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December 2013<\/span><\/em>
\nI. Overview Video
\n<\/span>II. Birth of the Islamic Mosque
\n<\/span>III. Architectural Segmentation
\n<\/span>IV. Sources<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe spiritual peace that one feels in the masjid is but one of the many blessings of visiting a House of Allah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

-Yasir Qadhi<\/span><\/p>\n

I. Overview Video<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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II. Birth of the Islamic Mosque<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then<\/span><\/p>\n

After migrating to Medina, The Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad, established the Islamic state we now see today.\u00a0Muhammad saw the need for a belief system along with a social system for all aspects of the newly birthing Islamic ways of life.\u00a0 However, Muhammad and his followers faced a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where\u00a0was the new Muslim society\u00a0supposed to generate their ideas, beliefs, and address to its problems? The Muslims wanted to have a communal place where they could worship, educate, govern, direct daily aspects of life, and above all come together as a community. Seeing these common wants, a plot of land was purchased and the first ever Mosque was constructed.\u00a0 This mosque consisted of \u201c\u2026sand, its walls of brick, its pulpit of wood, and its roof from tree branches and leaves from trees\u201d (Farahati 146). That didn\u2019t matter to the Muslim community; what mattered to them the most was that the mosque itself was filled<\/a> with the \u201cspirituality, intimacy, cordiality, and faith and love of Allah\u201d (Farahati 146).<\/span><\/p>\n

Now<\/span><\/p>\n

The Islamic mosque can be seen as the \u201cmost important organization in Islamic society.\u201d The mosque itself contains social, political, and educational embodiments. The mosque explained in the previous section is located in Medina, Saudi Arabia and is called The Masjid-al-Quba. Click\u00a0HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> to be taken to Masjid al-Quba for a 3D virtual tour!<\/span><\/p>\n

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3 Different types of Mosques:<\/span><\/p>\n