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Contextualism in Mosque Architecture: Bridging the Social and Political Divide
Date Added
14/07/2019
Content Type
Documentary
Category
Researches
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Subject Area
Architecture
Author
Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi
Publisher Name
Journal of Islamic Architecture
Year of Publication
2017
1- Introduction 2- Mosques in their traditional contexts 3- Academic context 4- Types of contextualism in mosque design 5- Questions about the sacred language of the mosque 6- Islam and Muslims in the larger context of society and humanity 7- Conclusion
Description
The expression of architecture in mosques in the non-Muslim worlds may have added to the problem of alienization of Muslims to the host community. The Muslim community has misunderstood the idea of ‘sacredness’ of form in allowing revivalistic foreign traditional architectural language to be part of the mosque architectural language. This sets up the mosque being totally not in context with the surrounding urban fabric.
This paper outlines the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad about the importance of being part of a larger society of man and even to love all man regardless of their faith. Hence, this paper puts forward the position that mosque designers must rethink their design ideas towards the values of inclusivity in Islam.
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