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Me looking ridiculous in my modest mosque wear (though my hair is showing because I don't have the hijab skills down yet) and the ludicrous shoe coverings they tie onto visitors' feet in the mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo.
In most mosques, you just take your shoes off before entering and walk around in your socks or bare feet, but Ibn Tulun ties these goofy contraptions on over your shoes. Naturally, a tip is expected for this service.
There seem to be a lot of misconceptions about what is appropriate to wear to a mosque. Here are some guidelines: Both sexes should wear modest clothing that is not see-through or form-fitting. For men, legs and shoulders should be covered (no shorts, muscle shirts or unbuttoned shirts). For women, everything but the hands, feet and face should be covered. There's no need for an abaya, regular street clothes that are loose-fitting and cover your limbs are fine, just bring a long loose-fitting shirt or tunic to put on top and a scarf. A pashmina wrap or shawl--the indispensable travel accessory-- serves this purpose wonderfully well in cooler weather. A hoodie will do in a pinch. More frequently visited mosques, such as this one, have robes, abayas and/or headscarves available to rent or borrow.
The reason for the dress code is all about respect--respect for God and for fellow worshippers. You're supposed to dress modestly so as not to distract people from the reason that they are presumably there- to worship God. In my view abayas for both genders would be an even better idea to eliminate means of judging each other-- no evaluating each other's bodies, clothes, wealth, poverty, personal style, fashion sense, etc.
Mosque of Muhammad `Ali: interior view of the Mosque's domes with their Baroque decorative patterns.
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4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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The Mosque of Ibn-Tulun: The furthest westerly evidence of the spread of the Abbasid imperial style. This mosque is distinguished by its combination of columns and piers (eastern and western influences), its spiralling minaret and exclusive dependence on brick as a building material. Its porticos are composed of brick piers with four engaged brick columns which run along its four sides.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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The Madrasa of Ulugh Beg in Samarqand (1417-20). Standing in front of the Registan square, this four-iwan madrasa has four domed chambers on the corners, possibly functioning as mausolea, and a vaulted prayer hall on the iwan axis. The Registan square was defined later by the addition of two other madrasas to form a locus of urban life.
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4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Stucco Decoration, Samarra Style: the style tended towards the abstraction of scrolls, stems, and leaves that belonged to the decorative vocabulary of Antiquity. Following the degree of abstraction, three styles have been identified: Style A: vine-leave ornament bearing resemblance to the Hellenistic, naturalizing origin. Style B: vegetal ornament with some abstraction such as no stalks from which the leaves grow. Style C: moulded pattern, very abstract with a combination of vegetal and geometric motifs. Patterns are normally inscribed within borders.
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4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Alsahabah Mosque,, new opened in 2017,, in AlSHAREM ALSHEKH,, SOUTH SIENA,, EGYPT,, CANON EOS ,,, NOV 2018
This mosque was designed by Architect Abdel Wahid El-Wakil and it won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1989.
For more info on the mosque, click on the link below.
One of the largest and most impressive mosques globally, the vast space can house 25,000 worshippers. The tall minaret is 210 meters and is visible from many parts of the city and from the ocean.
Tabatabayi house, Kashan, Iran. A 150~200 years old house in an ancient city in Iran. Now a museum and traditional cafeteria.
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Khaneh Tabatabaei-ha or "The Tabatabaeis' House" is a famous historic house in Kashan, Iran.
The house was built in the 1840s for the affluent Tabatabaei family.
It consists of a four beautiful courtyards, delightful wall paintings with elegant stained glass windows, and all the other classic signatures of Traditional Persian residential architecture such as biruni and andaruni.
