leading to <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People pray in rows parallel to the <i>qiblah</i> wall. They arrange themselves so they face <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>. In the <i>qiblah</i> wall, usually at its center, is the <i><a href="/wiki/Mihrab" title="Mihrab">mihrab</a></i>, a niche or depression showing the direction of <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>. The <i>mihrab</i> serves as the place where the <a href="/wiki/Imam" title="Imam">imam</a> leads the five daily prayers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosque_in_bourke_cemetery_nsw_australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mosque_in_bourke_cemetery_nsw_australia.jpg/200px-Mosque_in_bourke_cemetery_nsw_australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mosque_in_bourke_cemetery_nsw_australia.jpg/300px-Mosque_in_bourke_cemetery_nsw_australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mosque_in_bourke_cemetery_nsw_australia.jpg/400px-Mosque_in_bourke_cemetery_nsw_australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>A simple mosque in the <a href="/wiki/Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian">Australian</a> <a href="/wiki/Outback" title="Outback">outback</a> is different from the grand designs of older Islamic communities. <a href="/wiki/Bourke,_New_South_Wales" title="Bourke, New South Wales">Bourke</a> cemetery, New South Wales.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Washing_(wudhu)"><span id="Washing_.28wudhu.29"></span>Washing (wudhu)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Washing (wudhu)" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Washing (wudhu)"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All people must wash themselves before they pray. Mosques often have <a href="/wiki/Fountain" title="Fountain">fountains</a> or other facilities for washing in their entrances or courtyards, so that people can perform the washing <a href="/wiki/Ritual" title="Ritual">ritual</a> before prayer. At very small mosques, worshippers may use restrooms for their ritual washing, or wu'du. In traditional mosques, there is often a building specially for washing. This is often in the center of the courtyard.<sup id="cite_ref-mit-handout_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit-handout-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the prayer halls, people must not wear shoes for much the same reason.<sup id="cite_ref-Abudhabitourism_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abudhabitourism-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-islamqa_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-islamqa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_features">Modern features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Modern features" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Modern features"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Modern mosques should appeal to the community they serve. For this reason, other facilities may also be available at the mosque, like <a href="/wiki/Clinic" title="Clinic">health clinics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Library" title="Library">libraries</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gym" class="mw-redirect" title="Gym">sports halls.</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_inside_of_mosques">The inside of mosques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: The inside of mosques" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: The inside of mosques"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inside_Shah_Faisal_Mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Inside the Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan"><img alt="Inside the Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Inside_Shah_Faisal_Mosque.jpg/120px-Inside_Shah_Faisal_Mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Inside_Shah_Faisal_Mosque.jpg/180px-Inside_Shah_Faisal_Mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Inside_Shah_Faisal_Mosque.jpg/240px-Inside_Shah_Faisal_Mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Inside the <a href="/wiki/Shah_Faisal_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Shah Faisal Mosque">Shah Faisal Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cairo_Sulayman_Pasha_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Inside the Sulayman Pasha Mosque in Cairo, Egypt"><img alt="Inside the Sulayman Pasha Mosque in Cairo, Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Cairo_Sulayman_Pasha_3.jpg/120px-Cairo_Sulayman_Pasha_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Cairo_Sulayman_Pasha_3.jpg/180px-Cairo_Sulayman_Pasha_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Cairo_Sulayman_Pasha_3.jpg/240px-Cairo_Sulayman_Pasha_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="414" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Inside the <a href="/wiki/Sulayman_Pasha_Mosque" title="Sulayman Pasha Mosque">Sulayman Pasha Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_inside_colorful.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Nasr ol Molk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran"><img alt="The Nasr ol Molk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_inside_colorful.jpg/90px-Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_inside_colorful.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_inside_colorful.jpg/135px-Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_inside_colorful.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_inside_colorful.jpg/180px-Nasr_ol_Molk_mosque_inside_colorful.