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Summary of the Mosque:
The Image to the right and the image above is a picture of a Mosque. The Mosques is surrounded by people and street stands or shops which is fairly common for any Mosque. In addition the Mosque to the right has three minarets or towers coming out of it. However a Mosque can have up to eight towers coming out of it just like in the Mosque above. In the Mosque above people can see the courtyard in the middle of the Mosque. All Mosques have courtyards in the middle surrounded by four walls. In addition there is a fountain or well in the center of the courtyard. The Mosques in both photos are quite large, however some Mosques only consist of a courtyard surrounded by four walls and a fountain or well.

Mosques are the foundation stone for Muslim society and religion. Muslims worship their GOD Allah in this temple and they also the remembrance of Allah continuously takes place in here. When a Muslim enters a Mosque he/she should say **"I begin in the name of Allah. Peace and** **blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. O my Lord forgive my sins and open for me the doors of your mercy."** As a Muslim leaves their holy Mosque they must say, **"I begin in the name of Allah. Peace and blessing upon the messenger of Allah. O my Lord forgive my sins and open for me the doors of your bounty."** Mosques are the center of political and social development for the Muslim culture. Lots of Muslims are enjoined to observe one of the five pillars called the Salat. If one is unable to reach a Mosque on a regular basis then they can observe the Salat elsewhere. There is special attire that must be worn in the Mosques. The Muslims have to wear clean, modest, and elegant clothing.



Third Paragraph:
There are many different religious artifacts that enhance peoples understanding on religion. The Kaaba, the Menorah, and the Mosque are all artifacts that help people understand the Jewish and Islam religion. When people learn about the Kaaba they realize that Islamic people believe that god is everywhere. The fact that Islam’s believes that god is everywhere helps people understand the Islam religion because not all religions believe that god is present everywhere. The Menorah helps people understand the Jewish religion because it shows them what Hanukkah is about when they learn why there are nine branches on the Menorah used for Hanukkah. When they learn that eight candles are for when the lamp burned for eight days instead of one day and the ninth is to light all the rest they understand the miracle that happened. Finally the Mosque also helps people understand the Islam religion. The Mosque helps people understand that the Mosque in the Islam religion would be like a church in a Christian religion. In addition it helps people realize that it is the center of political and social development for the Muslim culture. (Charlie Barnes)

Nativity is an important in Christian image. A common symbol of Nativity that we often see is baby Jesus in a crib. It represents Jesus’ story while he was born. The menorah tells us what the Jews had to go through and what God wanted the Jews to do. The menorah is basically a set of commandments. The menorah has a tradition of being lit during Hanukkah. Mosques are used as a place of worship. It is a very important place in the Islamic faith because they have to do certain things in there that aren’t necessary in other places. Muslims have to dress in certain attire as well as worship in a certain way. (Denzell Conway)

Worldbookonline.com:

 * Building used for Muslim worship
 * Have served as places of religious instruction
 * Can be temporary homes for traveling scholars
 * A basic Mosque has a courtyard surrounded by four walls with a fountain or well in the middle and usually have 1 to 8 towers
 * In the Mosque there is a wall with a decorative arch which indicates what direction the Muslims must face when praying
 * The wall is usually closest holy city of Mecca

Islam.com

 * Foundation stone for Muslim society
 * Place where believers congregate to get to know each other
 * Believers share their pleasures and their problems
 * Remembrance of Allah takes place here continuously
 * Muslims are enjoined to observe the Salat
 * Mosques serve as a center social and political activities
 * Muslims have to wear elegant clothes

Allaboutturkey.com

 * Mosques are centers of cities or centers of neighborhoods in cities
 * Mosques are almost never in open areas and usually have shops and commercial activities in the streets around it
 * When a person enters a Mosque they must take off their shoes or saddles
 * When a person enters a Mosque they must enter with their right foot first and say blessings to Muhammad and their family
 * A person has to be quite in a Mosque and they can not be loud so they do not disturb people praying
 * For the Friday pray it is advised that people wear nice cloths just like people wear nice cloths to church
 * Mosques can be segregated
 * In the first century many Mosques were originally churches but then converted into Mosques when many Muslims used it for the beliefs while still respecting the christian faith.
 * Many rooms besides the courtyard and halls are found in some Mosques and are used by different social classes and can be used to temporally stay in
 * Mosques can commonly be reffed to as "the house of god"
 * Many Mosques today in the Arab territories are closed to non-Muslims

Websites:
Hennessey, William. "Mosque." //World Book Online//. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. .

"Mosque its Significance." //Islam.com//. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. .

Sansal, Burak. "The mosque in Islamic religion - All About Turkey." //All About Turkey//. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. .

Pictures:
"Masjid Al Haram" Online Image. Wikipedia. 9 November 2009. 

Parkar, Ali. "Kaaba and Al Haram Mosque Landmark." Online Image. Google. 9 November 2009. 

How and Where We Got Our Information:
Two of our sources, islam.com and allaboutturkey.com, were websites, while the other, worldbookonline.com, was a database. We found our websites by going to search engines, like Google and Bing, and typed in "Mosque". However, we did read through the web cites to make sure it seemed like a valid web cite that gave credible information. We found our database by going to the MICDS Library site to find databases that would give us information on Mosques. For our pictures we typed in Mosque on Google Images and Found a picture of a Mosque when we were on Wikipedia.