Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mosque.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Mohammedan place of worship; a mosque.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Muslim place of worship; a mosque.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Islam a
Muslim house ofworship corresponding to achurch orsynagogue ; amosque
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word masjid comes from the verb sajada (sah-jah-dah), which means "to prostrate" or "to kneel."
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Muslims strongly believe the masjid is a holy place that must be treated with considerable respect and cleanliness.
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They called the masjid and the office admin or perhaps just a brother that happened to answer the phone said that I would have to repeat my shahadah asap in front of witnesses.
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It’s getting to the point where some guy named Abdullah mugs an old lady, and someone’s going to call the masjid and ask for the imam’s response, and some right wing nutter’s going to blog a post asking, "Why haven’t all the Muslims condemned this mugging?"
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I remember there were so many pigeons outside the masjid, and they weren't afraid of people.
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers
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Invest in some counselors and mental health professionals that know how to relate to people or tell your Imam and masjid staff they have to undergo diversity training as well as take classes in counseling and mental health taught by professionals in each field respectively before they will be allowed to counsel anyone.
Imam Khalid Latif: Ramadan Reflection Day 19: Know People Deeply
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I remember there were so many pigeons outside the masjid, and they weren't afraid of people.
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers
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Invest in some counselors and mental health professionals that know how to relate to people or tell your Imam and masjid staff they have to undergo diversity training as well as take classes in counseling and mental health taught by professionals in each field respectively before they will be allowed to counsel anyone.
Imam Khalid Latif: Ramadan Reflection Day 19: Know People Deeply
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I remember there were so many pigeons outside the masjid, and they weren't afraid of people.
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers
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I remember there were so many pigeons outside the masjid, and they weren't afraid of people.
G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Mosques of Secular Muslim Writers
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