features of a mosque

what is a tower which the call to prayer is announced?

what is a niche in the wall of a mosque called?

in many mosques the prayer hall is adjoined to an open courtyard called the sahn.

The [blank_start]minabr[blank_end] is a [blank_start]pulpit[blank_end] in the mosque where the [blank_start]imam[blank_end] stands to deliver [blank_start]sermons[blank_end] and lectures the [blank_start]congregation[blank_end]. The minbar is also a set of [blank_start]steps[blank_end], leading to a pulpit In the [blank_start]mosque.[blank_end]

mosques are decorated by colourful patterns and writing from the Qur'an.

Muslims must face [blank_start]mecca[blank_end] when they pray. [blank_start]Muslims[blank_end] can tell where this is because the [blank_start]alcove[blank_end] set in the [blank_start]wall[blank_end] marks the [blank_start]direction[blank_end] of mecca.