1. Mosque : Place of Worship

 Muslims worship in a holy builiding called a mosque and prayers held on Friday is are the most important. Mosque is called masjid in Arabic, which means house of worship. Before making their prayers, Muslims must wash their hands, their face, parts of their arms and head, and their feet in a ritual manner.

 The decoration in the mosque should not contain the pictures of people or animals because Muslims cannot worship the people or animals, but only Allah. Mosque decoration often has done in these three ways : Verses from the Koran in Arabic, the pictures of the famous mosques, and geometrical patterns.
The geometric patterns are common in mosque. Square and rectangle play a significant role in Islamic architecture.  The first recalls the principles that govern the order of the world. These principles include the bare basics of what makes objects structurally sound and, by extension, beautiful (i.e. the angle and the fixed/static shapes that it creates—esp. the truss). In the first mode, each repeating geometric form has a built-in symbolism ascribed to it. For example, the square, with its four equilateral sides, is symbolic of the equally important elements of nature: earth, air, fire and water. Without any one of the four, the physical world, represented by a circle that inscribes the square, would collapse upon itself and cease to exist. The second mode is based upon the flowing nature of plant forms. This mode recalls the feminine nature of life giving. In addition, upon inspection of the many examples of Arabesque art, some would argue that there is in fact a third mode, the mode of Arabic calligraphy.

Interior mosque decoration



Dome of the Rock