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	Debian -- minbar
		Minbar is a GNOME Islamic prayer times application on top of libitl, the Arabeyes prayer calculation library.
		It runs in background as a tray icon, plays the 'athan' (call to prayer) and notifies at prayer times.
		Minbar works with the main calculation methods (Muslim League by default, Shafii, Hanafi,...).
	packages.debian.org /unstable/misc/minbar (148 words)

	Minbar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Minbar (Arabic: منبر) is a pulpit in the mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah خطبه).
		The minbar is usually shaped as a small tower with a pointed roof and with a stair leading up to it.
		The minbar is located to the right of the mihrab, the niche that indicates the direction of prayer (i.e.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minbar (184 words)

	Minbari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minbar is a fictional planet, the homeworld of the Minbari race on the science fiction television series Babylon 5.
		Although there is a capital city on Minbar, Yedor, the ruling body of the Minbari Federation, known as the Grey Council, usually meets on board a starship.
		Unlike Jesus, Valen is not considered a deity, however he was a "Minbari not born of Minbar".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minbari (1434 words)

	Minbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The minbar is used with the khutba, the Friday sermon, and the khatib (the person performing the Friday sermon) ascends it.
		Early on, the minbar soon got an important function for transmitting official proclamations were made, whether it be from the secular rulers or from religious leaders.
		Minbars soon came to be covered with a curtain, after pattern of Ka'ba.
	i-cias.com /e.o/minbar.htm (274 words)

	Minbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		A Minbar is a pulpit in the mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah).
		Minbar Pulpit in a mosque, placed next to the mihrab.
		Al Minbar Articles et revue de presse progouvernementales.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Minbar.html (257 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Masterpiece Minbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Kutubiyya minbar was probably built in the same workshop that made the famous Córdoba one, for a newly deciphered inscription on its left side states that it was ordered in Córdoba on the first day of Muharram 532 AH (September 19, 1137) for the congregational mosque in Marrakech.
		Apart from the minbar, all that remained of the earlier mosque was the charming ablution pavilion that once stood in its court.
		The magnificent minbar was transferred yet again to the new mosque, and it was this that came to be known as the Kutubiyya ("Booksellers'") Mosque, because of the dozens of bookshops that once surrounded it.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199803/the.masterpiece.minbar.htm (3436 words)

	Some elements of the mosque - All About Turkey
		The minbar is used with the khutba (hutbe), the Friday sermon, and the khatib ascends it.
		The minbar appears to be from the time of the Prophet, and its introduction is probably an expression of the Prophets position in the society, where the minbar worked as a throne.
		It was the caliph Mu'awiyya who in 670 AD (50 H) raised the minbar of Muhammad with 6 steps, and this became the pattern for all minbars ever after, even if Mu'awiyya's act was strongly opposed.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /mosque2.htm (937 words)

	Minbar - Wikipedia
		Minbar (arabisch: منبر) ist die Kanzel in der Moschee, meistens neben der Gebetsnische mihrab an der qibla-Wand errichtet, auf der der Chatib (خطيب) am Freitag die Predigt hält. Früher wurden von der Kanzel auch die Erlasse der jeweiligen Herrscher verkündet.
		In gleicher Weise ist das Minbar von den ersten Kalifen benutzt worden.
		Abî Sufyân, führte sein eigenes Minbar auf seiner Reise aus Damaskus nach Mekka mit.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minbar (267 words)

	Minbar - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
		Minbar z reguły budowany jest z drewna, rzadziej z kamienia lub metalu; ma zwykle kształt wysokiego krzesła o schodkowej podstawie.
		Minbar, początkowo dość prosty, z czasem przybrał formę wysokiej wspaniale konstrukcji, zdobionej najczęściej techniką ażurową lub inkrustacją.
		Najstarszy minbar zachował się w Wielkim Meczecie Al-Kajrawanie (Kairuanie), w Tunezji.
	pl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minbar (126 words)

	Woodwork in Islamic arts
		Blair and Bloom (1994) note that the minbar was probably built for Qaytbay's madrasa (school) in Cairo.
		Blair and Bloom write that minbars from this period are typically triangular in shape with an elaborate portal.
		Minbars are only used on Fridays for the Khatib (preacher) to deliver the khutba (sermon).
	www.islamicart.com /main/architecture/wood.html (1106 words)

