Chapati Mystery notes that church steeples were likely invented as a response to mosque minarets.
Maybe a solution for Swiss muslims is to add steeples to all their mosques instead? then everyone is happy.
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thabet 1:24 pm on November 30, 2009 Permalink |
Sepoy rather than SM.
aziz 1:25 pm on November 30, 2009 Permalink |
*wince* i edited the post but the permalink encodes my shame.
thabet 1:28 pm on November 30, 2009 Permalink |
Heh. All desis look alike.
aziz 2:31 pm on November 30, 2009 Permalink |
especially to other desis!
indifferent 7:32 pm on November 30, 2009 Permalink |
Steeples were (are) an architectural element with religious symbolism manifested
in physical form. The steeple was often the highest point of the built environment, serving both as a physical landmark by which one would navigate their path to worship. It also represented an ecclesiastical platform to God, as well as a great place to ring the bells, if the church could afford them. Same is likely true of mosques.
abunoor 8:33 pm on November 30, 2009 Permalink |
Of course except mosques would not ring bells. I don’t know when the practice of Christians ringing bells started, but it was known to the Prophet (saw) and his companions and using the human voice to call to prayer was chosen as an alternative to that. The hadith in Sahih Bukhari indicates: