HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Mosques
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Minarets
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Domes
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Pillars
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Detailed explanation-1: -minaret, (Arabic: “beacon”) in Islamic religious architecture, the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times each day by a muezzin, or crier. Such a tower is always connected with a mosque and has one or more balconies or open galleries.
Detailed explanation-2: -minaret. noun. min·a·ret ˌmin-ə-ˈret. ˈmin-ə-ˌret. : a tall slender tower of a mosque with a balcony from which the people are called to prayer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historically, a muezzin would have recited the call to prayer atop the minarets in order to be heard by those around the mosque.
Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest minaret still surviving is that of the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia. It was constructed in 836 AD and is considered as the prototype for all the square shaped minarets built in the Western Muslim World.