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    I have decided to study the Bangladesh Muslim Center, also known as the Jame Masjid/Mosque by the locals for my ethnographic fieldwork project. The mosque is located in the Kensington neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The place of worship may be found on the corner of McDonald Avenue and Cortelyou Road; and the F train runs right in front of the building. It is in such an area where at times the noise level is at a maximum due to several building supply and material warehouses

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    (Aph, 2016, para.10). However, withstanding the overt racism confronted by Muslims, it appears Australia is not completely upholding the obligations it is signatory to. Mosque animosity demonstrates the attitudes of some Australians towards Muslims, due to their violent reaction towards them. The construction of the Narre Warren mosque had been rejected by the council due to the uproar of individual Australians opposing it (Dow, 2016). The proposal received a total of 1003 objections from the local

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    Comparing Islamic and Arabic Architecture Works Cited Missing The Hagia Sophia church and the Suleymaniye mosque are separated by a thousand years but are tied together eternally. One representing the achievement of the Christian-Byzantine empire and the other representing the ability of the Islamic-Ottoman empire and its architect Sinan. Two empires that had very little in common other than their architecture and region. In earlier history the Dome of the Rock represented the Islamic empire's

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    Secondly, commercial buildings were so popular in Cairo because it was already a major trading point for the Ottoman Empire. The different type of commercial buildings were wikalas, khans, qaisariyas, suqs, and funduqs. Ismail explains that these type of buildings existed since the Mameluke Empire period, but they were kept being built during the Ottoman Empire, with some minor changes. The wikalas were buildings located within the city walls and had a design that had shops on the ground floor

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    Islamic Empire decide to take up the offer to help the Roman in developing an architectural using the Islam plan. The Islam work was done base on their spiritual guidance. Islamic architectural build and design palace mostly for religious rulers and Mosques. The Islamic had a draft out a drawing of sun-dried brick house Muhammad in the city of Medina. The Islamic had to keep in mind that building a palace had to be sacred. The draft, however, points out detail about the structure of the outside in countless

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    came up with one of the first hospitals, surgical innovations, philosophy, astronomy, geography and many more. One particular thing that they were most famous for was their architecture. From their vibrant colored tiles in Morocco, to the grand mosque in Cordoba for its columns, to the hypostyles in ancient Persia, and finally to the Taj Mahal of Agra in India, Before we start with the architectural designs, we need to start from the beginning. Islam spread worldwide after the Prophet Muhammad

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    Islamic religion have been around for centuries, but Hinduism is older than Islamic religion. Those two religions interested me to know about their places, the services, and worship. The two religions places that I went are Hinduism Temple and Islamic Mosque. When I went to the Hinduism temple they were friendly, welcoming, and they will try to help you understand about their religion. There are many gods in Hinduism and

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    worship, which for Muslims is a Mosque and for the Jewish a Synagogue also known as a temple. The similarities and differences of practices, values and beliefs

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    recommendation of the mosque was addressed, the topic of ground zero was considered along with it. The articles chiefly associated ground zero to the term mosque, as seen in the excerpt the recommended mosque near ground zero attracted hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators, with adversaries carrying signs correlating Islam with blood, advocates yelling, Say no to racist fear! With American flags waving on both sides (Fox News articles, 2010). While giving facts such as 62 % of people favor the mosque being built

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    community. My first source was a video called Muslim leaders speak out after mosque fire. My second source was an article called Young

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