For example, in August 1969, an Australian Christian named Dennis Michael Rohanattempted to burn downAl-Aqsa, destroying the historically significant and intricately carved minbar – or “pulpit” – of Saladin, a treasured piece of Islamic art. On Sept. 28, 2000, Israeli opposition leader Ariel...
Chatsworth is close Shugborough) was probably commissioned as a reworking of Guercino's version. It is in a far more Baroque style than the later version, characteristic of Poussin's early work. In
Inside, the mosque houses a vast prayer hall accommodating up to 20,000 worshippers. The hall features a mihrab, or niche, indicating the direction of Mecca and a minbar, or pulpit, from which the imam delivers sermons. A wooden screen divides the male and female sections. The hall is em...
On Fridays, after the usual ablutions, the four Sunnah prayers are recited, and the preacher, or khatib, then seats himself on the pulpit, or minbar, whilst the Mu'azzin proclaims azan; after which he stands up on the second step and delivers the khutbah. It must be in Arabic, and ...