A. What is the place of worship? What are the major features of this place? (details of architecture, how it is decorated, what the place is called)
The Shia worship in Mosques. Mosques tend to differ from country to country based on that country's traditions. However, there are many common features:
1. Ablutions - These are usually in a separate part of the building. Here, people purify, or clean themselves with water before prayer. (It is required)
2. Prayer Hall - A big room where many mats are layed down on the ground facing Mecca; specifically the Q'bla or first mosque, which is the destination of those who go on the Hajj pilgramage. Men and women are segregated from each other.
3. Dome - Many mosques have domes in their prayer hall, but the Q'bla, the first mosque, does not.
4. Minaret - A tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer
5. Library - Where people can study the Koran.
6. Mihrab - A niche in the main wall of the prayer hall which faces Mecca to denote which way to pray.
7. Mimbar - An elevated seat for the Imam to perch on whilst addressing the assembled worshippers.
Decoration includes the prohibition of living creatures or any other sort of figurative art which has lead to the development of beautiful calligraphy and geometric decoration. This comes from the idea that only Allah has the gift to bestow life.
1. Ablutions - These are usually in a separate part of the building. Here, people purify, or clean themselves with water before prayer. (It is required)
2. Prayer Hall - A big room where many mats are layed down on the ground facing Mecca; specifically the Q'bla or first mosque, which is the destination of those who go on the Hajj pilgramage. Men and women are segregated from each other.
3. Dome - Many mosques have domes in their prayer hall, but the Q'bla, the first mosque, does not.
4. Minaret - A tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer
5. Library - Where people can study the Koran.
6. Mihrab - A niche in the main wall of the prayer hall which faces Mecca to denote which way to pray.
7. Mimbar - An elevated seat for the Imam to perch on whilst addressing the assembled worshippers.
Decoration includes the prohibition of living creatures or any other sort of figurative art which has lead to the development of beautiful calligraphy and geometric decoration. This comes from the idea that only Allah has the gift to bestow life.
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