Friday, January 27, 2006

Casablanca's Mile High Mosque.






The Mosque in Casablanca is the most beautiful piece of architecture in the whole city.
It is the second largest mosque in the world. It sits on the Edge of the sea and stretches up high into the crisp blue sky.
People sit along the boardwalk, veiled woman, men in jalabes, some western clothing, smiles, stares, white folks, tourists, Muslims, photographs and flashes of crashes of culture.

The building was constructed through funding from the local Muslim community.
In each tile and brick is a peace of the peoples of Morocco.
The square shape of the tower is there to differentiate The Moroccan Muslims from the Arabic Muslims.
I wish I could have stayed there longer to understand why it was so important to keep Muslims divided in sections.

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