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Ben Farès Mosque
The Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès ( ar, مسجد ابن فارس), originally built as the Great Synagogue of Algiers, is a mosque and former synagogue in Algiers. It was also formerly known as Djamâa Lihoud, which means "Mosque of the Jews" in Algerian Arabic vernacular. Following the Civil war in Algeria and its abandonment in 1994, the synagogue was converted into the Ben Farès Mosque. History Synagogue The site of the synagogue was previously occupied by a mosque, which was founded in 1400 and named after Sidi Al Harbi, one of the saints of Algiers. After the French occupation of Algeria in 1830, the French sold the site to the Jews of Algeria, who destroyed the mosque and built a synagogue in its place in 1845. As Ben Farès Mosque Following the departure of the Jews of Algiers, who carried French nationality (since 1870 by the decree of Crémieux) with the French colonizers after the independence of Algeria for political reasons, the synagog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main and final Islamic prophet.Peters, F. E. 2009. "Allāh." In , edited by J. L. Esposito. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . (See alsoquick reference) " e Muslims' understanding of Allāh is based...on the Qurʿān's public witness. Allāh is Unique, the Creator, Sovereign, and Judge of mankind. It is Allāh who directs the universe through his direct action on nature and who has guided human history through his prophets, Abraham, with whom he made his covenant, Moses/Moosa, Jesus/Eesa, and Muḥammad, through all of whom he founded his chosen communities, the 'Peoples of the Book.'" It is the world's second-largest religion behind Christianity, with its followers ranging between 1-1.8 billion globally, or around a quarter of the world' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hizb Rateb
The Hizb Rateb ( ar, الحزب الراتب) is a collective recitation of Quran or dhikr or dua or wird done by murids and saliks in islamic sufism. Presentation The ''Hizb Rateb'' is a group tilawa of the Quran with one voice, in mosques, zawiyas, kuttabs and Quranic schools. This custom has been practised in the Maghreb countries since the tenth hijri century under the Almohad Caliphate, after Sheikh created the rules for collective reading with one tone. It has an allocated and known times, because it may be recitated after the Fajr prayer or after the Maghrib prayer. It may also be recitated before the Zuhr prayer or before the Asr prayer. Thus, in the countries of the Maghreb, the muslims used to recite the Quran together in what is known as the ''Hizb Rateb'', in line with the current custom in these states. See also * Hezzab * Bash Hezzab * Nass al-Houdhour * Salka * Tilawa * Idjaza *Sujud Tilawa The prostration of recitation ( ar, سجود التلاو ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Algiers
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Mosques In Algiers
This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment in 2006, there are around 15,000 mosques in Algeria as a whole, of which 450 are in the capital city of Algiers. 90% of which are built after the independence of Algeria in 1962. ''Albayan''. Retrieved 11 January 2018. See also * *References {{list of mosques |
List Of Mosques In Algeria
This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment in 2006, there are around 15,000 mosques in Algeria as a whole, of which 450 are in the capital city of Algiers. 90% of which are built after the independence of Algeria in 1962. ''Albayan''. Retrieved 11 January 2018. See also * * Zawiyas in AlgeriaReferences {{list of mosques Algeria[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mosques In Africa
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Lists Of Mosques
Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. The lists include the most famous, largest and oldest mosques, and mosques mentioned in the Quran, as well as lists of mosques in each region and country of the world. The major regions, Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania are sorted alphabetically. The sub-regions, such as Northeast and Northwest Africa in Africa, and Arabia and South Asia in Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are mentioned by name in the Quran. General *List of mosques, a selection of mosques among the most famous, worldwide * List of largest mosques * List of the oldest mosques ** List of the oldest mosques#Mentioned in the Quran Asia * List of mosques in Asia * List of mosques in the Arab League **List of mosques in Afghanistan ** List of mosques in Bangladesh ** List of mosques in China *** List of mosques in Hong Kong *** List of mosques in Macau ** L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salka (Sufism)
