Research highlights how usage and claims of Islamophobia tend to be simplistic and without nuance. Using a case study approach, this article considers the claims of Islamophobia made in relation to the proposed Dudley ̳super-mosque‘. Setting out a narrative of the ̳super-mosque‘, this article draws upon primary and secondary research to consider the claims and discourses of the major actors in ...

This paper presents the case study of a real-time interactive digital narrative visualisation of the Namaz Pray of a simulated Ottoman Imam in the 16 century virtually restored mosque of Küçük Aya Sofya (previous St. Sergius and Bacchus church) as well as in the Hagia Sophia mosque (previous cathedral of Hagia Sophia), in Istanbul, Turkey. This case study illustrates that the abandonment of tra...

decorative arts have got a special place in iranian architecture traditionally. these types of arts are the symbol of nation's ethnics and indigenous features and also express the artist's feelings of those times. stucco is one type of the decorative arts that has decorated many buildings -especially palaces-that belong to the pre-islamic period and also mosques that built in the isla...

1. Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran 2. Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3. Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4. Dept. of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Me...

1. PhD Candidate, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 2. Associate Professor, Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 3. MPH student in the elderly Health, MD, Kerman University of Medical Sciences. 4. PhD Candidate, Department of Health ...

This study presents the assessment of the quality of speech intelligibility of two Malaysian mosques and the results are used to develop a set of general acoustical guidelines to be used in the design of a mosque. Two mosques were selected for the research: Masjid UPM and the Masjid Jamek. The objective of the research is to enable the comparison of the acoustics and speech intelligibility betw...

Received 18/8/2010 Accepted 8/12/2011 (004998) 1 Department of Nutrition, School of Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2 Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, e-mail: [email protected] 3 Endocrinologist, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran *Correspond...

shohada (sepah) avenue in qazvin, a historic city, is a part of safavid era infrastructure of the city. it connects various important cites and poles like jame' mosque, imamzadeh hosein, dowlat-khaneh and the traditional bazaar complex to one another. this axis in khomartashi, in kabir jame' mosque - preservation and restoration of jame' mosque complex as principle core of the ci...

mosque is among the most important edifices in islamic architecture, which has a significant role in the cultural, social, and religious life of the muslims. since mosque is god’s house and a place for whispering supplications to him, the muslim rulers have attempted to construct or reconstruct mosques. they have benefited from the help of the artists and calligraphers for the physical and spir...