In a community-based malaria control project covering a predominantly Muslim population in the United Republic of Tanzania, difficulty was encountered in motivating people to have their mosquito nets reimpregnated with insecticide at six-monthly intervals. Education on this subject was therefore provided in mosques during Friday noon prayers. People who attended these services considered them a...

BACKGROUND This paper describes the rationale, implementation and operation of a "world first" Islamic inspired methadone maintenance treatment project delivered in a mosque setting and presents the outcome for the first group of participants. The project explored the viability of expanding addiction recovery services through the network of mosques in Muslim communities. METHODS The project c...

the present paper aims for the most part to prove the fact that religious and spiritual places and above all, mosques play major roles within islamic urban areas. they are in fact the basis of civil infrastructures. a historical analysis focusing on where mosques stand in islamic urban areas reveals that mosques have always been the center of development and growth and that they must be studied...

This research tackles the architectural typology of mosques built by religious associations in Algeria, which is a timeless issue. Despite specific legislation new mosques' typology, random or fanciful architectures field are considered Islamic Architecture. Our aims to analyze mosque data and report all architectonic elements identified two Algerian wilayas as case study. It then classify defi...

Hand-painted images of the historic city Mohammadabad Jarghoye, located near Isfahan, which dates back to Qajar period at end 18th century. These plans include entrances houses and general view city.