mosque

Summary

mosque is a type of building^[1]. mosque ranks in the top 3% of type_of_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,599 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• mosque's religion is recorded as Islam^[3].
• mosque's instance of is recorded as type of building^[4].
• mosque is a type of structure of worship^[5].
• mosque is a type of religious building^[6].
• mosque is a type of architectural structure^[7].
• mosque is a type of organization^[8].
• mosque's Commons category is recorded as Mosques^[9].
• mosque's Unicode character is recorded as 🕌^[10].
• mosque comprises wudu basin^[11].
• mosque comprises minaret^[12].
• mosque comprises musalla^[13].
• mosque comprises mihrab^[14].
• mosque comprises Qubba^[15].
• mosque's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mosques^[16].
• mosque's topic's main category is recorded as Q32413069^[17].
• mosque's Commons gallery is recorded as Mosque^[18].
• mosque's facet of is recorded as Islamic architecture^[19].
• mosque's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as building=mosque^[20].
• mosque's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[21].
• mosque's described by source is recorded as Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'^[22].
• mosque's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• mosque's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• mosque's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• mosque's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[26].
• mosque's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

mosque's instance of is recorded as type of building^[4]. Recorded subclass of include structure of worship^[5], religious building^[6], architectural structure^[7], and organization^[8].

Use and Application

Components include wudu basin^[11], an Islamic term^[28]; minaret^[12]; musalla^[13], an Islamic term^[29]; mihrab^[14]; and Qubba^[15], a sepulchral monument^[30].

Why It Matters

mosque ranks in the top 3% of type_of_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,599 views/month).^[2] mosque has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] mosque is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]