	Minbar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The minbar is located to the right of the ((Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca) mihrab, the niche that indicates the direction of prayer (i.e.
		In some mosques there is a platform (müezzin mahfili in (A Turkic language spoken by the Turks) Turkish) opposite the minbar.
		That is the place of the assistant of the Imam, the (The Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day) muezzin, stands during prayer.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Mi/Minbar.htm (253 words)

	Celebrations In Islam
		When he reached the musallaa, I found a minbar (raised steps to address people from), which was built by Katheer Bin as-Salt.
		It is not permissible to bring out a minbar to the musallaa or to build a fixed one.
		This clearly indicates that he was not standing on a minbar during the khutbah.
	www.qss.org /articles/celebrations/5-7.html (800 words)

	Islamic Voice
		Minbars are normally located on the right side of the niche (mihrab) in every mosque, from which the pulpiteer gives the sermon.
		The seat at the top of the minbar was also elaborated and particularly in Egypt and Iran regions it was covered with a wooden canopy.
		The oldest surviving minbar in North Africa is the one in the great mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, which was assembled more than thousand years ago, in the middle of ninth century.
	www.islamicvoice.com /june.2000/child.htm (2355 words)

	Mosques
		Mihrab and minbar in a mosque in Yemen
		A minbar is a "pulpit", or a place from which a religious leader (an "imam") speaks to the people.
		Mihrab and minbar Madar-i-shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran
	www.sfusd.k12.ca.us /schwww/sch618/Architecture/Mosques.html (367 words)

	Minbar - The Great Machine
		The planet is the seventh from its sun and almost one quarter of Minbar is covered by its North polar ice cap.
		Minbar is covered in natural crystal deposits out of which the Minbari have formed many of their cities.
		One of the largest cities on Minbar is Tuzenor, which is also home to the headquarters of the Interstellar Alliance.
	tgm.firstones.com /wiki/Minbar (88 words)

	Minbar at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		This feature is the Islamic equivalent of the Pulpit found in Christian Churches.
		Minbar is also a fictional planet, the homeworld of the Minbari race in the television series Babylon 5.
		The population of the planet is about 4 billion, and the capital city is located at Yedor.
	wiki.tatet.org /Minbar.html (311 words)

	Heirs of the Prophets [Chapter 4]
		The minbar in the early period was therefore not at all specially associated with worship but was the seat of the ruler in the council.
		The first tendency to its use as a pulpit is seen by Becker in the introduction of the minbar into the divine service at the musalla, the outdoor place of prayer in Medina; this innovation is ascribed to Mu'awiya or to his governor.
		From the year 7 A.H. to the present day, the minbar of every great mosque in the world of Islam is "the seat of the mighty." From such minbars the khatib has exercised the power of eloquence, roused the multitudes to new fervor, or even jihad, and pulled down princes from their thrones.
	answering-islam.org /Books/Zwemer/Heirs/chap4.htm (4368 words)

	MINBAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The only piece of furniture required in a mosque is the minbar.
		This is a set of at least three steps to raise the person [usually the imam] who preaches the Friday midday sermon, so that he can be seen and heard.
		In large mosques the minbar may be very high, with a small platform on the top.
	www.rekts.freeservers.com /MINBAR.html (58 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Minbar
		Minbar is a beautiful world, home to the Minbari.
		Nearly one quarter of the planet is covered by the north polar ice cap and the planet in general is littered with large and rich crystalline deposits.
		The capital of Minbar is A and the capital of the Interstellar Alliance is A
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2481383 (164 words)

	Encyclopedia: Minbari
		The following is a list of people involved in a significant way with the science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
		Michael OHare as Valen in Babylon 5 A Minbari not born of Minbari Valen is the fictional leader of the Minbari in the science fiction television show Babylon 5.
		The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Minbari (2287 words)

