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The Arabic word for mosque, “masjid”, means “place of prostration”. The first mosque was the Prophet Muhammad's home in Medina, Saudi Arabia, a 7th-Century house with a large courtyard surrounded by long rooms. 

]]> 2017-10-30 21:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eimear_jenkinson/hy3892kffuf8/wish/201934613 eimear_jenkinson https://padlet.com/eimear_jenkinson/hy3892kffuf8/wish/201935180 The simplest mosque has a prayer room with a wall marked with a “mihrab” – a niche indicating the direction of Mecca, which Muslims should face when praying]]> 2017-10-30 21:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/eimear_jenkinson/hy3892kffuf8/wish/201935180 eimear_jenkinson https://padlet.com/eimear_jenkinson/hy3892kffuf8/wish/201935873 Most mosques have a dome. The dome, or "qubba", is often placed directly above the main prayer hall as a symbol of both the vaults of heaven and the sky]]> 2017-10-30 21:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eimear_jenkinson/hy3892kffuf8/wish/201935873 eimear_jenkinson https://padlet.com/eimear_jenkinson/hy3892kffuf8/wish/201936942 2017-10-30 21:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eimear_jenkinson/hy3892kffuf8/wish/201936942