Contempor Contemporary Mosque Ar y Mosque Architectur chitecture in Egypt and Iran (a Comparative Analysis)

What is Islamic architecture in the first place? Rabbat summed Grabar’s words by stating that "Islamic architecture is the architecture built by Muslims, for Muslims, or in an Islamic country, or in places where Muslims have an opportunity to express their cultural independence in architecture."2 Therefore, no matter what the architecture looks like, no matter what statement it carries, it will still be Islamic as long as it satisfies these. This gives a wide spectrum of options in the design of Islamic architecture. Nevertheless, Islamic architecture is not a separate entity. It is a reflection and a vessel of Islamic culture in the place where it is situated. 

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