It was designed by Ustad Ali Maryam. He is the same person who later on built the Boroujerdi-ha House, for the Tabatabaei's newly married daughter. (www.wikipedia.org)
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Taken with Canon EOS 10 QD (film camera)
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The Mosque of al-Rifai in Cairo. Begun in 1869 and designed in a neo-Mamluk style, the mosque was left unfinished until 1906 when Max Herz Bey, the famous restorer of Islamic monuments in Cairo completed it. It stands opposite the grand mosque of Sultan Hasan as an attempt of the Khedival family to measure up to the achievements of the Mamluks.
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4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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The Madrasa al-Mustansiriyya in Baghdad (finished 1233): a late Abbasid tour-de-force, this monumental madrasa was built by the caliph al-Mustansir on a site overlooking the river Tigris. It accommodated teaching in the four schools of Sunni jurisprudence and in hadith (Prophet's traditions), and students were lodged in separate cells on two floors. The madrasa's choice location and pronounced monumentality reflect its high caliphal patronage.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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The Mihrab of Sultan Oljeïtu at the Isfahan Masjid-i-Jomeh (1310): a most unusual, carved stucco mihrab added onto a structural wall along with the whole vaulted oratory, called the winter hall.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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First imperial mosque built by Caliph al-Walid I (705-15), the son of Abd al-Malik. A detail of the Barada mosaic of the eastern wall of the mosque courtyard.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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The mosque was built in 1912, a contributory effort of YTM Tunku Mahmud Ibni Almarhum Sultan Tajuddin Mukarram Shah. The site of this mosque was the cemetery of Kedah warriors who had died while defending Kedah from the Siamese in 1821. The architecture of the mosque was inspired by the AZIZI Mosque in Langkat town in north Sumatra. This mosque is enhanced with five prime large domes symbolizing the five Islamic principles.
Its official opening ceremony was held on Friday, 15 October 1915 by the late HRH Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah. Tunku Mahmud read the Friday sermon while HRH Sultan Abdul Hamid Shah led the Friday prayer. Behind Zahir Mosque is the Syariah Court building complex and Pre-School for Children aged below 6 years old.( wikipedia )
Architect; Kamil Khan Mumtaz, 2001- , The central courtyard contains the lime preparing tanks. It is said that the requirements of organic additives have been accidentally fulfilled by thousands of baby frogs perishing in these pools after rains.
One of the false chambers over the actual grave in the basement can be seen behind the marble 'jali', under the double dome above, an exact replica of Imam Ali's shrine in Najaf.
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Most government buildings in Putrajaya are inspired by the Islamic architecture gathered from all around the world with the local touch .
Al-Azhar Mosque: (969-72) The royal congregational mosque of al-Qahira, founded in 969 and dedicated in 972, it evolved to become the religious center of Egypt and the most celebrated theological college in the Islamic world.
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4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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This mosque was designed by Architect Abdel Wahid El-Wakil and it won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1989.
For more info on the mosque, click on the link below.
Had an interesting conversation about faith with an Indian muslim at this mosque in Singapur. I love Islamic architecture.
Title: Sevilla. Alcazar. Patio de las Munecas.
Alternative Title: [Seville. Alcazar. Patio of the Dolls.]
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This is one of the largest mosques in the Crimea and one of the first buildings of the Khan's palace. The mosque was built in 1532 by Sahib I Giray and bore his name in the 17th century.
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I used a snot/nested ring technique I'd developed earlier for a prototype dome for the first time on an actual MOC here.
The Mosque of Sultan Hasan (1356-61). The most monumental of all Cairene mosques, it stands like a fortress across from the Citadel of Cairo. The structure is a four-iwan, four-madrasa composition with a mausoleum right on the qibla axis of the mosque. The huge portal is oriented to impress the viewer coming from the Citadel. Its minarets mark the beginning of the line of development of the 3-tiered Mamluk minarets.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
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The Hall opens into the Court of Lions (closed at the time of my visit for restoration work). The name is derived from the two marble slabs on the floor with a fountain in the middle from which water flows into the Court of the Lions.
As you enter the hall and look up, there is a marvelous stalacite dome with a star in the middle.