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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > crisis management > engineering and technological crises > buildings (structures) > religious buildings > mosques
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... > social science subjects > geography > human geography > regional geography > urban studies > buildings (structures) > religious buildings > mosques
... > social science subjects > geography > human geography > human geography theory > regional geography > urban studies > buildings (structures) > religious buildings > mosques

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mosques  

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  • A mosque, or masjid in Arabic, is literally a clean space for prayer, oriented so that the praying worshippers are facing the holy city of Mecca. In Cairo, a mosque can refer to a piece of carpet next to a jewelry store on the third floor of the Ramses Hilton shopping mall or a monumental 12th-century building housing the head of Husayn, the Prophet's martyred grandson. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Mosques]

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