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Chapter III - Mosques
• Friday noon assembly prayers (with sermon) are held only within
the Masjid alongside with two important Muslim festivals.
MASJID
• In the Philippines, mosques were mainly constructed of wood
even until the end of the Pacific War.
6. Nowadays, a microphone is placed right beside the mosque where the imam
stands; this is the place where the azan (the Muslim call to ritual prayer,
typically made by a muezzin from the minaret of a mosque) is called.
MASJID
7. Presence of crescent and star ornament (hilal) that
surmount bulbous domes.
10. Some mosques have separate entrances for male and female
worshippers while others have a common for both.
A song dynasty
antique chinese
brown glazed
storage jar with
four lugs.
A song dynasty
antique chinese
temmoku brown
glazed stoneware
vase vessel
The mosque found in Pantar, on the left side of the road
right after crossing the bridge to Iligan City, has one.
A song dynasty antique
chinese brown glazed
storage jar with four lugs.
• Oldest-standing Mosque in
the Philippines.
• Had undergone
modification and
reconstruction
• Renovated on 1982 to
commemorate 600 years of
Islam within the
Philippines.
• Contemporary Simunul
Mosque now has a central
dome.
King Faisal Mosque, Mindanao State University, Blue Mosque, Maharlika Village, Taguig City,
Marawi City, Philippines Philippines
KING FAISAL MOSQUE
Mindanao State University, Marawi City, Philippines
• Palm-leaf roofing was common; some built a small roof covering raised slightly
to form a clerestory (providing natural light and ventilation); this mimics
the numinous effect of the dome.
MOSQUES OF TODAY
• Existence of hundreds of mosques in many Muslim
communities around the Philippines.