This article examines three "modern" mosques in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. Specifically, it researches examples innovative and authentic mosque architecture, which considerably varies from "Ottoman-type" that heavily dominate inventory The Republican period after Ottoman Empire Turkey witnessed an ongoing discussion competition between modern traditional architecture. Although this pro...

This study examines the traditional mosques in Quzzat quarter of Herat Old City, Afghanistan, after WWII. The discovered urban developments, typology mosques, as well destructions, changes, and transformations mosques. It involved compiling data, conducting a field survey, examining historical maps, reviewing published works to explain constructions, finding out how took place. Twenty-nine are ...

iranian traditional cities were created with a system based on experiments and gradual establishment of society through time. qajar era is especially important in iranian art history. until mid qajar era, iranian cities’s architecture mainly took benefit of its common traditional architecture that is already seen in most desert-surrounding cities. till this era, there was not any connection bet...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the concept light and its interpretation in different styles Iranian-Islamic architecture. By distinguishing between content physical evaluation historical periods, one can find a way properly use patterns contemporary mosques. present has been conducted using descriptive-analytical method consists three stages. First, role mosque investigated, then q...

This study was to investigate the influence of mosques in developing moderate communities West Kalimantan. Mosques are Da'wah institutions that aligned with community's values. Aside from serving as a place prayer, mosque is also source empowerment for women. Threrefore, focus this article on role development Islam and adoption models religious moderation mosques. used sociological approach. re...

though muslims have been living in nepal from the 15th century, they have started practicingtheir religious activities freely only after enactment of new civil code in 1963. this paper aims to explore the potentials and problems on the existing mosques, perception of the religious structures by muslim community and analysing of existing legal and institutional framework before drawing a conclus...