Congregational mosque
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A congregational mosque or Friday mosque, or sometimes great mosque or grand mosque, is a mosque for hosting the Friday noon prayers known as jumu'ah. It can also host the Eid prayers in situations wh
The Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, regularly used for Congregational prayer.
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, founded in the seventh century as the first congregational mosque in Egypt, located in Fustat (now part of Cairo)
The mihrab area of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus today, with the minbar to the right
Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia founded in the seventh century as the first congregational mosque in Maghreb region.
Anaza
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'Anaza or anaza is a short spear or staff that held ritual importance in the early period of Islam. The term gained significance after the Islamic prophet Muhammad planted his spear in the ground to i
The anaza of the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, dated to 1290 CE
Details of the anaza of the Qarawiyyin Mosque
Details of the anaza of the Qarawiyyin Mosque (central lower panel)
The anaza of the Grand Mosque in Meknes, dating from 1715 but copying the form of earlier Marinid examples