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Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War Monuments [PDF]
Ocula, 2020 Tower, Steeples and Minarets can be regarded in the context of an urban landscape: the meaning lies essentially in the upward movement. Vector-oriented constructions capable of arranging the urban space around it.
Ruggero Ragonese
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Geography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Scholarship in the Geography of religion has expanded the study of religious space beyond formal places of worship to informal and temporary sites. This article reviews these developments while highlighting a persistent gap: the limited attention paid to the material agency of architecture.
Silvia Omenetto
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Religions, 2021 A comprehensive analysis of Cypriot mosque architecture between the 19th and 21st centuries, from the Ottoman and British colonial periods to the present, does not exist.
Marko Kiessel, Asu Tozan
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Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 272-283, June 2026.ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
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BuildingsSeveral reinforced concrete minarets in Turkey have suffered significant damage during earthquakes, resulting in fatalities and economic losses. These structures might be considered the most frequently built thin structures in Turkey.
Erdem Türkeli
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Experimental Investigations and Seismic Assessment of a Historical Stone Minaret in Mostar
Buildings, 2023 Minarets, tall structures, connected or not to the mosque attract attention due to their specific architectural features. Vulnerability to seismic damage has been witnessed throughout history on tall and slender structures after earthquake ground motions.
Faris Trešnjo +3 more
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A cost-effective FRCM technique for seismic strengthening of minarets
, 2021 Many collapses or severe damages in minarets occur due to large structural deformations during earthquakes. Minarets, which are part of the cultural heritage, require particular attention and appropriate methodologies for their strengthening. The present
Hökelekli, Emin, Bayraktar, Alemdar
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Can a lizard ride on a housefly?: Navigating uncertainty and moral life in an Accra Zongo, Ghana
Ethos, Volume 54, Issue 2, June 2026.Abstract How can uncertainty become a resource for ethical life rather than a threat to it? Focusing on a Zongo community in Accra, Ghana—also known as a “traveler's camp” or “stranger's quarters”—this article examines how people use a creative form of communication called the practice of folding to sustain relationships shaped by conditions of ...
Emily A. Williamson
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Seismic Vulnerability of Masonry Minarets: State of the Art and Fast Assessment via Limit Analysis
BuildingsMasonry minarets constitute an important component of Islamic architectural heritage. Beyond their religious function, they stand as social and cultural landmarks reflecting the diversity of architectural styles and building techniques of the regions in ...
Sare Nur Avcı +2 more
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Godsdienstvrijheid onder druk?
Religie & Samenleving, 2012 The freedom of religion which exists throughout Europe has not led to equal rights nor equal social acceptance of Muslims. This holds especially true for Islamic rituals and symbols such as the public call to prayer which only in the Netherlands has ...
Gerard Wiegers
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