Muslim Architecture

Question 1

MASJID

/’masjid, mas-/

noun

• Arabic word for a __________.

Answer 1

mosque

Question 2

a place of worship for followers Islam.

Answer 2

mosque/masjid

Question 3

MASJID
literally means “________________” (in prayer)

Answer 3

“place of prostration”

Question 4

The older generations of Muslims used the word, “masjid” interchangeably with the “__________” to signify a place of worship.

Answer 4

“langgal”

Question 5

____________ noon assembly prayers (with sermon) are held only within the Masjid alongside with two important Muslim festivals.

Answer 5

Friday

Question 6

A big space with roofing enough to fit at least 40 (__ in Sulu) worshippers; the number required to render a Friday congregational prayer legitimate in accordance with the parameters of the Shafl’School of Jurispudence

Answer 6

44

Question 7

Generally, the __________. (wide enclosed courtyard furnished with an ablution fountain) and instead _______with benches is provided outside the mosque where worshippers may sit and talk while waiting for the next prayer.

Answer 7

absence of a Sahn
a seating area

Question 8

The ________ (elevated pulpit) is not high unlike those of in Africa and Western Asia; an elevated platform, a chair or any similar furniture can replace and function as the mimbar in some mosques.

Answer 8

mimbar/minbar

Question 9

Sometimes, the _______- is usually not done on tall minarets, but inside the mosques.

Answer 9

call to prayer

Question 10

The hanging drums, variously called the ______ or ___________, are beaten to summon the worshipper from afar to the Mosque; among the Yakan people, a ________ is used for calling people to worship.

Answer 10

Jabu-Jabu or Dabu:Dabu
bamboo drum

Question 11

The practice is discouraged by the ________ (a body of religious scholars and leaders who have jurisdiction over legal and social matters of the people of Islam) because of its _______.

Answer 11

Ulama
Jewish origin

Question 12

Though minarets are common in Philippine mosque, they are hardly functional unlike those in Middle East and in India; are reduced to becoming __________ but still an essential iconic element of the mosque.

Answer 12

decorative vertical appendages

Question 13

Nowadays, a microphone is placed right beside the mosque where the imam stands; this is the place where the ______ (the Muslim call to ritual prayer, typically made by a ___________ from the minaret of a mosque) is called.

Answer 13

azan
muezzin

Question 14

Maranao Drum

Answer 14

Tabu

Question 15

Presence of crescent and star ornament (____) that surmount bulbous domes

Answer 15

hilal

Question 16

Use of _____, ________ (Centaur), motifs and colorful designs

Answer 16

Okir carvings
Oburak

Question 17

______ or ________ is the term for geometric and flowing designs often based an an elaborate leaf and wine pattern) and folk motifs that can be usually found in Maranao and Muslim. influenced artwork, especially in the southern Philippines, and in some parts of Southeast. Asia.

Answer 17

Okir or alteit

Question 18

The mosques of Lanao are unique for the presence of an inverted jar (origin: Sung/Ming Dynasty) placed at the apex of a dome (known locally as _________. This jar is considered_______(heirloom) by the Maranaos.

Answer 18

Obor-obor
posaka

Question 19

Some mosques have __________ for male and female worshippers while others have a common for both

Answer 19

separate entrances

Question 20

Was formerly a multi-tiered bamboo or wooden structure reminiscient of a __________ or a ______

Answer 20

Chinese pagoda or a Javanese Temple.

Question 21

Roof consists of ________- of flared pyramidal roofs; separated by gaps for ventilation and lighting purposes.

Answer 21

three ascending layers

Question 22

Roof tiers are held aloft by _____________ in the center, extending to outer columns for lower and wider roofs.

Answer 22

four great columns

Question 23

Centralized and vertical hierarchy: square plan with an addition of a small section of porch area of the ____ which eases out from the front of the mosque.

Answer 23

iwan

Question 24

Locally, the roof tiers may assume a three-tiered, five-tiered, or even seven-tiered superstructure, decorated with __________ at its pinnacle.

Answer 24

pottery finials

Question 25

The multi-layered roof of a pagoda -style mosque is exemplified by the oldest standing mosque in the Philippines found in ______________

Answer 25

Tubig, Indangan, Simunul Islands, Tawi-Tawi.

Question 26

A __________ mosque combined the multi-tiered roof with an onion shaped roof.

Answer 26

1950’s Lanao