Religion+-+Mosques

=Religion - Mosques= Post your photographs and videos here. Be sure to include link back to original site.

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Questions to answer after you have found your photos and videos.
 * 1) **What is the specific function of the structure or parts of the structure?** It is a place where they congregate, and the remembrance of Allah takes place continuously through dedication to the worship of God. The minarets (the towers) contain the man called the muzzan who summons people to worship. The imam leads the prayer.
 * 2) **Are there certain people (women or people of other faiths) who are not allowed in the structure, in certain areas of the structure, or to partake in any part of the religious practice that takes place there?** Non Muslims are still allowed to enter the mosque if they are helping the Muslims and give them better understanding. Since the mosques belong to Allah, nobody can deny a person from entering a mosque. Jews and Christians cannot enter the mosque in Mecca, however, but they can enter all other ones.
 * 3) **What makes this structure different from other places of worship?** Mostly all mosques have domes because they signify the vaults of the heaven and the sky. It usually encompasses the roof over the entire main prayer hall. Most are in the form of a hemisphere, but in India the onion-shape is also popular.
 * 4) **Is there a reason for the location of the structure?** The main mosque in Mecca is important to the religious history of Islam because it is located where Muhammad was born and where he first taught Islam. Mosques are always facing Mecca because that is the holiest location of Islam, and one of the five pillars of Islam.
 * 5) **Find the absolute location (latitude/longitude) of an example of the structure. Mecca, the Ka'aba, Saudi Arabia: 21.422N, 39.826E. **