The Making of the Mosque: A Survey of Religious Imperatives (Islamic History and Thought)

By Essam Ayyad

ISBN 10: 1463207271 / ISBN 13: 9781463207274

Published by Gorgias Pr Llc, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Mosque: A Survey of Religious Imperatives (Islamic History and Thought)
• Publisher: Gorgias Pr Llc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1463207271
• ISBN 13: 9781463207274
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

"In the absence of reliable archaeological evidence, the question of how the mosque was made represents a real challenge. Its origin remains moot despite many attempts to settle the question. This study sets out to explore whether early Islam, within the framework of the Prophet's teachings and practices, as well as the Qurʾān, might have provided the necessary prompts for the making of the mosque and the shaping of its essential functional and architectural features. It also investigates how such religious prompts may have interacted with the political, cultural and socio-economic contexts in which the mosque type materialized. As such, this book scrutinizes two dominant tendencies regarding the mosque type, the modern Western views on its non-Islamic origins and the Islamic legalist views on what it should look like."