Minbar
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A minbar is a pulpit in a mosque where the imam stands to deliver sermons. It is also used in other similar contexts, such as in a Hussainiya where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation.
Ottoman-era minbar of the Molla Çelebi Mosque in Istanbul.
The Fatimid minbar in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, commissioned in 1091
The Minbar of Saladin in the al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem (photograph from 1930s). The minbar was built in wood and commissioned by Nur al-Din in 1168-69, then installed in the mosque by Saladin in 1187.
Details of geometric motifs and inlay work on the Mamluk-era Minbar of al-Ghamri (c. 1451) at the Khanqah of Sultan Barsbay, Cairo
Mosque
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A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Islamic prayers are performed, such as an outdoor courtyard.
Aerial view of the Sacred Mosque (Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām) of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, with the Kaaba in the center (2010 photo)
The Prophet's Mosque (al-Masjid an-Nabawi) in Medina, Islam's second holiest site
Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Mosque of the two Qiblahs) in Medina
The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site