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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451627703321

Autore

Mahmutćehajić Rusmir <1948->

Titolo

The mosque [[electronic resource] ] : the heart of submission / / Rusmir Mahmutćehajić

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8232-3715-X

0-8232-4817-8

0-8232-2586-0

1-4294-7894-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Collana

The Abrahamic dialogues series, , 1548-4130 ; ; no. 3

Disciplina

297.2

Soggetti

Mosques

Salat

Islam - Essence, genius, nature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [81]-96) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The self and the self -- The self that speaks -- The world -- Humankind -- The book -- Dignity -- Arrival and return -- Space -- Time -- Nature -- The opening -- The debt -- Poverty -- Mary -- "Purify my house" -- The ascension -- The holy -- The name -- The peace.

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that the mosque is not an analogue of the Christian church. Rather, every Muslim is his or her own priest, and most religious obligations are performed in the home. This book seeks to rebuild the spirit and majesty of each mosque that was destroyed.