Islamic Architecture and Arch

Rahman, Mohammed Mahbubur

doi:10.11113/ijbes.v2.n1.52

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“…The minbar is a stair-shaped pulpit from which the Imam (who leads Friday prayers) delivers sermons. Normally crafted from stone or wood with exquisite carvings, the pulpit is typically positioned to the right of the Mihrab [23].…”

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The Mosque's Primary Spaces and the Required Direction of the Mosque Building

Hussain,

Chunrou,

Juan

2023

JIA

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This study investigates the primary spaces and required orientation of mosques. Similar to other architectural styles, mosques have specific primary spaces that must be featured in every typical mosque, while each region's cultural and traditional needs determine secondary spaces. Orienting the mosque toward the Qibla direction is also crucial. The study sheds light on the correct orientation of typical mosques and the origin of Islamic directives regarding their orientation. Several common ancient mathematical procedures for calculating Qibla have been described. In addition to architectural plans for five mosques in Pakistan, artistic depictions of aerial views of existing mosques in other parts of the globe are also included.

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Section: Minbarmentioning

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The Mosque's Primary Spaces and the Required Direction of the Mosque Building

Hussain,

Chunrou,

Juan

2023

JIA

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“…Arches are primarily used to support the ceiling and raise the height of ceilings and domes in structures to relieve stress on the walls. Arches aid in the distribution of galleries and surrounding the naves in mosques, as well as the organisation of spaces for the installation of doors, windows, and other openings, besides the use of internal and external space in architecture [35] , (see figure 3). ).…”

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Thinking Directions of Added Masses to Historic Buildings at the Twentieth Century Architecture

Elsayed¹,

Ashour²,

Hegazi³

2022

cea

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“…There are numerous studies of the varieties of arch in Islamic architecture. For a succinct account, see Rahman (2015). For the arch in South Asian Islamic architecture, see Brown (2004).…”

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Postcolonial Islam in My Son the Fanatic: From Deobandi Revivalism to the Secular Transposition of the Sufi Imaginary

Scott

2020

Humanities

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Set in the early 1990s, Hanif Kureishi’s short story “My Son the Fanatic” (1997) dramatizes tensions between Parvez, a lapsed Pakistani Muslim migrant to postcolonial England, and his son Ali, who rejects the western secularity of his father and reverts to a strict form of fundamentalist Islam. If these tensions remain unresolved in the story, Kureishi’s film adaptation elaborates them. In so doing, though, My Son the Fanatic (dir. Udayan Prasad 1997) presents a very different picture. Renamed Farid, the film’s eponymous youth breaks off engagement to the daughter of the local chief of police and challenges his father: “Can you put keema [minced meat] with strawberries?” Metaphorically, this question articulates the deeper concern underlying the story: How might migrants in diaspora live an authentic Muslim life in the secular environment of the predominantly non-Muslim United Kingdom? A close reading of My Son the Fanatic reveals vying answers. Farid and Parvez both invoke the Qur’an, ultimate arbiter of value, meaning and truth in Islam, but thence their paths diverge widely. On the one hand, the film depicts the revivalist maslak of Deobandi Islam, though such missionary fervour may lead all too easily to the violent militancy of Farid and his cohort. On the other hand, My Son the Fanatic suggests conditions of possibility for a Muslim life of sacralised secularity by developing the love between Parvez and Sandra in terms of tropes and themes transposed from the Sufi imaginary to the postcolonial United Kingdom, most notably an ethos of iḥsān, that is, the cultivation of what is beautiful and good.

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Islamic Architecture and Arch

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

The Mosque's Primary Spaces and the Required Direction of the Mosque Building

The Mosque's Primary Spaces and the Required Direction of the Mosque Building

Thinking Directions of Added Masses to Historic Buildings at the Twentieth Century Architecture

Postcolonial Islam in My Son the Fanatic: From Deobandi Revivalism to the Secular Transposition of the Sufi Imaginary

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