Mosque | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-09

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00:00:40 1 Etymology
00:01:18 2 History
00:02:42 2.1 Diffusion and evolution
00:07:12 2.2 Conversion of non-Muslim places of worship
00:08:43 3 Religious functions
00:09:02 3.1 Prayers
00:09:48 3.2 Ramadan
00:11:58 3.3 Charity
00:12:31 3.4 Frequency of attendance
00:13:34 4 Contemporary civic roles
00:14:17 4.1 Advocacy
00:15:12 4.2 Social conflict
00:16:57 4.3 Saudi influence
00:18:13 4.4 Political controversy
00:18:50 5 Architecture
00:18:58 5.1 Styles
00:22:07 5.2 Minarets
00:24:06 5.3 Mihrab
00:24:39 5.4 Domes
00:25:16 5.5 Prayer hall
00:27:09 5.6 Ablution facilities
00:27:47 5.7 Contemporary features
00:28:08 5.8 Symbols
00:28:40 6 Rules and etiquette
00:29:05 6.1 Prayer leader (Imam)
00:30:31 6.2 Cleanliness
00:31:14 6.3 Dress
00:31:49 6.4 Concentration
00:32:35 6.5 Gender separation
00:34:17 6.6 Non-Muslims in mosques
00:37:55 7 See also



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A mosque (; from Arabic: مَـسْـجِـد‎, translit. masjid) is a place of worship for Muslims. There are strict and detailed requirements in Sunni jurisprudence (Arabic: فِـقْـه‎, fiqh) for a place of worship to be considered a mosque, with places that do not meet these requirements regarded as musallas. There are stringent restrictions on the uses of the area formally demarcated as the mosque (which is often a small portion of the larger complex), and in the Islamic Sharī‘ah (Arabic: شَـرِيْـعَـة‎, Law), after an area is formally designated as a mosque, it remains so until the Last Day.Many mosques have elaborate domes, minarets, and prayer halls, in varying styles of architecture. Mosques originated on the Arabian Peninsula, but are now found in all inhabited continents.