A mosque (; from ) is a place of worship for followers of Islam.

There are strict and detailed requirements in Sunni jurisprudence ("fiqh") for a place of worship to be considered a mosque, with places that do not meet these requirements regarded as "musalla"s. 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 "Sharia" 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. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for "salat" ( "salat", meaning "prayer") as well as a center for information, education, social welfare, and dispute settlement. The imam leads the congregation in prayer.

The word entered English from a French word that probably derived from Italian "moschea", a variant of Italian "moscheta", from either Middle Armenian ("mzkit'") or Medieval Greek ("masgidion") or Spanish "mezquita", from the Arabic "masjad" meaning "place of worship" or "prostration in prayer", either from Nabataean "masgdha" or from Arabic "sajada" meaning "to bow down in prayer", probably ultimately from Aramaic "sghedh".

1. What languaged did the word mosque enter the English language from?
2. and what languaged did the French word probably derivve from?
3. What is a mosque?
4. Where did mosques originate?
5. Are there mosques on other continents?
6. Do mosques serve many fucntions?
7. like what?
8. Do some religions have restrictions for places of worship to be considered a mosque?
9. what are some aspects of some mosques architecture?
10. What is the Spanish word that the word mosque possibly came from?
1. French
2. Italian
3. a place of worship for followers of Islam.
4. the Arabian Peninsula
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. a place of prayer, center for information, education, social welfare, and dispute settlement.
8. Yes
9. elaborate domes, minarets, and prayer halls
10. Arabic