A mosque is the house of prayer in Islam. A mosque is very important to Muslims. There
is no specific way for a Mosque to be built, accept a few key points: an indication to the direction Mecca, a mihrab (a niche
on the wall). A mosque must have a roofed area in front of the mihrab and there cannot be any doors on the wall where the
mihrab is placed, but for other walls, there can be as many as they want.
There are two types of mosques. The main mosque is called jamaca, and is the one where
the friday prayer takes place. The other type of mosque is called a masjid. Masjod is a word meaning "place for prostration"
and were used by early Muslim for house of worsrhip, even for other religions.
The first mosque is the one in Mecca and is defined as the area that is surrounded by
Ka'ba, the most holy shrine to Islam. The early developement of mosques was in the courtyard of Muhammad's house in Madina.
Mosques face the directions of Jerusalem.