Beautiful mosques
Select, cut and paste 6 mosque pictures from flickr:
Copy and paste this link to flikr -
www.flickr.com/search/?q=mosque&f=hp
It has about ¾ million to choose from! Choose 6 different designs that you like. Write 5 words that describe the beauty of each of the pictures you chose. (Tip: You could use an online Thesaurus to really choose great adjectives for this task!)
Complete these sentences for each photograph:
‘I think this one is beautiful because…’
‘I think Muslims might find this a good place to pray because they might feel…’
Read the following ideas about whether it is better to express your beliefs through beautiful buildings or by giving to charity. Make a comment about each idea e.g. I agree/disagree with this view because...
1. “A mosque should be beautiful because it is for a beautiful activity: praying to the Creator of beauty is easier in the beautiful surroundings.”
2. “Mosques are not an alternative to giving money for the poor: Muslims do both because worshipping Allah and helping the needy are both really important.”
3. “God hears your prayer anywhere. No special place is needed to pray. A clean heart, a clean body and a clean prayer mat are all you need. So Muslims today should spend less on mosques and more on feeding the poor.”
4. Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] said that whoever builds a mosque on earth, God will build them a house in Paradise, so it is a good way to prepare for life after death.”
Copy and paste this link to flikr -
www.flickr.com/search/?q=mosque&f=hp
It has about ¾ million to choose from! Choose 6 different designs that you like. Write 5 words that describe the beauty of each of the pictures you chose. (Tip: You could use an online Thesaurus to really choose great adjectives for this task!)
Complete these sentences for each photograph:
‘I think this one is beautiful because…’
‘I think Muslims might find this a good place to pray because they might feel…’
Read the following ideas about whether it is better to express your beliefs through beautiful buildings or by giving to charity. Make a comment about each idea e.g. I agree/disagree with this view because...
1. “A mosque should be beautiful because it is for a beautiful activity: praying to the Creator of beauty is easier in the beautiful surroundings.”
2. “Mosques are not an alternative to giving money for the poor: Muslims do both because worshipping Allah and helping the needy are both really important.”
3. “God hears your prayer anywhere. No special place is needed to pray. A clean heart, a clean body and a clean prayer mat are all you need. So Muslims today should spend less on mosques and more on feeding the poor.”
4. Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] said that whoever builds a mosque on earth, God will build them a house in Paradise, so it is a good way to prepare for life after death.”