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Nasr_ol_Molk_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasr ol Molk Mosque">Nasr ol Molk Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shiraz" title="Shiraz">Shiraz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></div> </li> </ul> <p>There may be decorative <a href="/wiki/Tile" title="Tile">tiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plaster" title="Plaster">plaster</a> or coloured <a href="/wiki/Mosaic" title="Mosaic">mosaics</a> on the walls. There are no pictures or statues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_functions">Religious functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: Religious functions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Religious functions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prayers">Prayers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Change section: Prayers" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Prayers"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Mosque.jpg/200px-Mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Mosque.jpg/300px-Mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Mosque.jpg/400px-Mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Muslims performing <a href="/wiki/Salat" title="Salat">salat</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Mosque" title="Umayyad Mosque">Umayyad Mosque</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Adult Muslims are expected to pray five times a day. Most mosques have formal prayers for each of these times. If performing the prayer is difficult, for example for <a href="/wiki/Ill" class="mw-redirect" title="Ill">ill</a> people, then exceptions are made. </p><p>Mosques also hold a special prayer service, called <i><a href="/wiki/Jumuah" class="mw-redirect" title="Jumuah">jumuah</a></i>. This is done once a week. It is a form of <a href="/wiki/Sabbath" title="Sabbath">Sabbath</a> and replaces the Friday prayers at the mosque. Daily prayers can be done anywhere. However, Muslims are expected to do their Friday prayer at the mosque.<sup id="cite_ref-teach-islam_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teach-islam-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When a Muslim dies, a funeral prayer is normally held. It is held outdoors in a courtyard or square close to the mosque. The prayers have all the worshippers present, including the imam, taking part.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Eclipse" title="Eclipse">eclipses</a>, mosques will host special prayers called <a href="/wiki/Sunnah_salat#Qusuf_and_Khusuf" title="Sunnah salat">eclipse prayers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two large holidays (<i>Eids</i>) in the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a>. During these days, there are special prayers at mosques in the morning. Larger mosques will normally hold them for their own communities as well as the people from smaller local mosques. Mosques, especially those in countries where Muslims are the majority, will also host <i>Eid</i> prayers outside in courtyards or <a href="/wiki/Town_square" title="Town square">town squares</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abdul_Rahman_Mosque_in_March_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Abdul_Rahman_Mosque_in_March_2010.jpg/200px-Abdul_Rahman_Mosque_in_March_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Abdul_Rahman_Mosque_in_March_2010.jpg/300px-Abdul_Rahman_Mosque_in_March_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Abdul_Rahman_Mosque_in_March_2010.jpg/400px-Abdul_Rahman_Mosque_in_March_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>A mosque in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ramadan_events">Ramadan events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=14" title="Change section: Ramadan events" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section's source code: Ramadan events"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a></div> <p>There are many events in <i><a href="/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a></i>, Islam's holiest month. During <i>Ramadan</i>, Muslims must <a href="/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fast</a> during the day. Mosques organise <i><a href="/wiki/Iftar" title="Iftar">iftar</a></i> dinners after sunset. These are done after the fourth required prayer of the day. Part of the food is given by members of the community, which creates nightly <a href="/wiki/Potluck" title="Potluck">potluck</a> dinners. The community contribution to these dinners is required. For this reason, mosques with smaller communities may not be able to hold the <i>iftar</i> dinners daily. </p><p>Some mosques will also hold meals in the morning before <a href="/wiki/Dawn" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn">dawn</a>. Mosques will often invite poorer members of the community to these meals. Islam sees giving <a href="/wiki/Charity_(practice)" title="Charity (practice)">charity</a> during Ramadan as good acts.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Larger mosques sometimes offer special, optional prayers. They are done after the last required prayer of the day. During each night of prayers, one member of the community who has memorized the entire <a href="/wiki/Qur%E2%80%99an" class="mw-redirect" title="Qur’an">Qur’an</a> will recite a part of the book. It can last for up to two hours.<sup id="cite_ref-teach-islam_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teach-islam-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes, several such people (not necessarily of the local community) take turns to do this. During the last ten days of Ramadan, larger mosques will host all-night programs to observe <i><a href="/wiki/Laylat_al-Qadr" class="mw-redirect" title="Laylat al-Qadr">Laylat al-Qadr</a></i>. It is the night Muslims believe that the <a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Islam" title="Prophets of Islam">Islamic prophet</a> <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> first received Qur'anic revelations.<sup id="cite_ref-teach-islam_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teach-islam-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On that night, between <a href="/wiki/Sunset" title="Sunset">sunset</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunrise" title="Sunrise">sunrise</a>, mosques employ speakers to teach the worshipers about Islam. Mosques or the community usually provide meals at times through the night. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AlAbbasMosque01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/AlAbbasMosque01.jpg/200px-AlAbbasMosque01.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/AlAbbasMosque01.jpg/300px-AlAbbasMosque01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/AlAbbasMosque01.jpg/400px-AlAbbasMosque01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="657" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Al_Abbas_Mosque" title="Al Abbas Mosque">Al-‘Abbās Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Karbala" title="Karbala">Karbala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> is visited by millions of <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a> pilgrims each year.