	Guide page: "War Without End, Part One" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		There is at least one Vorlon on Minbar, a fact that's known to at least some of the former Grey Council.
		Very possibly he was Valen, "a Minbari not born of Minbar," as Lennier described Valen in "Passing Through Gethsemane." Sinclair, as the Grey Council discovered ("Points of Departure") somehow has a Minbari soul.
		He was kinda Zen when he left, frankly...and two years living among Minbari, learning their language, learning to think the way they do, learning the whole history of the shadow war...that can have a pretty profound effect on you.
	www.larryhastings.com /lurk/countries/us/guide/060.html (5203 words)

	To Dream in the City of Sorrows
		Ambassador to the alien world of Minbar, former Babylon 5 commander Jeffrey Sinclair, is one of the first to learn the truth about the Shadows, the ancient race pursuing the destruction of the galaxy.
		After his arrival on Minbar, Ambassador Jeffrey Sinclair is baffled by his isolation from both the Earth Alliance and the Minbari.
		But they are struck by debris from the exploding refinery platform and their landing on the planet is a semi-controlled crash, mortally injuring William.
	www.visi.com /~wildfoto/reviews/cityofsorrows.html (3700 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Unfortunately, the Minbar were sort of allergic to anything alcoholic; it had a very different effect on them.
		He was on Minbar and he would have called her as soon as he entered the station.
		Did they actually want him here on Minbar just to watch him, see what he was up to or was it a deal Minbar had struck with Earth in an effort to keep him out of the way.
	ubots.com /b5/ff/secret.meeting.txt (6690 words)

	RisFri15.
		Then 'Uthman introduced another adhan which was done before that on the minbar while the imam was also sitting on the minbar.
		Then when there were a lot of people, 'Uthman commanded the introduction of an earlier adhan before that which was done on the minaret and it was done at midday at az-Zawra', a place in the market, so that people could gather and leave the market.
		When he sat on the minbar, then an adhan was given in front of him.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/ABewley/Page34.html (3157 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Even though it was his official reception on the Minbar homeworld, his desire to be polite and careful not to offend anyone had left him with a qweezy stomach, a pounding head and a little apprehension about his new position.
		Sandy Ambassador to Minbar Part 2 Jeffrey Sinclair, first Ambassador of Earth Alliance to Minbar and his aide Gerrio entered the office of First Council Chario and were ushered into a waiting area.
		There are many places under the Minbar sphere of influence that need help in providing fresh drinking water for their population.
	www.sfcreators.com /b5/ff/ambassador.to.minbar.txt (6506 words)

	Friday Khutbahs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		According to the Sunnah the minbar should be at the right side of the mihrab.
		The Imam should go up on the minbar, stand on the second step and sit on the third step.
		The Imam should go on the minbar, while facing the people in the standing position he should say, "Assalam 'alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh." The audience should answer the Imam.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/hasakr/siddiqi1.html (683 words)

	Minbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		El minbar se forma generalmente como torre pequeña con una azotea acentuada y con una escalera que conduce a ella.
		El minbar está situada a la derecha del mihrab, el lugar que indica la dirección del rezo (es decir hacia Mecca).
		En algunos mosques hay una plataforma (mahfili del müezzin en Turco) enfrente del minbar.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/mi/Minbar.htm (174 words)

	Foca
		The whole minbar (4.20xl.10x7.90 m) consisted of three main parts: the portal with stairs and a stone fence, the upper pyramidal part which was carried by four eight-sided small pillars, and the lateral surfaces under the fence.
		The portal of the minbar was beautified with a stone slab, the ends of which once had form of the buds like those on the mihrab.
		The fence of the minbar was embeUished by the plane-geometric relief in the form of hexagonal stars.
	www.haverford.edu /relg/sells/foca/foca.html (4479 words)

	minbar -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In its simplest form the minbar is a platform with three steps; often it is constructed as a domed box at the top of a staircase and is reached through a doorway that can be closed.
		Two main types of mosques can be distinguished: the masjid ja or “collective mosque,”; a large state-controlled mosque that is the centre of community worship and the site of Friday prayer services; and smaller...
		From the time of Muhammad or before, ivory was used extensively in the Middle East and in Muslim-ruled Spain to decorate furniture, doors, caskets, and minbars (pulpits).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9052808?tocId=9052808 (428 words)

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