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- noun Plural form of
mosque .
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The city contains many temples which they call mosques, the most beautiful of which is built after the manner of St Peters at Rome, and as large, only that the middle has no roof being entirely open, all the rest of the temple being vaulted.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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Such controversies over domestic political spying have surfaced remarkably regularly since September 11, 2001 -- police and FBI informers in mosques, Defense Department surveillance of antiwar groups and even gay organizations, National Security Agency illegal wiretapping, and surveillance of groups planning protests for the political conventions of the major parties.
Stephan Salisbury: Surveillance, America's Pastime Stephan Salisbury 2010
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These include the distribution of leaflets with threats or pleas, sermons in mosques and clandestine radio stations.
U.S. struggles to counter Taliban propaganda Ernesto Londono 2010
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The government drafts all Friday sermons in mosques and censors private association publications (see section 2. c.).
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Foreign troops, meanwhile, are ill-equipped to offer counterarguments in mosques and other gatherings, forcing them to rely on Afghan officials to do so, Smith said.
Taliban steps up propaganda war Ernesto Londono 2010
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Such controversies over domestic political spying have surfaced remarkably regularly since September 11, 2001 -- police and FBI informers in mosques, Defense Department surveillance of antiwar groups and even gay organizations, National Security Agency illegal wiretapping, and surveillance of groups planning protests for the political conventions of the major parties.
Stephan Salisbury: Surveillance, America's Pastime Stephan Salisbury 2010
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What we need to see is the law being applied in mosques as well as elsewhere.
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Foreign troops, meanwhile, are ill-equipped to offer counterarguments in mosques and other gatherings, forcing them to rely on Afghan officials to do so, Smith said.
U.S. struggles to counter Taliban propaganda Ernesto Londono 2010
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Such controversies over domestic political spying have surfaced remarkably regularly since September 11, 2001 -- police and FBI informers in mosques, Defense Department surveillance of antiwar groups and even gay organizations, National Security Agency illegal wiretapping, and surveillance of groups planning protests for the political conventions of the major parties.
Stephan Salisbury: Surveillance, America's Pastime Stephan Salisbury 2010
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These include the distribution of leaflets with threats or pleas, sermons in mosques and clandestine radio stations.
Taliban steps up propaganda war Ernesto Londono 2010
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