HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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A decoration used to create domes and arches
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A tall tower used to call Muslims to prayer
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An arch with a horseshoe shape
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A vaulted rectangular portal into a courtyard
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A type of patterned design
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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: -Adhan is recited from the mosque five times daily, traditionally from the minaret. It is the first call summoning Muslims to enter the mosque for obligatory (fard) prayer (salah). A second call, known as the iqamah, summons those within the mosque to line up for the beginning of the prayers.
Detailed explanation-3: -A minaret is a type of tower usually located near a mosque. It’s used by a holy man called a muezzin to signal the call to prayer for the Islamic faith.
Detailed explanation-4: -A tall slender tower, circular or square in section, built next or in a mosque, from which the Muslims are called to prayer. Mosques may have one, two, three, four, and up to six minarets.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.