Mosque Essay

The Bibi Khanym is a congregational mosque, masjid-i jami` in Persian, built by Emperor Timur-i Leng between 1399 and 1404 in Samarkand, present day Uzbekistan. Emperor Timur remarkably expanded his small tribe into the Timurid Dynasty, which lasted from 1370 to 1507. Timur showed great leadership skills and also had an interest in architecture. The results of his artistic interests are especially apparent in Samarkand, the capital of the Timurids during Timur’s reign where art, architecture, and

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

While walking down King Faisal Street, seeing the big and colorful mosque, the Great Mosque of Aleppo, surrounded by white Jasmine flowers that are perfectly shaped, bearing strong sweet scents that represent life; I have developed most of my moral beliefs in this mosque, especially within its religious school I attended on the weekends. The memories of ancient buildings and historic monuments are recollections that I will always cherish of my time in Aleppo, Syria. Syria is located in western Asia

The idea of a clash of civilizations can be originated largely to Samuel Huntington. He describes a future where the majority of human conflicts will be due to “cultural differences”. (Huntington). In The Butterfly Mosque, Willow Wilson, an American, travels to Egypt, converts to Islam, and marries an Egyptian man. This places her at the fault lines of two cultures. Through her experiences, she sees the frontlines of this clash of civilizations that Huntington predicted, and tries to uncover if she

zid Mosque (after 1491), the Selim Mosque (1522), the Sehzade külliye (1548), and the Süleyman külliye (after 1550). They all have elevated clarity and logic and simplicity of design. A major characteristic of Ottoman mosques from the early period is the dominance of a central dome that covers a significant part of the prayer hall. The central dome increases dramatically in size and is often combined with a series of halfdomes and small domes that cascade from the central dome with the rule of Ottomans

Sacred Spaces I visited the Mosque or Masjid on River Road on September 24, 2016. I went to the service with my fiancé and our friend Samim who is Muslim. He helped us with deciding what to wear and what to do when we went in. The religious service I attended was the Dhuhr, which is the Midday Prayer that comes after Morning Prayer. Muslims pray five times a day, facing Mecca. Mecca is the holy city of Islam, where the prophet Muhammad was born and where he received the Quran. The Quran is the holy

Cultural Humility Project: Key Members of the Local Mosques in San Francisco Introduction: 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

The Great Mosque of Cordoba vs. Hagia Sophia Religion has played a huge role in the history of the world of architecture. We can get a deeper look in the minds and attitudes of people when we look at their beliefs – specifically their religion. But even though religion played a huge role in the approach to architecture, the pursuit of beauty and power can also explain to us the approaches and the outlooks of those who built or designed buildings from the ancient world. Two buildings, the Hagia

The Cause of Hatred and Distrust in the Middle East The war in Iraq is further poisoning the already noxious political atmosphere between Arabs and Americans. It has intensified and increased dangerous feelings of humiliation and outrage among the Arab public, while paranoid rhetoric about Western attacks against Islam elsewhere is spreading from the religious fringe to the mainstream. It is simplistic and self- serving for political leaders in the West to tell us that

One of the most intriguing and thought provoking topics discussed in class was Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. After learning about this topic, I had many thoughts about today’s society and how Allegory of the Cave applies to it. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave describes a group of individuals living in a cave, with their necks chained, facing a blank wall. Objects passing in front of a fire behind them create shadows on the wall in front of them. The prisoners believe that the shadows are reality. If