Mosques

Venus Beamon2/9/09

definition

• A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam

Facts

• Serves as a place where Muslims can come together for salat

• A humble way for humans to recreate pure divine presence on earth.

• Mosques were built outside of the Arabian peninsula as Muslims moved to other parts of the world.

About it…

• Al-’Abbas Mosque• Its in Karbala Iraq• Built in 672 AD/6

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Picture facts

• Minarets of the great mosque

• Its was built in Xian-china

• February 3, 2004

Another mosque

• Name- Niu Jie mosque.

• Located in Beijing China.

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Global history theme..

• Architecture- Because these are buildings and the definition of architecture is a building

• Ex. Mosque building

• Another one is Belief systems- because the Muslims go there and the pray for what they believe in and what they think is right.

Websites…

• http://www.google.com/• http://looklex.com/e.o/mosque.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Mosque• http://www.islamicity.com/Orgs/• http://lexicorient.com/e.o/

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