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mosque

[mosk, mawsk]

noun

  1. a Muslim temple or place of public worship.



mosque

/ ɒ /

noun

  1. Also called: masjid. musjid.a Muslim place of worship, usually having one or more minarets and often decorated with elaborate tracery and texts from the Koran

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mosque

  1. A Muslim house of worship with at least one minaret, a tall, slender tower with balconies, used for calling the faithful to prayer.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mosque1

1600–10; earlier mosquee < Middle French < Italian moschea ≪ Arabic masjid, derivative of sajada to worship, literally, prostrate oneself; the -ee seems to have been taken as diminutive suffix and dropped
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mosque1

C14: earlier mosquee, from Old French via Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic masjid temple, place of prostration
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A Southport mosque was damaged, and more than 20 police officers were injured during a melee with far-right activists after misinformation about the attacker’s identity was spread online.

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A consequence was a riot in Southport within 36 hours of the attack focused on the local mosque, and then further rioting across England, much of it aimed at hotels housing recently-arrived asylum seekers.

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Gvir also visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam and known by Jews as the Temple Mount.

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Dawn said at Eid all the children, regardless of religion, would go to the mosque wearing a headscarf and be fed.

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Also affected was ACT in Michigan, which dispatched AmeriCorps members to train communities – for example, at churches, businesses and mosques – how to use naloxone, as well as distributing it through various channels.

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