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KS3 Religious Studies

The Mosque

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Teachers notes included in the Notes Page

Accomanying !orksheet

"lash acti#ity$ These acti#ities are not edita%le$

&e% addresses'(tension acti#ities

The Mosque"or more detailed instructions) see the Getting Startedresentation


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*earning o%+ecti#es

What are the key features of a mosque?

What is the significance of the articu!ar

features of a mosque?

What do mosques" and what haens insidethem" re#ea! a$out %s!amic $e!iefs?

&ow shou!d eo!e $eha#e when they #isit a

mosque?

&ow is the mosque imortant to 'us!ims"

and to the community?

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&hat is a mosque,

The Islamic Center of America: a newly built

mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, SA


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&hat is a mosque,


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The -irst mosques


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&hat is the main urose o- a mosque,

% ray at home and at work" $ut at

the mosque we ray together*'us!ims $e!ie#e that offering salah

+rayer, with other eo!e has much

more #a!ue than raying a!one*

Whi!e sa!ah can $e erformed

anywhere" it is considered most

!easing to -od when erformed

with the other mem$ers of the'us!im community in the mosque*

.he Sunnastates that sa!ah in the

mosque is 2/ times more #a!ua$!e

than when offered in the home*


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The dome

The minaret

The shae o- a mosque

'osques are usua!!y squareshaed with a !arge dome* .he

minaretis the tower in the cornerused for the ca!! to rayer*

What simi!arities and differences can you see

$etween mosques and other re!igious $ui!dings?


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ome mosques are urose$ui!t" whi!e others are con#erted

houses or eisting $ui!dings*

Mosques in .ritain

This mosque used to be

a working mens club.


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Secial mosques


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&hat haens in the mosque,


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Inside the mosque



.he word imammeans someone who stands in front5* .he

imam !eads the rayers and reaches the 6riday sermon" inwhich he e!ains a assage from the 7ur5an or

a story a$out the rohet 'uhammed*

.here are no ordainedriests in %s!am*

Why do you think this is?

&hat is an imam,

n imam is not a riest*

&e is an educated erson*

&e knows a !ot a$out %s!am*

9ach mosque has an imam*



.he mue//inca!!s 'us!ims to rayer from the minaret*

&e recites the adhan" or ca!! to rayer" at set times*

&hat is a mue//in,

:ome to rayer"

:ome to security"

-od is the greatest".here is no -od $ut !!ah*



Arri#ing at the mosque

When we enter the mosque we

go in with our right foot first"

whi!e ronouncing $!essings

uon 'uhammed and his fami!y*;nce inside the mosque we ha#e

to seak soft!y so as not to

distur$ the eo!e raying*


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Arri#ing at the mosque

Before we ray we go to a secia!

washroomand we take off ourshoes* !! the time we are trying to

show our resect for -od* We a!so

!ike to wear !oose c!othes* 'um

says this shows modesty" and itmakes it easier to ray too*


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'us!ims wash in a secia! sequence ca!!ed !udu* .hey

$e!ie#e this makes them hysica!!y and siritua!!y c!ean $efore!!ah* 'en and women wash searate!y*

:an you work out how this

washroom is used?

&udu

Wash hands*

=inse mouth and

nostri!s*

Wash arms u to

e!$ows*

Wie forehead"ears and neck*

Wash !egs u to

ank!es*


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The rayer room

.he mosque contains a rayer room

where we ray in rows* % sit with >ad in

one area" and isha sits with 'um in a

searate area* Being searated he!s us

to concentrate $etter on our rayers*

%mages are for$idden in

worshi" so our mosque is

sim!y decorated so that we

don5t get distracted* But some

mosques are decorated with$eautifu! ra$ic scrit from

the 7ur5an*



Inside the rayer room



Where#er they may $e" 'us!ims face towards the ho!y city

of 'ecca when they ray*

A special compass isused to find the qiblah.

