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mihrab

In Islamic architecture, niche in the wall of a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca to those taking part in prayers.



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There are two mihrabs (niches), between which stands a wooden pulpit.
Mihrabs are prayer niches that are intended to point Muslims toward Mecca for prayer, but in Hawaii that would be northwest.
In particular, he says, "the architecture makes little allowance for traditional forms or indeed for the use of local materials, teak often being imported from India for the purpose, while mihrabs are frequently decorated in an exhuberant manner and owe nothing to local practice.
 
 
 
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