The "Bowl" of Embrace: a memorial to the terrorists of Flight 93


	The "Bowl" of Embrace: a memorial to the terrorists of Flight 93

caoilfhionn

9-22-2007 3:21 PM

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terrorists, minaret, islam, ummuh, imam, memorial, flight 93

caoilfhionn says:

This is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen; I can't imagine how the Park Service can condone this going up on all that land. This is a cemetery; even the father of one of the victims said he wants his son taken off of this if it goes up as proposed.

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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A qibla wall</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A mihrab</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A prayer area</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A pulpit or dais called the mimbar or the minbar</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A courtyard, called the sahan.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Arcaded or colonnaded porticos called riwaqs, surrounding the courtyard.</LI>
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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Full-service mosques provide waters for conducting ablutions before prayer.  Ablution waters are placed within the courtyard or out through the colonnaded porticos that gain access to the courtyard.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Full-service mosques allowing women will have a separate women’s prayer area.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">An imposing facade.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A crescent-shaped or arch-shaped entry portal.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A minaret, or minarets from which they call to prayer.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">A tomb or other memorial.</LI>
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