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_functions">Political functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=15" title="Change section: Political functions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: Political functions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mesquita_de_Cuiab%C3%A1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mesquita_de_Cuiab%C3%A1.jpg/200px-Mesquita_de_Cuiab%C3%A1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mesquita_de_Cuiab%C3%A1.jpg/300px-Mesquita_de_Cuiab%C3%A1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mesquita_de_Cuiab%C3%A1.jpg/400px-Mesquita_de_Cuiab%C3%A1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Mosque in <a href="/wiki/Cuiab%C3%A1" title="Cuiabá">Cuiabá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the late twentieth century, more and more mosques have been used for <a href="/wiki/Political" class="mw-redirect" title="Political">political</a> purposes. Modern-day mosques in the Western world want to educate good citizens. The details differ greatly from mosque to mosque and from country to country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advocacy">Advocacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=16" title="Change section: Advocacy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section's source code: Advocacy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Countries with small Muslim populations use mosques as a way to support civic participation. They are more likely to do this than Muslim-majority countries of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Middle_East" title="Greater Middle East">Greater Middle East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tc_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tc-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American mosques host <a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">voter registration</a> and civic participation drives. In the United States, Muslims are often <a href="/wiki/Migration" title="Migration">immigrants</a>, or the children of immigrants. Mosques want to interest these people for politics. They also want to keep them informed about issues that concern the Muslim community. People who attend the services at the mosque regularly are more likely to take part in <a href="/wiki/Protest" title="Protest">protests</a>, to sign <a href="/wiki/Petition" title="Petition">petitions</a>, and to involve themselves in political matters.<sup id="cite_ref-tc_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tc-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A link between <a href="/wiki/Ideology" title="Ideology">political views</a> and mosque attendance can still be seen in other parts of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Al-Askari_Mosque_bombing_(2006)" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Askari Mosque bombing (2006)">al-Askari Mosque bombing</a> in February 2006, imams and other Islamic leaders used mosques and <a href="/wiki/Jumuah" class="mw-redirect" title="Jumuah">Friday prayers</a> to call for calm and peace during the widespread <a href="/wiki/Violence" title="Violence">violence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in the late twentieth century and continuing into the early twenty-first century, a small number of mosques have also become a base for extremist imams to support <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islamic_fundamentalism" title="Islamic fundamentalism">extreme Islamic ideals</a>. <a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Park_Mosque" title="Finsbury Park Mosque">Finsbury Park Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> is a mosque that has been used in this manner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_conflict">Social conflict</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=17" title="Change section: Social conflict" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section's source code: Social conflict"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Babri_Masjid" class="mw-redirect" title="Babri Masjid">Babri Masjid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli-Palestinian conflict">Israeli-Palestinian conflict</a></div> <p>Like other places of worship, mosques can be at the center of social <a href="/wiki/Conflict" title="Conflict">conflicts</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Babri_Mosque" title="Babri Mosque">Babri Mosque</a> was the centre of such a conflict up until the early 1990s when it was <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/demolish" class="extiw" title="wikt:demolish">demolished</a>. Before a solution could be found, the mosque was destroyed by about 200,000 Hindus. It took place on 6 December 1992. The mosque was built by <a href="/wiki/Babur" title="Babur">Babur</a> to mark the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Ram</a>. It was believed to be on a site of an earlier <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conflict over the mosque was directly linked to <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay Riots">rioting in Bombay</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>) as well as <a href="/wiki/1993_Mumbai_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 Mumbai bombings">bombings in 1993</a> that killed 257 people. </p><p>In February 2006, <a href="/wiki/Al-Askari_Mosque_bombing_(2006)" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Askari Mosque bombing (2006)">a bombing</a> seriously damaged Iraq's <a href="/wiki/Al_Askari_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Askari Mosque">al-Askari Mosque</a>. This increased the existing tensions. The conflict between two Muslim groups in Iraq had already led to other bombings. However mosque bombings are not limited to Iraq. In June 2005, a <a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">suicide bomber</a> killed at least 19 people at an <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghan</a> mosque.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2006, there were <a href="/wiki/2006_Jama_Masjid_explosions" title="2006 Jama Masjid explosions">two explosions</a> at <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jama_Masjid" title="Jama Masjid">Jama Masjid</a>. