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The interior of the mosque, formerly the church of Christ Pantokrator. The Byzantine opus sectile floor lies under the carpet. Shortly after the Fall of Constantinople the main church was converted into a mosque, while the monastery served for a while as a medrese. [8] The Ottomans named it after Molla Zeyrek, a scholar who taught there. [8]
Mosque in Queens, New York City with classical dome architecture. The ethnic background of New York City's Muslims reflects the diversity of the city at large. No other large city in the world contains such a well-proportioned split of Muslims by region of origin. The largest groups are South Asians, followed by African-Americans and West Africans.
One Riverside Drive, the site of New York's first Islamic cultural center. Today, like most mosques, the mosque at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York is oriented toward Mecca at a heading of 58°. [8] Consequently, the building is rotated 29° from Manhattan's north-south street grid, [9] which in turn is rotated 29° from due north-south.
The Zeyrek Çinili Hamam was built in the 16th century. Now, following 500 years of wear and tear, it’s reopening – and offering the same experience it did in 1530. The 500-year-old hamam ...
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Category: Mosques in New York City. ... Powers Street Mosque This page was last edited on 20 November 2022, at 08:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
To the west of Zeyrek Mosque sits the rectangular area around the Hüsambey Tezgahçılar Mosque. It is ringed with food shops and restaurants serving the cuisine of Siirt in southeastern Turkey, in particular büryan kebab , lamb baked in pit ovens, and perde pilav , a risotto of chicken, grapes and almonds baked in a fez-shaped pastry case.