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		The oldest Islamic-built mosque is the Quba Mosque in Medina.
		Mosques first appeared in the United States in the early twentieth century, the first of which was built in the late 1920s in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
		Mosques will often invite poorer members of the Muslim community to share in beginning and breaking the fasts as providing charity during Ramadan in Islam is seen as especially honorable.
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	Mosque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The oldest Islamic-built mosque is the Quba Mosque in Medina.
		Mosques first appeared in the United States in the early twentieth century, the first of which was built in the late 1920s in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
		Arab-plan mosques were constructed mostly under the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties; subsequently, however, the simplicity of the Arab plan limited the opportunities for further development, and as a result, these mosques gradually fell out of popularity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mosque (7691 words)

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		Likewise, it is recommended that women at a mosque wear loose clothing, shirts, pants that cover to the wrists and ankles and cover their heads such as with a hijab.
		As mosques are places of worship, those within the mosque are required to remain respectful to those in prayer.
		Muhammad preferred women to pray at home rather than at a mosque, and according to the hadith Muhammad said: "The best mosques for women are the inner parts of their houses." The second caliph Umar went so far as to prohibit women from attending mosques and required them to pray at home.
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	islam-usa.com
		No. The mosque is the center for all Islamic activity as it used to be in the mosques of the Prophet in Medina.
		In every mosque, there is sometimes friction between the Administrator and the congregation; between the Imam, the Shura, and the Board of Trustees, between brothers and sisters, between conservatives and liberals, and of course between different ethnic groups.
		It is important for the congregation to participate in the activities of the mosque and for the organizers to invite everyone including women to actively participate.
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	Azerbaijan Travel - Information, Pictures, History, and Maps
		The city was founded in the 15th century; in the second half of the 18 th century it was the capital of Quba Khanate.
		The country's most beautiful city, Quba is especially attractive in spring when its numerous gardens and parks are in blossom.
		Quba is the recognized center of carpet weaving.
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	Hyderi Mosque bomb blast Baghdadi mosque imam one of suspects - Hyderi Mosque bomb blast -DAWN - National; 17 May, 2004
		KARACHI, May 16: Police are conducting raids to arrest a prayer leader of a Baghdadi mosque for being an associate of the alleged perpetrator of the Hyderi mosque bomb blast.
		The death toll rose to 19 as five of the victims died later owing to serious burns and injuries, whereas some of the injured people were still getting treatment at the different hospitals in the city.
		They alleged that the prayer leader of Quba mosque had instigated him to carry out the suicide blast.
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	Mosque information - Search.com
		Mosques gradually diffused to different parts of Europe, but the most rapid growth in the number of mosques has occurred within the past century as more Muslims have migrated to the continent.
		Mosques from the time of Muhammad in the early seventh century did not have minarets; one of the first minarets appeared in Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria at the beginning of the eighth century.
		As mosques are supposed to appeal to the community, they may also have additional facilities, from health clinics to libraries to gymnasiums, to serve the community.
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	MOSQUE IN ISLAM
		The simples elements of the prophetic mosque were a court where the worshippers could gather, porches to shelter the worshippers, the pulpit for the preacher to stand in, and the recess a mihrab which indicated the Qiblah or the direction pointing out the Kabah towards which a Muslim turns his face during his prayer.
		Mosques on the cruciform (cross-shaped) plan evolved in Iran during the 12th century, while domed mosques—the last and greatest innovation in mosque design—originated in Turkey after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) in 1453.
		The three mosques that have a greater degree of sanctity because of their historical and religious associations are the Masjid-el-Haram in Mecca, Prophet’s mosques in Medina and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
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	Quba Mosque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its first stones were positioned by the prophet Muhammad on his emigration from the city of Mecca to Medina and the mosque was completed by his companions.
		Quba Mosque is the 4th holiest Mosque in Islam, after the Masjid-al-Haram (Mecca), Masjid-e-Nabvi (Medina) and Masjid-al-Aqsa (Jerusalem), in order of their holiness.
		When Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil was commissioned, in the 20th century, to conceive a larger mosque to replace the old mosque, he intended to incorporate old structure into his design.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quba_Mosque (598 words)