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, several American mosques were targets of attacks. These ranged from simple <a href="/wiki/Vandalism" title="Vandalism">vandalism</a> to <a href="/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">arson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Defense_League" title="Jewish Defense League">Jewish Defense League</a> was suspected of plotting to bomb the <a href="/wiki/King_Fahd_Mosque,_Culver_City" title="King Fahd Mosque, Culver City">King Fahd Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Culver_City,_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were similar attacks in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> after the <a href="/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings" title="7 July 2005 London bombings">7 July 2005 London bombings</a>. Outside the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>, in June 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Bek_Mosque" title="Hassan Bek Mosque">Hassan Bek Mosque</a> was the target of attacks. The attacks involved hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israelis</a> angry at <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arabs</a> for a previous attack.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saudi_influence">Saudi influence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=18" title="Change section: Saudi influence" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section's source code: Saudi influence"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9671799"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wahhabism" class="mw-redirect" title="Wahhabism">Wahhabism</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Saudia_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudia Arabia">Saudi</a> involvement in building mosques around the world only goes back to the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-money-trails_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-trails-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1980s, the Saudi Arabian government began to pay for the building of mosques in countries around the world. An estimated <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>45 billion has been spent by the Saudi Arabian government for mosques and Islamic schools in foreign countries. <i><a href="/wiki/Ain_al-Yaqeen" title="Ain al-Yaqeen">Ain al-Yaqeen</a></i>, a Saudi newspaper, reported in 2002 that Saudi money may have helped to build as many as 1,500 mosques and 2,000 other Islamic centers.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saudi" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi">Saudi</a> citizens have also given a lot of money to mosques in the Islamic world, especially in countries where they see Muslims as poor and oppressed. Following the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, in 1992, mosques in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> received money from Saudi citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-money-trails_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-trails-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The King Fahd Mosque in <a href="/wiki/Culver_City,_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City, California</a> and the Islamic <a href="/wiki/Cultural_center" title="Cultural center">Cultural Center</a> of Italy in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> are two of Saudi Arabia's largest investments in foreign mosques as former Saudi king <a href="/wiki/Faud_of_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Faud of Saudi Arabia">Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud</a> gave <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>8 million<sup id="cite_ref-money-trails_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-money-trails-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>50 million<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the two mosques, respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rules_and_behaviour_in_mosques">Rules and behaviour in mosques</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=19" title="Change section: Rules and behaviour in mosques" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section's source code: Rules and behaviour in mosques"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bayt_al_Mukarram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bayt_al_Mukarram.jpg/200px-Bayt_al_Mukarram.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bayt_al_Mukarram.jpg/300px-Bayt_al_Mukarram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bayt_al_Mukarram.jpg/400px-Bayt_al_Mukarram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Baitul_Mukarram" title="Baitul Mukarram">Baitul Mukarram</a> (Dhaka), the National Mosque of <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> The structure resembles the <a href="/wiki/Kaaba" title="Kaaba">Kaaba</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In a mosque, people should keep focused on worshiping <i>Allah</i>. For this reason, there are a number of rules about the correct behaviour in a mosque. Some of these rules are the same all over the world, such as no shoes should be worn in the prayer hall. Other rules are different from mosque to mosque. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prayer_leader">Prayer leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=20" title="Change section: Prayer leader" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section's source code: Prayer leader"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is generally seen as good to have someone who leads the prayers, though this is not strictly necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-mawardi112_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mawardi112-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The person who usually leads the prayers is called <i>imam</i>. He must be a free and honest man. He should also be an authority when it comes to answering questions on religion.<sup id="cite_ref-mawardi112_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mawardi112-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mosques that were built or that are kept up by the government, the imam is selected by the ruler.