Sentence examples for describes a mosque from inspiring English sources

Carboni [1] describes a mosque lamp as "a lighting device made for a devotional building in the Islamic world, such as a mosque, a madrasa [religious school], a tomb or mausoleum, or a khanaqa [hostel]." However, the archaeological record and literary sources suggest that mosque lamps developed in domestic, rather than religious, contexts [1].

Rescued from a Baghdad library, this book lists Hebrew among the six languages of Iraq and describes a country in which "the mosque stands beside the church and the synagogue".

Survivors described a massacre in a mosque - where civilians had taken shelter from the fighting - others were killed in a church.

She talks animatedly in her office inside the mosque, describing a town hall meeting on Islamophobia Dar al-Hijrah held at the mosque earlier this month.

In Zabadani, as in many places, residents described a heavy police presence around mosques — the weekly Friday Prayer sermons have provided the kickoff for mass demonstrations since the beginning.

Syrian state television described a different scene at the Omari mosque, showing guns, grenades, ammunition and money that it said had been taken from the mosque after a police raid.

A recent intelligence report described the mosque as "a major hub for the jihadist scene in Hamburg", which it said included 45 radical Islamists.

Persian geographer, Nasir Khusraw describes the Aqsa Mosque during a visit in 1047: The Haram Area (Noble Sanctuary) lies in the eastern part of the city; and through the bazaar of this (quarter) you enter the Area by a great and beautiful gateway (Dargah).

As he waited before evening prayers at the mosque NBS in Neukoelln, community leader Assad Nasser, a Lebanese immigrant known as Abu Alla, described a contradictory reality.

Below that, in eight breathless smaller headlines, the paper described a scheme by Mr. Morsi, colluding with the American ambassador, to "run the country" from a Cairo mosque.

Antiterrorism officials have described the mosque as a focus of terrorist planning.