It shows Muslims' worship of the moon.
In ancient times, superstition and worship of the sun, experience and stars were a phenomenon that many nationalities in the world once had. In the desert tropics, the worship of the moon is even more prominent.
after Allah (Turkic, Persian Muslims called Huda, Chinese Muslims called Allah) revealed the Koran to the sage Muhammad, Islam first spread in the Arab region. It is hot and dry there, and the production and life of nomadic people are mostly carried out at night. The Arabic calendar takes the setting of the sun to the rising of the sun as a day. The new moon rises on the first day of each month.
Ramadan in Islam is a month from the first day when you see the new moon to the end when you see the new moon again. The moon is mentioned many times in the Koran, and some chapters are called "the moon". In Muhammad's view, the new moon represents a new force, from the new moon to the full moon, which marks the destruction of Islam, the victory over darkness, the complete success and the bright world.
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Mosques are closely related to Muslims' life, and their functions are shown in the following aspects:
1. Religious activity center: daily "five o'clock worship", weekly gathering ceremony, and "meeting ceremony" twice a year, all of which are held in mosques. Religious festivals, such as the prophet's birthday, are celebrated in mosques. The naming of babies at birth and the funeral of the dead will also be held in the temple, and the imam will be invited to preside over it.
2. The center suitable for teaching: Since the Prophet Muhammad delivered a missionary speech at the Medina Mosque for the first time, the mosque has become a place suitable for teaching. Since then, in the weekly "gathering ceremony" day and the "meeting ceremony" twice a year, the propaganda has become customized through "calling for pictures" (speeches).
3. religious education center: during the wumaiye dynasty, mosques around the country began to attach schools to teach the Koran.
During the Abbasid Dynasty, many famous mosques were also home to famous universities of the same name, such as azhar University, Karaoui University in Fez, Morocco, and Zatuna University in Tunisia.
4. Cultural center: There are libraries and medical institutions attached to mosques. For example, the mosque library in Sana 'a, Yemen is one of the largest mosques in the Arab world.
5. The center of contact and communication for Muslims: Usually busy with their own affairs, they get together during worship, especially during the weekly gathering ceremony and the annual meeting ceremony. * * * The mosque plays a role in cohesion and unity.
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