<sup id="cite_ref-mawardi112_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mawardi112-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In private mosques, the community selects the imam, through <a href="/wiki/Majority_rule" title="Majority rule">majority voting</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg/220px-Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg/330px-Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg/440px-Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3762" data-file-height="2486" /></a><figcaption>Interior of the <a href="/wiki/Mezquita" class="mw-redirect" title="Mezquita">Mezquita</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Hypostyle" title="Hypostyle">hypostyle</a> former mosque with columns arranged in grid pattern, in <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Córdoba, Spain">Córdoba, Spain</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Only men may lead prayers for men.<sup id="cite_ref-mawardi112_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mawardi112-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women are allowed to lead prayers for congregations where there are only women. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attending_a_mosque">Attending a mosque</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=21" title="Change section: Attending a mosque" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section's source code: Attending a mosque"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to washing, there are other rules that also apply to those who enter the mosque, even if they do not wish to pray there. It is forbidden to wear shoes in the <a href="/wiki/Carpet" title="Carpet">carpeted</a> area of the prayer hall. Some mosques also do not allow wearing shoes in other parts, even though these may not be devoted to praying. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> requires that its believers wear <a href="/wiki/Islam_and_clothing" title="Islam and clothing">clothes</a> that show <a href="/wiki/Modesty" title="Modesty">modesty</a>. As a result, both men and women must follow this rule when they attend a mosque (though mosques may not always enforce the rules). Men are supposed to come to the mosque wearing loose and clean clothes that do not show the shape of the body. Similarly, women who come to the mosque are expected to wear loose clothing, shirts, pants that cover to the wrists and ankles and cover their heads such as with a <a href="/wiki/Hijab" title="Hijab">hijab</a>. Many Muslims, regardless of their ethnic background, wear <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle eastern</a> clothing associated with <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arabic</a> Islam to special occasions and prayers at mosques.<sup id="cite_ref-teach-islam_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teach-islam-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mosques are places of worship. For this reason, those inside the mosque should be respectful to those who are praying. Loud talking or discussion of topics that could be disrespectful, is forbidden in areas where people are praying. It is also considered as rude to walk in front of Muslims in prayer or otherwise disturb them.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men_and_women_pray_in_different_parts">Men and women pray in different parts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=22" title="Change section: Men and women pray in different parts" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section's source code: Men and women pray in different parts"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xi%27an_Great_Mosque_prayer_hall_2_(50464686641).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Xi%27an_Great_Mosque_prayer_hall_2_%2850464686641%29.jpg/220px-Xi%27an_Great_Mosque_prayer_hall_2_%2850464686641%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Xi%27an_Great_Mosque_prayer_hall_2_%2850464686641%29.jpg/330px-Xi%27an_Great_Mosque_prayer_hall_2_%2850464686641%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Xi%27an_Great_Mosque_prayer_hall_2_%2850464686641%29.jpg/440px-Xi%27an_Great_Mosque_prayer_hall_2_%2850464686641%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Main prayer hall of Xi'an grand mosque in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Shari%27a" class="mw-redirect" title="Shari'a">Islamic law</a> requires men and women to be separated in the prayer hall. Ideally, women should pray behind men. The second <a href="/wiki/Caliph" title="Caliph">caliph</a> <a href="/wiki/Umar_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Umar I">Umar</a> at one time stopped women from attending mosques, especially at night, because he feared they may be teased by males, so he made them to pray at home.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes a special part of the mosque was railed off for women; for example, the governor of Mecca in 870 had ropes tied between the columns to make a separate place for women.<sup id="cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masdjid1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many mosques today will put the women behind a barrier or partition or in another room. Mosques in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> put men and women in separate rooms, as the divisions were built into them centuries ago. In nearly two-thirds of <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">American</a> mosques, women pray behind partitions or in separate areas, not in the main prayer hall; some mosques do not admit women at all. Although there are sections only for women and children, the <a href="/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram" title="Masjid al-Haram">Grand Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a> is desegregated.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-Muslims_in_mosques">Non-Muslims in mosques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=23" title="Change section: Non-Muslims in mosques" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section's source code: Non-Muslims in mosques"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A few scholars of <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Islamic law</a> believe that non-Muslims may be allowed into mosques, as long as they do not sleep or eat there. Followers of the <i><a href="/wiki/Maliki" title="Maliki">Maliki</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Madhhab" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhhab">school</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fiqh" title="Fiqh">Islamic jurisprudence</a> disagree. They say that non-Muslims may not be allowed into mosques at all.