The simplest mosque would be a prayer room with a wall marked with a “mihrab” – a niche indicating the direction of Mecca, which Muslims should face when praying. A typical mosque also ...
For Sunni Muslims the Shahadah is: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah." Shi’a Muslims add an extra phrase to the Shahadah: "And Ali is the friend of God." This shows ...
Its contrast with the rugged stone walls and landscape signals its special nature. The Mihrab is a simple niche within this wall flanked by a minbar with semi-circular stone steps leading up to it.
Some niches have been carved into the walls to place lighting lamps. The mihrab in the mosque – a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Makkah (qibla), which Muslims face ...
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