minarets of mosques (called ‘goldasteh’ in persian) areone of the artifacts of iranian islamic culture. thus repairing andreconstructing the minarets of mosques could have considerableoutcomes for expanding islamic architecture and urban beautification.this research tries to investigate “the social-environmental impact ofrepairing and reconstructing minarets of mosques located in the 9thregions...

Religious place attachment is an affective bond that develops between people and their religious settings. The published literature shows that although religion has a significant impact on the public ‘place attachment’, the architectural features and attributes of the places could still play an influencing role in strengthening this attachment. However, the role of architectural characteristics...

Background: Tinea pedis is the most common fungal infection in adults. It is a common problem in communal areas such as swimming pools and hotels. Objective: To determine the frequency of tinea pedis in adult Muslims regularly attending mosques and to compare it with a control group. Patients and Methods: In a case-control study in 4 randomly selected mosques in Kerman, 99 adult Muslims praying...

OBJECTIVE Isolation of potentially pathogenic bacteria from carpets in hospitals has been reported earlier, but not from carpets in mosques. The aim of the present study is to determine the pathogenic and potentially pathogenic bacteria that may exist on the carpets of mosques in Tripoli, Libya. METHODS Dust samples from carpets were collected from 57 mosques in Tripoli. Samples were examined...

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...