<sup id="cite_ref-mawardi112_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mawardi112-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Different countries have different opinions on the question. Nearly all the mosques in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> do not allow non-Muslims. The <a href="/wiki/Hassan_II_Mosque" title="Hassan II Mosque">Hassan II Mosque</a> in <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a> is one of only two mosques in Morocco currently open to non-Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern-day <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, the Grand Mosque and all of <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a> are open only to Muslims. Likewise, the <a href="/wiki/Masjid_al-Nabawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Masjid al-Nabawi">Masjid al-Nabawi</a> and the city of <a href="/wiki/Medina" title="Medina">Medina</a> that surrounds it are also off-limits to those who do not practice Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For mosques in other areas, it has most commonly been taken that non-Muslims may only enter mosques if granted permission to do so by Muslims and if they have a proper reason.<sup id="cite_ref-teach-islam_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teach-islam-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> non-Muslim <a href="/wiki/Tourist" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist">tourists</a> are allowed to enter any mosque, but must obey the rules of <a href="/wiki/Decorum" title="Decorum">decorum</a>. Visiting a mosque is allowed only between prayers; visitors must wear long trousers and take off their shoes; women must cover their heads; no photos; no loud talk is allowed. No references to other religions are allowed (no crosses on necklaces, no cross gestures etc.). </p><p>However, there are also many other places in the west as well as the Islamic world where non-Muslims are welcome to enter mosques. Most mosques in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, for example, report receiving non-Muslim visitors every month.<sup id="cite_ref-mosquesinamerica_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mosquesinamerica-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Mosques throughout the United States welcome non-Muslims as a sign of openness to the rest of the community and to encourage conversions to Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dogs">Dogs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=24" title="Change section: Dogs" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section's source code: Dogs"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dogs are usually banned from entering mosques, but on 24 September 2008, the Muslim Law Council UK made special ruling, called a <i><a href="/wiki/Fatwa" title="Fatwa">fatwa</a></i>, which granted a blind Muslim permission to take his guide dog into the mosque.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mosques_as_hostels">Mosques as hostels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=25" title="Change section: Mosques as hostels" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section's source code: Mosques as hostels"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is common for a smaller mosque to serve as a <a href="/wiki/Hostel" title="Hostel">hostel</a> for Muslims on <i><a href="/wiki/Haj" class="mw-redirect" title="Haj">haj</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage" title="Pilgrimage">pilgrimage</a> to Mecca). Sometimes mosques are used for <a href="/wiki/Refugee" title="Refugee">refugees</a>, or as temporary homes for homeless people. <a href="/wiki/Obligations_to_neighbours_in_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Obligations to neighbours in Islam">Obligations to neighbours in Islam</a> are very strict, and specific. In the <a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> Mohammed said that a person who helps others in the hour of need, and who helps the oppressed; that person God will help on the Day of Travail (agony).<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are other commands, such as helping the poor and being nice to people. An important part of being Muslim, or just being part of the mosque, is taking care of people who need help. A mosque is a social, as well as a religious, group. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Madrassa" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrassa">madrassa</a> is a little different from a mosque. A madrassa focuses on teaching Islam, usually to children and young people. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mosques_in_Spain">Mosques in Spain</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=26" title="Change section: Mosques in Spain" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section's source code: Mosques in Spain"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg/200px-Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg/300px-Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg/400px-Spain_Andalusia_Cordoba_BW_2015-10-27_13-54-14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3762" data-file-height="2486" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Mezquita_de_C%C3%B3rdoba" title="Mezquita de Córdoba">Mezquita de Córdoba</a> was a mosque. Today, it is the cathedral of Cordoba.</figcaption></figure> <p>When Spain was under Muslim control, some of the most beautiful buildings were mosques. After 1491, Spain was under Christian control. However, the Christians did not tear down the mosques. They simply put a <a href="/wiki/Crucifix" class="mw-redirect" title="Crucifix">crucifix</a> in them to make them into churches. These mosques influenced the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a> (way of building) in Europe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&veaction=edit&section=27" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mosque&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBooks2009" class="citation book cs1">Books, Cgp (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gcsereligiousstu0000pars"><i>GCSE Religion Studies: Complete Revision and Practice</i></a> (Revised ed.). Coordination Group Publications. