Mosques

[emkhan]

no, why?

I thought you will.

[faye]

my prayer is my love of creation, emkhan.

[emkhan]

Faye, the creator should be loved more than the creation.

[faye]

actually, i can't really say what i will do before i am there. i can't predict the future.

[Haris]

Thanks emkhan.



I knew you'd like it Faye with its mosaic work and the fact that its in Morroco

[faye]

there's so much artistic work in that mosque. be nice to go there.

[faye]

Faye, the creator should be loved more than the creation.

emkhan you and i have different beliefs about creator/creation and prayer. so you do it your way and i will do it mine.

[Haris]

From one of the biggest mosques on Earth to one of the smallest,









All I know is that it is called Masjid Ibrahim Adham and it is located in Byblos (Lebanon).

There is no more info and no more images but Byblos is a great historical city, would certainly like to go there some time.

[Haris]

The Great Mosque of Samarra (Iraq)






It was built in 857 by the Abbasid caliph Al Mutawakkil.
It was at one time the largest mosque on Earth.
It is 17 stories high.
Abit of the top was blown off by insurgents because US troops used it as a lookout tower.



Some more detailed info:
Al-Mutawakkil commissioned the construction of the Great Mosque of
Samarra upon his succession to the Abbasid caliphate in the mid-ninth
century. While the outer wall still stands, little remains of the interior of
the mosque today. This sizable rectangular structure measured
approximately 38,000 square meters and was encompassed by an outer
baked brick wall supported by a total of forty-four semi-circular towers
including four corner ones. In its time, it was the world's largest mosque.
One could enter the mosque through one of sixteen gates. It has been
posited that featured over each entrance were several small arched
windows.

Between each tower, a frieze of sunken square niches with beveled frames
runs the upper course of the entire structure. The outer wall included
twenty-eight windows with twenty-four of them being on the southern
face, one for each of the aisles in the inner sanctuary with the exception
of the one with the mihrab. The roof of the mosque was supported by
twenty-four rows of nine piers in the sanctuary, three rows of nine piers
again in the riwaq to the north, and each side having twenty-two rows of
four piers.

A rectangular mihrab with two marble columns on each side could be found
positioned in the southern wall of the mosque. Claims have been made that
the Great Mosque of Samarra could be compared to the Umayyad Mosque
in Damascus as glass mosaics were pervasive throughout the site. Aerial
photographs provide evidence that an expansive enclosed field measuring
376 x 444 meters (approximately 17 hectares) surrounded the mosque with
a brick wall. This area is known as a ziyada, a widespread feature of
Congregational mosques during this period. Within this ziyada was a smaller
one that only encompassed the mosque on its north, west, and east sides.

Directly 27.25 meters from the center of the mosque's north face stands
the Minaret al-Malwiya, approximately 55 meters high. Although round in
shape, this minaret is influenced by a specific type of Mesopotamian
ziggurat, square-planned and featuring stairs or an incline on the exterior
of its façade while rotating several times until reaching the crown.

The base or socle of the minaret measures thirty-three square meters and
rises to a height of almost three meters. It supports a spiral ramp that
winds counterclockwise five times up the minaret beginning on the side
closest to the mosque. At the top of the tower rests a round vestibule,
which is adorned with eight pointed-arched niches.

[Haris]

Ortaköy Mosque (Turkey)














At night:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...3%B6y_cami.jpg

Inside view of the dome:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...B6y_camii3.jpg

A close-up
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...koy_Mosque.jpg



The mosque lies along the great Bospohorus strait (the passageway from the meditirannean to the Black Sea).
You can also see the great Bosphorus bridge in some of the images.
It was built in 1856 by the Ottoman sultan Abdulmecid.
The big caligraphy you see inside was done by Abdulmedic himself.
The high windows are there to allow the changing reflections of the Bosphorous to shine through
You can see the architecture incorporates Western European and traditional Ottoman styles together.



Looks nice in my opinion.

[faye]

that is a very lovely mosque. looks older than that date. thanks, haris.

[emkhan]

Very nice mosques. great work

[Haris]

I know nothing about this mosque except that it is in a small remote village somewhere in Bangladesh.
So I cannot provide any information or any more photos, but I think it does look nice.

[Janana]

That one right above here is great Haris. It's cute but really intricate and colourful, I really like!

[Haris]

From now on I will just post links to any images over 1000 pixels since it was taking a long time to load the page.




Putra Mosque, Malaysia




























Facing the scenic Putrajaya Lake, the Putra Mosque is arguably Putrajaya's
most distinctive landmark and one of the most modern mosques in the
world.

A showcase of how mosque designs have evolved in Malaysia, Putra
Mosque's Islamic-architecture artistically blends traditional designs, local
craftsmanship and the use of indigenous materials.

The mosque is modeled after Persian Islamic architecture of the Safavid
period with elements derived from other Muslim cultures. Incorporating
Malaysian, Persian and Arab-Islamic architectural designs, the main
entrance to the mosque is fashioned in the likeness of public building gates
in Muslim Persia.

Its 116-metre minaret is influenced by the design of the Sheikh Omar
mosque in Baghdad, while the basement wall of the mosque resembles that
of the King Hassan mosque in Casablanca, Morocco.

The mosque is constructed in rose-tinted granite which gives its
desert-pink hue that offsets the cengal woodwork on doors, windows and
panels.

The Prayer Hall is simple and elegant and supported by 12 columns that
prop up the 36-metre diameter main dome.

The mimbar (pulpit) and mehrab (niche that denotes the direction of
Mecca) are adorned with khat or Islamic calligraphy.

A unique feature has been added to the sound system design - front throw
speakers are used to create the effect of all sounds originating from the
direction of the imam.
The mosque complex which can accommodate up to 10,000 worshippers
can be used to hold conferences, seminars and symposiums. Worshippers
can also congregate at the sahna paved courtyard in front of the prayer
hall.

The courtyard is landscape with features and can hold an additional 5,000
people.










Very nice mosque.






EDIT: I just saw this image of Putra Square. Very nice.