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...echo larger debates taking place in the Islamic world today about gender, power and, particularly in immigrant communities, Islam's place in Western societies. Even the simplest design decision can reflect questions that are crucial to Islam and its adherents: Should women be allowed in a mosque's main hall or confined to separate quarters? Are minarets necessary in the West, where laws on noise levels mean they are rarely used for the call to prayer? What should a mosque attended by Muslims from different parts of the world look like? The boldest of the new mosques try to answer...
...concerns and aesthetics. The mosque that Husain helps administer, in a gritty working-class Manchester neighborhood, uses reclaimed wood and solar panels on the roof to power its under-floor heating. Inside, peach carpeting and plasma TVs give the air of a prosperous suburban English home, while the prayer hall has carvings inspired by the 10th century North African Fatimid dynasty...
...Muslims to the site. The local Muslim elders hope that, once there, visitors will browse in the library, check out the art gallery or spend in the shopping mall, which Böhm envisions as "a modern souk with the quality of the traditional souk." The mosque's prayer hall consists of shells of textured concrete connected by glass panels, to create "ideological and architectural transparency," says Böhm. Far from a nod to tradition, the minarets are a declaration that the building is "not a sports hall, a concert hall or a museum, but a mosque...
Despite lacking the latest equipment, Pforzheimer Dining Hall will soon join Annenberg and several other House dining halls in daily composting. Pforzheimer, one of five Houses that does not have a compacting machine, is starting a pilot program in the next few days that will test the efficacy of manual composting. Composting, in which dining hall food waste is reused as fertilizer, is one prong of the University’s efforts to be more environmentally friendly, according to the Harvard University Dining Services Web site. Crista Martin, HUDS director of marketing and communications, said that the Quad Houses...
Although parents, school faculty, and community members were present at the meeting, only school committee members were allowed to pose questions. Unlike at Monday night’s town hall forum—during which the finalists introduced themselves directly to city residents—yesterday’s discussion covered subject areas that were selected by the school committee, rather than the public...