	Informat.io on Mosque (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mosques diffused into India during the reign of the Mughal empire in the 16th and 17th centuries.
		Mosques first appeared in the United States in the early 20th century, the first of which was built in the late 1920s in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
		Although the Saudi involvement in mosques around the world can be traced back to the 1960s, it was not until later in the 20th century that the government of Saudi Arabia began to become a large influence in foreign mosques.
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	Islam Question and Answer - The first mosque built by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
		The Muslims said takbeer, rejoicing at his arrival, and they went out to meet him… He continued until he stopped in Quba’, among Banu ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf, and he stayed among them for fourteen days, and founded the mosque of Quba’, which is the first mosque to be established after the beginning of his Prophethood.
		The mosque of Quba’ was the first mosque built by the Muslims.
		Al-Masjid al-Haraam was built by Ibraaheem and the mosque of Quba’ was built by the Seal of the Messengers.
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	Discover Saudi Arabia
		Expansion of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in the Prophet Holy Mosque is the greatest in the History of this mosque.
		Quba Mosque is the first mosque to be built in the history of Islam.
		Later on, a mosque was built on this place, with the participation of the Prophet (PBUH) himself in works of construction.
	www.saudiembassy.or.jp /DiscoverSA/AlMadinah.htm (424 words)

	waqaf_mainpage
		In the history of Islam, the first religious waqf is the mosque of Quba' in Madinah, a city 400 kilometer north of Makkah, which was built upon the arrival of the Prophet Muhammad in 622.
		Six months later, Quba' was followed by the mosque of the Prophet in the center of Madinah.
		Mosques and real estates confined for providing revenues to spend on mosques' maintenance and running expenses are in the category of religious waqf.
	islamic-world.net /economic/waqf/waqaf_mainpage.html (2052 words)

	Waseem's Islamic Folder - AHLAN
		This is the first mosque of Islam and has very spiritual importance.
		Quba is situated two miles from Masjid-e-Nabvi and taxis, outside Haram take pilgrims to show all Madina’s religious spots in which Quba is included.
		In the courtyard of this mosque a Mehrab is built where the verses of Quran was delivered to Prophet (S. Ladies and gents entrance are separate.
	ahlan.org /md9.htm (548 words)

	Mosque (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For example, the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and the Moulay Ismael Mosque in Meknes are the only two mosques in Morocco currently open to non-Muslims.
		Many Mosques throughout the United States welcome non-Muslims as a sign of openness to the rest of the community as well as to encourage conversions to Islam.
		All entrants regardless of religious affiliation are expected to respect the rules and decorum for mosques.
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	Hajj and Umra Site
		When you enter the Prophet's Mosque, enter with your right foot first, saying the name of Allah the Most High, and evoking blessings on His Prophet (peace be on him), and ask Allah to open the gates of His mercy for you.
		Perform two rak'as of tahiyyat al-masjid (the salat of "greeting of the mosque") after entering the Mosque, preferably in the Rawdah or otherwise anywhere else in the Mosque.
		It is sunnah to have (Taharah), and visit the Mosque of quba' and offer salah in it, as the Prophet (peace be on him) prayed there and encouraged others to do the same.
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	AL-MADINAH AL-MUNAWWARAH The City of the Prophet
		It was this mosque at which the Prophet and his companions prayed, and which soon became the social and economic center of the city and the Islamic state.
		While the Holy Mosque in Makkah was the spiritual center of Islam, Madinah became the administrative hub of the new Islamic state during the Prophet Muhammad's lifetime.
		The small mosque the Prophet had established next to his house was enlarged by various Muslim rulers over time and continued to draw pilgrims from around the world as Islam's second holiest site.
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	Dr. Ali Shariati: Fatima is Fatima
		The similarities between the beginnings of the Quba mosque and the Madinah mosque are most exciting to whomever is acquainted with the story of the Prophet's mosque and the house of the Prophet.
		The house of the Prophet was the house of Fatima.
		The Mosque of the Kabah and what had happened, the house of her father, her life with her sisters who were no longer alive, the 'birthplace of Fatima,' the valley of Abu Talib and the grave of her mother, Khadija.
	www.iranchamber.com /personalities/ashariati/works/fatima_is_fatima5.php (0 words)

	World Day of Mosque
		According to Islamic beliefs, the first mosque in the world was the Kaaba, which was built by Abraham upon an order from God.
		The Masjid al-Haram was significantly expanded and improved in the early centuries of Islam in order to accommodate the increasing number of Muslims who either lived in the area or made the annual Hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca.
		During Shah regime, a mosque were a place for gathering of Moslems, and creating of Islamic groups and it was also a place for fighting with shah regime in different dimensions.
	www.irib.ir /occasions/Masjed/masjed.en.HTM (0 words)

	Pilgrims stay in Madinah-II (GreaterKashmir.com) 5/23/2007
		This mosque is situated at a distance of about four kilometers to the South of Prophet’s (SAAW) mosque.
		The house was later donated for construction of the mosque.
		The mosque that changed the history as well as geography of the world used to be a thatched compartment during Holy Prophet’s times.
	www.greaterkashmir.com /full_story.asp?Date=24_11_2006&ItemID=6&cat=10 (527 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		Visitors to the Medina Mosque will be able to use the pathway of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) from the mosque to the historic Quba Mosque - the first mosque in Islamic history --as it will be renovated shortly, according to a newspaper report in Medina.
		A returning local haj pilgrim said that according to reports the renovation would be carried out to protect historic monuments and antiquities in the city.
		Courtyards around the mosque will be provided with state-of-the-art sunshades and their underground parking lots will be linked to King Faisal Street by a tunnel.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Feb06/010206/nite08.htm (390 words)