"inding the direction o- Mecca

Mecca

What comass direction is'ecca from Britain?



a!ah for the fi#e rayer times is made u

of different num$ers of rak5at* rakahisa secia! sequence of mo#ements and

#erses from the 7ur5an" and in#o!#es

standing" $owing and knee!ing with your

forehead touching the f!oor" whi!e reciting

the aroriate #erse for each osition*

Salah and rakah

'arly morning

rak5ah 2

'arly a-ternoon

rak5ah 4

*ate a-ternoonrak5ah 4

A-ter sunset

rak5ah 3

Nightrak5ah 4

Salahis ritua! rayer ractised fi#e times

a day as one of the "i#e Pillars o- Islam*9#ery adu!t 'us!im shou!d erform sa!ah"

either at home or in a mosque*

'uhammed said that rayer is !ike a stream you di

into fi#e times a day* What do you think he meant?



Reca: &hat haens in a mosque,



The local mosque and "riday rayer



Aids to rayer

>o you know what these are? .hey are rayer

mats used duringthe fi#e dai!y

times of rayer*



>o you know what these

things are used for?

Aids to rayer

.he comassis used to find the

qi$!ah A the direction of 'ecca A so

that we can ray facing the right way*

.he green thing5s a rayer ca A my>ad wears one when he rays" as a

sign of modesty and humi!ity* nd

the rayer $eads are used to he! us

recite a!! the names of !!ah*


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.he ninetynine sma!! $eads

are used to say the ninetynine

names for !!ah during rayer*=eeating !!ah5s name in this

way +tit!es such as the Wise5"

the :omassionate5" the

'ercifu!5" the -ood5 or the9terna!5, draws 'us!ims c!oser

to him* ometimes they recite

the same few fa#oured names

o#er and o#er*

Aids to rayer 0 rayer %eads


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.he 7ur5an is written in ra$ic" which is a!so the !anguage of

the rayers* .here are coies of the 7ur5an ket in themosque" and words from the 7ur5an are used for decoration*

Ara%ic) the sacred language o- Islam

Calligraphy on the ceiling of

the Blue Mosque in Istanbul

Calligraphy on

the Ta Mahal


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The madrassa

When % was a $oy growing u in



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%f you #isit a mosque" think a$outC

Planning to #isit a mosque

&hen to go

'idday on 6riday wi!! $e $usy*

&hat questions to ask

Write down the questions you5d !ike to ask" and

remem$er to ask $efore taking any hotos*

&hat to !ear

Wear c!othes that co#eryou to the ank!es and

wrists* =emo#e your

shoes and co#er your

head when you enter*

&ho to seak to

eak to the imam if you can*

&here to stand

=emem$er that men and

women go to searate

areas in the mosque* Be

o!ite and gi#e way toworshiers at a!! times*

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What do these sayings te!! you a$out the

imortance of mosques for 'us!ims? re they

saying the same thing" or something different?

&hy are mosques imortant to Muslims,

D%f you $ui!d a mosque for !!ah5s sake"

&e wi!! $ui!d for you a house in aradise*E

D erson5s rayer mat is his mosque*E

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;ur fami!y a!ways tries to raytogether* mosque is a house of

rayer" $ut it is a!so much more

than this* ;ur mosque ho!ds

e#ening c!asses that teach usmore a$out our faith" and % enFoy

he!ing out with the e#ents and

dinners that our mosque hosts*

Mosques and the Muslim community

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;ne of the haiest moments

of my !ife was when % steed

into the mosque for our

weddingG We were !i#ing inmerica at the time* %n a!! the

!aces we5#e stayed" we5#e

a!ways found good friends and

!ots of suort at the mosque*


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>esign a !eaf!et ad#ertising the

faci!ities at the !oca! mosqueH


a youth c!u$

a !ace to ho!d funera!s

a !i$rary with a reading rooma community centre with a

kitchen

a madrassa +schoo! to !earn

ra$ic,a !ace to ce!e$rate $irths and

marriages*

!n the way to "riday prayer

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1#er to you2

hou!d !aces of worshi $e the focus of the community?

Ans!er the -ollo!ing questions in -ull aragrahs)e(laining your ans!ers$

What is your resonse to the $e!iefs and ideas 'us!imsho!d a$out their !aces of worshi?

re there !aces where you fee! a articu!ar sense ofresect" or !aces of !oca! or community significance inyour !ife? Why are they significant to you?

What makes the mosque secia! for 'us!ims" and howis this simi!ar to or different from how other re!igions

#iew their !aces of worshi?

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