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gcsereligiousstu0000pars/page/96">96</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84762-406-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84762-406-2"><bdi>978-1-84762-406-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=GCSE+Religion+Studies%3A+Complete+Revision+and+Practice&rft.pages=96&rft.edition=Revised&rft.pub=Coordination+Group+Publications&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-84762-406-2&rft.aulast=Books&rft.aufirst=Cgp&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgcsereligiousstu0000pars&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMosque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مسجد</span> — pronounced <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:IPA">[ˈmæsʤɪd]</a></span>, plural <i>masājid</i>, <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مساجد</span> — <span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA">/mæˈsæːʤɪd/</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مساجد جامع</span>, <i>masjid jāmi‘</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Masdjid1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-0">4.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-1">4.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-2">4.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Masdjid1_4-3">4.3</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFHillenbrand" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Hillenbrand, R. 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Brill Academic Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1573-3912">1573-3912</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Masdjid.+I.+In+the+central+Islamic+lands&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+of+Islam+Online&rft.pub=Brill+Academic+Publishers&rft.issn=1573-3912&rft.aulast=Hillenbrand&rft.aufirst=R&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMosque" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_encyclopedia" title="Template:Cite encyclopedia">cite encyclopedia</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_editors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mit-handout-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-mit-handout_5-0">5.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-mit-handout_5-1">5.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.mit.edu/4.614/www/handout02.html">"Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures"</a>. Massachusetts Institute of Technology<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-04-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Religious+Architecture+and+Islamic+Cultures&rft.pub=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.mit.edu%2F4.614%2Fwww%2Fhandout02.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMosque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mit-vocab-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-mit-vocab_6-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060918221451/http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-614Religious-Architecture-and-Islamic-CulturesFall2002/LectureNotes/detail/vocab-islam.htm#islam6">"Vocabulary of Islamic Architecture"</a>. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-614Religious-Architecture-and-Islamic-CulturesFall2002/LectureNotes/detail/vocab-islam.htm#islam6">the original</a> on 2006-09-18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-04-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Vocabulary+of+Islamic+Architecture&rft.pub=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Focw.mit.edu%2FOcwWeb%2FArchitecture%2F4-614Religious-Architecture-and-Islamic-CulturesFall2002%2FLectureNotes%2Fdetail%2Fvocab-islam.htm%23islam6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMosque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFWalters2004" class="citation book cs1">Walters, Brian (May 17, 2004). "The Prophet's People". <i>Call to Prayer: My Travels in Spain, Portugal and Morocco</i>. Virtualbookworm Publishing. p. 14. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58939-592-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58939-592-3"><bdi>978-1-58939-592-3</bdi></a>. <q>Its 210-meter minaret is the tallest in the world</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Prophet%27s+People&rft.btitle=Call+to+Prayer%3A+My+Travels+in+Spain%2C+Portugal+and+Morocco&rft.pages=14&rft.pub=Virtualbookworm+Publishing&rft.date=2004-05-17&rft.isbn=978-1-58939-592-3&rft.aulast=Walters&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMosque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Manara-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Manara_8-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFHillenbrand" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Hillenbrand, R. "Manara, Manar". In P.J. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Edmund_Bosworth" title="Clifford Edmund Bosworth">C.E. Bosworth</a>, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_Islam" title="Encyclopaedia of Islam">Encyclopaedia of Islam</a> Online</i>. Brill Academic Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1573-3912">1573-3912</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Manara%2C+Manar&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+of+Islam+Online&rft.pub=Brill+Academic+Publishers&rft.issn=1573-3912&rft.aulast=Hillenbrand&rft.aufirst=R&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMosque" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_encyclopedia" title="Template:Cite encyclopedia">cite encyclopedia</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_editors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFMainzer1996" class="citation book cs1">Mainzer, Klaus (June 1, 1996). "Art and Architecture". <i>Symmetries of Nature: A Handbook for Philosophy of Nature and Science</i>. Walter de Gruyter. p. 124. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-012990-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-11-012990-8"><bdi>978-3-11-012990-8</bdi></a>. <q>the dome arching over the believers like the spherical dome of the sky</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Art+and+Architecture&rft.btitle=Symmetries+of+Nature%3A+A+Handbook+for+Philosophy+of+Nature+and+Science&rft.pages=124&rft.pub=Walter+de+Gruyter&rft.date=1996-06-01&rft.isbn=978-3-11-012990-8&rft.aulast=Mainzer&rft.aufirst=Klaus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMosque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFAsher1992" class="citation book cs1">Asher, Catherine B. 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