	Hagg Page
		Traveling to these three mosques is prescribed because of their special position in Islam.
		We read in various ahadith that a prayer offered in the Al-Aqsa mosque is five hundred times superior (in reward) to one offered in any other mosque, except the Sacred Mosque and the Mosque of the Prophet (in Madinah).
		Mosque of Quba, he will have a reward like that of an ‘Umrah.” This was reported by Ahmad, Nasa’i, Ibn Majah, and Al-Hakim, who says it has a sound chain of narration.
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	Islam Question and Answer - Islamic Guidelines for Visitors to the Prophet’s Mosque
		Whoever travels to Madeenah for the purpose of visiting the Mosque and praying therein, his intention is acceptable and his efforts will be rewarded.
		Whoever travels there only for the purpose of visiting the graves and seeking the help of their occupants, his intention is haraam and his actions are reprehensible.
		It is not prescribed for the visitor or anyone else to head for a particular spot, hoping for blessing or to worship Allaah in that place, when there is no evidence from the Qur’aan or Sunnah concerning visiting that place and no evidence that the Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) did that.
	www.islam-qa.com /index.php?ln=eng&QR=36863 (2748 words)

	Restrictions on Women Worshippers at Prophet’s Mosque at Mission & Justice
		Even at these mosques women are given prayer places at the second or third floors without considering the difficulties and inconveniences caused to the pregnant or elderly or sick among them.
		According to the Hanbali school of thought, seeing the imam and the worshippers behind the imam is one of the conditions of the congregational prayer.
		There are certain other objectionable practices at the Prophet’s Mosque such as discriminating female visitors on the basis of their nationalities and searching them in a humiliating manner.
	www.missionandjustice.org /?p=2973 (1016 words)

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		Hagia Sophia; Istanbul, Turkey - former cathedral; mosque from 1453 to 1935
		Huaisheng Mosque Over 1,300 years old, one of the oldest mosques in China.
		ISBN 0-8254-3965-5. “When the Moors were driven out of Spain in 1492, most of the mosques were converted into churches”
	www.pontefract-yfc.co.uk /wiki.php?title=Mosque (0 words)

	Famous Sheikhs of Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He practised teaching at the Holy Mosque in Makkah, and a royal decree approved his nomination as teacher and Mufti at the Holy Mosque of Makkah Al-Mokaramah.
		He became imam and khateeb of the Quba’ mosque then was appointed imam and khateeb of the Prophet’s mosque in 1399 h.
		He then became imam of the Haraam mosque at the beginning of Ramadhan 1401 h, then returned to be imam and khateeb of the Prophet’s mosque in 1402 h, and continues in this capacity.
	www.geocities.com /shahzsyed/sheikhs.html (1515 words)

	Why Impose Restrictions on Women Worshippers at Prophet’s Mosque?
		Even at these mosques women are given prayer places at the second or third floors without considering the difficulties and inconveniences caused to the pregnant or elderly or sick among them.
		According to the Hanbali school of thought, seeing the imam and the worshippers behind the imam is one of the conditions of the congregational prayer.
		There are certain other objectionable practices at the Prophet’s Mosque such as discriminating female visitors on the basis of their nationalities and searching them in a humiliating manner.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=7§ion=0&article=88471&d=19&m=10&y=2006&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion (0 words)

	Apnaislam
		Medina currently has a population of about 600,000 people and is the home of "The Prophet's Mosque." The long form of the Arabic name for Medina (Madinat Rasul Allah) means "City of the Prophet of Allah", while the short form (al-Madina) just means "the City".
		Its importance as a religious site derives from the presence there of the Masjid al Nabawi, the Mosque of the Prophet, which was built on the site of Muhammad's home and is where he is buried.
		The first mosque of Islam is also located in Medinah and is known as Masjid al-Quba, the Quba Mosque.
	www.orgsites.com /tx/apna (504 words)

	History of Madinah Munawwarah (Shaikh Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri)
		A great part of the book is designated to speak about the Prophet's Mosque updating the expansions and the improvements that has taken place from the time of Muhammad (S) till the Saudi era.
		And the land of Al-Madinah contains his pure remains and its ennoblement is increased thereby and it includes his Mosque, by which its purity is increased and its station is raised by them both and it is elevated in esteem, honor and love in the hearts of the Muslims.
		The Building of the Prophet's Mosque and its History throughout the Ages --- The Prophetic Age --- The First Expansion --- During the Time of Abu Bakr --- During the Time of 'Umar: --- During the Time of 'Utlunan.
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