Al-Beida Mosque
The al-Beida Mosque (, Berber: ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⴰⵛⵎⵔⴰⵔ) is a mosque in Fes el-Jdid in the historic old city of Fez, Morocco. History The construction or foundation of the mosque dates from after that of the nearby al-Hamra Mosque and is thus likely from after the Marinid period. Boris Maslow (20th-century author who documented many of Fez's mosques) believed that the building's layout showed indications that it started out as a small interior space (near the ''mihrab'' today) and that it was subsequently expanded to the larger complex seen today. The expansion probably consisted of the courtyard ('' sahn'') and its surrounding gallery, which, unusually, are wider than the main prayer hall itself and thus appear to have been added afterwards. The minaret of the mosque would also date from this expansion. The mosque's name, ''jama' beida'' or ''jama' al-beida'', means either "White Mosque" or "Mosque of the White One". Since the form of the word ''beida'' (o ...
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Minaret
A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گل‌دسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer ('' adhan''), but they also served as landmarks and symbols of Islam's presence. They can have a variety of forms, from thick, squat towers to soaring, pencil-thin spires. Etymology Two Arabic words are used to denote the minaret tower: ''manāra'' and ''manār''. The English word "minaret" originates from the former, via the Turkish version (). The Arabic word ''manāra'' (plural: ''manārāt'') originally meant a "lamp stand", a cognate of Hebrew '' menorah''. It is assumed to be a derivation of an older reconstructed form, ''manwara''. The other word, ''manār'' (plural: ''manā'ir'' or ''manāyir''), means "a place of light". Both words derive from the Arabic root ''n-w-r'', which has a ...
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Horseshoe Arch
The horseshoe arch (; Spanish: "arco de herradura"), also called the Moorish arch and the keyhole arch, is an emblematic arch of Islamic architecture, especially Moorish architecture. Horseshoe arches can take rounded, pointed or lobed form. History Origins and early uses The origins of the horseshoe arch are controversial. It appeared in pre-Islamic Sasanian architecture such as the Taq-i Kasra in present-day Iraq and the Palace of Ardashir in southwestern Iran (3rd century CE). It also appeared in Late Roman or Byzantine architecture in pre-Islamic Syria, where the form was used in the Baptistery of Saint Jacob at Nusaybin (4th century CE) and in Qasr Ibn Wardan (564 CE). However, the horseshoe arch allowed more height than the classical (semi-circular) arch as well as better aesthetic and decorative use. Muslims used this arch to develop their famous ultra-semicircular arch, around which the whole of Islamic architecture evolved, thus more likely suggesting that the hor ...
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List Of Mosques In Africa
This is a list of mosques in Africa. See also * Islam in Africa * Lists of mosques References {{List of mosques !Africa * Mosques A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ...

Lists Of Mosques
Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. The lists include the most famous, largest and oldest mosques, and mosques mentioned in the Quran, as well as lists of mosques in each region and country of the world. The major regions, Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania are sorted alphabetically. The sub-regions, such as Northeast and Northwest Africa in #Africa, Africa, and Arabia and South Asia in #Asia, Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are #Named in the Quran, mentioned by name in the Quran. General *List of mosques, a selection of mosques among the most famous, worldwide *List of largest mosques *List of the oldest mosques **List of the oldest mosques#Mentioned in the Quran Asia *List of mosques in Asia *List of mosques in the Arab League **List of mosques in Afghanistan **List of mosques in Bangladesh **List of mosques in China ***List of mosques in Hong Kong ***Ma ...
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