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Mosques. Venus Beamon 2/9/09. 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.
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Mosques Venus Beamon 2/9/09
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.
Al-’Abbas Mosque Its in Karbala Iraq Built in 672 AD/6 AH About it…
Minarets of the great mosque Its was built in Xian-china February 3, 2004 Picture facts
Name- Niu Jie mosque. Located in Beijing China. . Another mosque
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/mosque.htm