The Nueces Mosque

The hypostyle mosque was designed to support the Islamic religious practices, and it was often referred to as a big prayer room. It gave the Muslims many advantages when it came to their cultural religious ways. It was the place where Muslims got together for prayer, to study, and celebrate. Islamic hypostyle buildings were made of stone, and most of the hypostyle mosques were square, or rectangular, the columns were put together using a grid pattern. The prayer hall has a roof, a courtyard, and open pillars along the sides. The hypostyle mosque structure supports the roof, which is flat, while the cool air circulates. It was a very unique building style that aided the Muslims in prayer. The hypostyle mosque was a place to hold large crowds

I chose this ritual observation because I feel like there is a lot of negativity about Muslims in the media, and I want to engage with this community in order to have a better understanding of who they are as a people. I don’t know much about the religion of Islam, and I guess you can

They started off the event by having us take off our shoes before we went into the Islamic center. That is the custom for their faith. I did not know that before, so it came as a little bit of a surprise. As the discussion started, they asked us to pray. The speaker who said the prayer said it in another language, and it was translated into English. The prayer that he said sounded very familiar to the prayers I am used to hearing within my church which was very surprising to me. There was not one speaker, it was more of an open discussion with the people who run the Islamic center mediating the discussion.

I had an experience I will never forget because it was so different than my own religion. I went to the service with a friend from my class. We decided to go to the Adult Buddhists service on Sunday at noon. We got there early around 11:20 AM. When we walked up to the temple there was a sculpture outside that was about as tall as the building. We later learned that it was custom to bow and pray before entering the temple. Once we were inside the temple we stood over and watched the service. Somehow we were late to the service even though we were early according prayer starting time on the website. We went off the website they use for their information so I guess they start earlier than the start time. The first part of the service involved the members walking around the center room and chanting. Also there was a beating of a loud drum. There were probably around thirty people in the room. They continued to walk and chant for twenty minutes. In the ring of people there was a monk with a microphone chanting. He was leading the chanting of the group. Once they were done with the walking they started

Brick Lane Mosque, similarly to other mosques across the globe, displays non-existent segregationist attitudes and is open to the public regardless of taste and social class. This is further emphasised through the cultural and religious practices of the Muslims in the mosque, referring to each other as 'brothers and sisters', indicating zero arrogance or ignorance though social status. This is due to the primary belief which binds each agent, which is, in this case, the followers of Islam, who despite taste and social class, share one invaluable thing in common... religion.

The video, “Inside Mecca”, represents Islamic culture in Saudi Arabia. I found it very interesting on behalf of the God they worship and all of the rituals they do as symbolism for their beliefs. A Muslim is a person who follows the monotheistic and Abrahamic religion based on the Quran. Muslims consider the Quran to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad. It makes me think of how cultures can be compared. In this documentary it explains how the Hajj ceremony works and the specific scenarios that go one during the annual event. In this video, there are not only Islam people, but three different races that choose to go the Hajj as well. There was an American woman, South African man, and a Malaysian man as well

The Islamic culture had a very specific way in which they make the invisible, visible. In

Islam is a complete, widespread way of life. The mosques in Islam is the place of pure worship to God. Al Masjid, the mosque, is one main part of Islam which is considered to be the heart and bottom of all life’s positive and productive activities. The first mosque in Islam was made with palm trees. It was very simple and basic. The walls were made of clay; it was the headquarters of the Islamic State. Unfortunately, people nowadays consider the mosque as a place that is only for praying and prayers, however, Islam established the fact the Masjid plays an important role in the Islamic and the Muslim community, and the classical learned scholars highlighted the fact that there are certain roles and tasks which the Masjid is expected to be central to.

I decided to do research on the local Mosques in San Francisco for my cultural humility project. The reason why I chose to choose to do my cultural humility project on local Mosques is because there is a lot of misconceptions on what it is, what do they do, and how do they help their communities and if mosques around the area communicate and collaborate with each other to reach their goals. I want to educate fellow members of our class and the people I meet in life on what is the purpose of a mosque, is it for all religions or a specific religion, and who runs and funds the mosques. After looking into the local mosques, I was astonished that they

In October we were given an opportunity to tour the Islamic Center of Akron/Kent and this was my moment to swing open the doors of knowledge, new territory, and discomfort. As I prepared for that day I wondered what I would encounter. More importantly, as an observant Jew I felt uneasy, because I was about to embark on a new experience that would put me in a room where a religion that is different from mine was being practiced. As I drove to the Islamic Center I wondered who or what I would encounter. Upon entering the Mosque, the first thing I noticed was the large prayer hall on my right. The ceilings seemed as if they could touch the sky; the windows were tall and grand, allowing light to flood in and touch every inch

I chose to visit the Temple Beth-El for my Spiritual paper. The Jewish Temple in the downtown area of San Antonio is a very gorgeous building. I did not know what to expect or how they would receive me. There was a greeter who welcomed me and informed me of what kind of service they were having. I was immediately directed to some ladies who were eager to chat and welcome me as well. I was so surprised on how welcoming and inviting everyone was and it was quiet refreshing.

The Grand Mosque of Paris is about when Hitler wanted to take out all of the Jews to where they were being arrested and deported. The Grand Mosque of Paris is a place that the Muslims had built because they helped fight in World War l. They used it as a way for Jewish people to escape Hitler, they would hide here and map out places for the Jews to run. The Muslims had taken Jewish children out of detention centers or homes and they would give them new papers, found them new and safe homes, and raised funds to pay for their care. Jews could very easily pass as a Muslim when they went to The Grand Mosque of Paris, also under it there was a sewer system and there tons of passages that the Jew could escape from. That reached to Seine from there

The religious institution that I observed is affiliated with Christianity. Catholics worship is called Mass and that is what I observed and reflected about. As many of my friends are Catholic, I thought it would be interesting to go and experience a Catholic Mass, and watch what all happens during one. Given the opportunity to go to St. Mary’s Catholic church in my hometown with my friend’s family, and experience the Mass first hand.

This picture is for ‘ Al Aqsa mosque’ it’s known in English as “Dome of the Rock” that I talked about at the beginning of my description for my community. It was built in 692 in the Ummayyad period . It’s the 3rd important mosque for Muslims in the whole world, because we believe that the prophet “ Muhammad” had prayed and went to the sky from that place. it also surrounded by some other remnant that belong to the same

According to the Islamic calendar the Great Mosque was established in the year 50 by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi. The Great Mosque is considered one of the most important mosques in Tunisia, as well as in the Islamic world because it’s one of the oldest places of worship and it represents a remarkable example of Islamic architecture. The Great Mosque was one of the masterpieces of both architecture and Islamic art at that time and it still till today. historians state that the mosque was destroyed and rebuilt many times and in different