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1 Muslim Architecture Imam Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey Taj Mahal, Agra, India Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel

2 Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem) http://www.bibleplaces.com/images/Dome_of_Rock_from_west,_tb042403.jpg

3 Dome of the Rock (interior) http://www.sacredsites.com/shop/images/middle-east/israel/dome-rock-interior-750.jpg

4 Dome of the Rock and the Western (Wailing) Wall http://sojourney.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/westernwall.jpg

5 The Umayyad Mosque (Damascus, Syria) http://img6.travelblog.org/Photos/11053/265444/f/2194622-Dusk-at-the-Umayyad-Mosque--Damascus-Syria-1.jpg

6 The Cordoba Mosque, Spain (interior) http://khushu.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/cordoba-mosque.jpg

7 Imam Husain Mosque, Karbala, Iraq (Shi’ite Mosque) http://lh4.ggpht.com/_gQkRuyIX71w/Ro7eHgdn13I/AAAAAAAAADA/pDmCafPSvBQ/BAG44-025023-pih.jpg

8 Shiites Mourn Imam Hussain http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper344/stills/5vl 1qgep.jpg http://ccn1.net/POTD2/al-arbaeen.jpg

9 Shiites Mourn Imam Hussain http://photos.upi.com/Features/83b02c7f0b187f6ebf170f93f8058952/A shura_Festival_in_Iraq.jpg http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/01/07/12/803-Ashura_01- 369.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg Commemoration of Ashura (Shiite Muslims’ Morning of Their Spiritual Leader, Imam Hussain http://www.charlotteobserver.com/galleri es/gallery/457113.html

10 The Greatest Mosques of the World and the Extent of Islam The Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia http://www.hudsonfla.com/artislam.htm

11 The Medina Mosque http://www.hudsonfla.com/artislam.htm

12 Dome of the Rock http://www.hudsonfla.com/artislam.htm

13 Mosque in Indonesia http://www.hudsonfla.com/artislam.htm

14 Mosque in Cairo, Egypt http://www.hudsonfla.com/artislam.htm

15 Djenne Mosque, Mali, West Africa http://www.sacredsites.com/africa/mali/images/mosque-of-djenne-500.jpg

16 Interior of Mosques (Selimiye Mosque, Istanbul) http://www.essential-architecture.com/STYLE/800px-Selimiye_MosqueDome.jpg

17 Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque Isfahan, Iran http://www.interiordesignandremodeling.net/interior-design-remodeling-Sheikh-Lotfollah-Mosque-Isfahan-Iran-twocentsworth.jpg

18 The Umayyad Mosque Damascus, Syria http://www.sacred-destinations.com/syria/images/damascus/umayyad-mosque/interior-lesson-cc- justhugo-350.jpg

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