The ''salka'' ( ar, السلكة) is a collective recitation of all sixty '' hizbs'' of the Quran done by ''murids'' and ''saliks'' in Islamic Sufism. Presentation The ''salka'' is a ''tilawa'' during the meeting of the ''murids'' in a zawiya or a mosque to continuously recite the entire Quran. ''Saliks'' and ''tolbas'' recite the ''salka'' periodically in order to demonstrate their memorization in the zawiyas and madrasas. Muslims used also to perform the ''salka'' in order to psalmody the whole Quran either for death, childbirth, marriage contract, or moving to a new residence. While the Hizb Rateb consists of reciting a ''juz''' of the Quran before or after one of the obligatory Islamic ''salawate'' (prayer), the ''salka'' consists of meeting in a place where believers continuously recite all of the sixty ''hizbs'' of the Quran from Al-Fatiha to An-Nas. Variants Depending on the season of the year, the ''salka'' can take two forms: * The ''Diurnal Salka'' ( ar, ال� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bash Hezzab
The Bash Hezzab ( ar, بَاشْ حَزَّاب) is the senior Hezzab supervising the Hizb Rateb and Salka in mosques and zawiyas in Algeria according to the Algerian Islamic reference under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments. History The mosques in Algeria contain many Hezzabine supervised by the ''Bash Hezzab'' along with other employees who take care of these buildings of Muslim ibadah. Historically, the Djamaâ Sidi Ramdane in the Casbah of Algiers housed one ''Bash Hezzab'' which supervised five ''Hezzabine''. The mosque of Djamaa el Kebir was served by the mufti of Algiers, assisted by two ''Imams'', under their authority are placed a '' Moudaris'', explicator of the Quran, a ''Bash Hezzab'', head of the readers, six ''Hezzabine'' of first class, and twelve ''Hezzabine'' of second class. Characteristics The ''Bash Hezzab'' should be a senior hafiz of the Quran as a whole, with the narration of Warsh recitation. As for the ''Hez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hezzab
The Hezzab ( ar, حَزَّاب) is the hafiz or qāriʾ supervising or participating in the Hizb Rateb in mosques and zawiyas in Algeria according to the Algerian Islamic reference under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments. History Mosques in Algeria recruit several ''hezzabine'' as salaried employees responsible for reciting the Hizb Rateb on a daily basis, as well as the Salka periodically, under the supervision of a ''Bash Hezzab''. As an example, the had its employees such as ''Wakil'', ''Imam'' and ''Hezzab'' among others. Characteristics The ''hezzab'' should be a hafiz of the Quran as a whole, with the narration of Warsh recitation. When accomplishing the Tilawa, the condition of memorizing the entire Quran is due to the fact that it is not suitable and acceptable for him to read from the Mus'haf while he leads the group of readers ( ar, ناس الحضور) and directing them at the same time. It is good for him to obtain a Qura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algerian Islamic Reference
The Algerian Islamic reference is the fundamentalist and legal framework for the practice of the religion of Islam in Algeria within Sunnism under the tutelage of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments. Reference elements Sunnism Algeria belongs to the Sunni world which is the Islamic community to which the vast majority of Muslims belong. The sources of its Sunni Islamic jurisprudence are the Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad in the hadiths attributed to him. Ash'arism Algeria is based in its Muslim aqidah on Ash'arism which is a theological school of Islam, founded by Al-Ash'ari (873-935). Malikism Algeria adopts Malikism, which is one of the four Madhhabs of Sunni Muslim law, based on the teaching of Imam Malik ibn Anas (711-795). Sufism The Sufism is taught and practiced in more than 1,600 zawiyas in Algeria. Quran recitation The Tilawa of the Quran in Algerian mosques takes place according to Warsh recitation in the Salah (, plural , rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a Place of worship, place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (sujud) are performed, including outdoor courtyards. The first mosques were simple places of prayer for Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than buildings. In the first stage of Islamic architecture, 650-750 CE, early mosques comprised open and closed covered spaces enclosed by walls, often with minarets from which Adhan, calls to prayer were issued. Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche (''mihrab'') set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (''qiblah''), Wudu, ablution facilities. The pulpit (''minbar''), from which the Friday (jumu'ah) sermon (''khutba'') is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smaller mosques. Mosques typically have Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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