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The meaning and interpretation of the inscriptions on a mosque in North America provide some insights into the concomitant qualities of belief, order, space, and form. Mosque inscriptions reveal the American

Arguably the false consciousness, which is reflected in much of architectural theory and praxis over the last two decades, was perhaps foretold in Raphael’s fresco The School of Athens. To situate The School of Athens, it is important to realize that architectural theory and praxis has been split between two extremes: mimeses and meaning, which in my view inherits from Pantheism and the Promethean myth.

In light of today‘s hyper-rationalist perspective about the praxis of architecture, educators, practitioners, and students alike remain confused and troubled about ways to address urban dilemmas, not withstanding a major environmental disaster. The destruction of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast emphasizes once again the difficulty of deciphering the efficacy of architecture and urbanism.

The term "martyr" has meant many different things to many people of different faiths throughout history. "Martyr" derives from the Greek word for "witness".

This article clarifies what Hayden has termed “space as a cultural product.” The author discusses the Islamizing of public spaces in two urban

Aesthetic beauty, which we find in the sacred art and architecture of the synagogue, the church, and the mosque, demonstrates a genre of correspondence. Borrowing from John Ruskin's Seven Lamps of Architecture, I will refer to this genre of correspondences as the seven lamps (" lamps" meaning that which illuminates the mind or soul) of sacred architecture.

From the 1970s to the 1990s, the number of mosques established in America increased considerably, partly due to conversion for which the dominant number of converts are African-Americans, but also due to the influence of settlement patterns resulting from immigration. There are now more than 1500 mosques, compared to 600 in 1980, 230 in 1960 and 19 in 1930.

This paper aims to illustrate the current landscape of awqaf properties development and management in Morocco. With a deep awqaf heritage spanning 12 centuries,