The stars and the moon do represent what the Muslims

Stars and the moon to do on behalf of the Muslim Islamic mosque architectural features.

Early mosque architecture is simple and unadorned, such as the Prophet's Temple in Medina, mainly by the enclosure of the wall into a courtyard for worship, the roof of the house for the call to worship, and then set up a simple pulpit for the preaching can be. Later, with the development of Muslim architectural art, the structure of the strict, majestic and magnificent and with decorative art of the architectural complex appeared one after another. The main building of the mosque is the main hall of worship, the direction towards Mecca Kerbai. The front wall of the main hall ib a concave wall (Mihrab), the front left has a stepped pulpit (Min Baier). The larger mosque also has a minaret. The top of the tower is pointed, so called minaret, the Department of the call to worship.

General mosque has l ~ 4 minarets, Turkey, Istanbul, Sultan Ahmed Mosque has 6 towers, Mecca Holy Mosque has 7 towers. There are also water rooms for bathing. In the Wu Maiye dynasty caliph Walid period (705 ~ 715) appeared vaulted buildings, most of which are a series of arches supported by a branching arrangement of square columns or columns, the arches in turn support a dome, vaulted. The exterior of the building, covered with colored or other decorations. Subsequently, the art of mosque architecture to form four major schools and styles: Syria, an Egyptian school: mainly Greek, Roman and local style as an example. Iraqi and Persian school: based on Sassanian style, ancient Chaldean style and Assyrian style. Spanish-North African: Horseshoe in Maghreb style. Indian school: most of the dome shape, there are obvious Indian building, building color. Mosque management in the Islamic countries by the government religious fund department leadership, fewer personnel, simple affairs, the imam does not necessarily live in the temple, the mosque generally have religious public property (wakf) and funds.