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A minbar (also spelt mimbar) is a pulpit
Pulpit

File:Convento Cristo Decemebr 2008-18.jpgA pulpit is a small elevated platform from which a member of the clergy delivers a Sermon in a house of worship....
 in the mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
 where the Imam
Imam

File:Medaillon chiite.jpgAn imam is an Islamic leadership position. Often the leader of a mosque and the community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads the prayer during Islamic gatherings....
 (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah ???? ) or in the Hussainia
Hussainia

A Hussainia is a congregation hall for Shia ritual ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram. The name comes from Hussain, the grandson of Muhammad and an Imam of the Shia....
 where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation. While minbars are usually more akin to pulpit
Pulpit

File:Convento Cristo Decemebr 2008-18.jpgA pulpit is a small elevated platform from which a member of the clergy delivers a Sermon in a house of worship....
s in elevation and structures they have a function and position more similar to that of a lectern
Lectern

A lectern is a reading desk with a slanted top, usually placed on a stand or affixed to a some other form of support, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon....
, emphasizing contact with the audience. The minbar is usually shaped like a small tower with a pointed roof and stairs leading up to it.






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A minbar (also spelt mimbar) is a pulpit
Pulpit

File:Convento Cristo Decemebr 2008-18.jpgA pulpit is a small elevated platform from which a member of the clergy delivers a Sermon in a house of worship....
 in the mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
 where the Imam
Imam

File:Medaillon chiite.jpgAn imam is an Islamic leadership position. Often the leader of a mosque and the community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads the prayer during Islamic gatherings....
 (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah ???? ) or in the Hussainia
Hussainia

A Hussainia is a congregation hall for Shia ritual ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram. The name comes from Hussain, the grandson of Muhammad and an Imam of the Shia....
 where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation. While minbars are usually more akin to pulpit
Pulpit

File:Convento Cristo Decemebr 2008-18.jpgA pulpit is a small elevated platform from which a member of the clergy delivers a Sermon in a house of worship....
s in elevation and structures they have a function and position more similar to that of a lectern
Lectern

A lectern is a reading desk with a slanted top, usually placed on a stand or affixed to a some other form of support, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon....
, emphasizing contact with the audience. The minbar is usually shaped like a small tower with a pointed roof and stairs leading up to it. Some believe decorating it is part of the Sunnah, oppositely the prophet(saw) only had a platform with 3 steps. The minbar is located to the right of the mihrab
Mihrab

A mihrab is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla, that is, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying....
, the niche that indicates the direction of prayer (i.e. towards Mecca
Mecca

Mecca , also spelled Makkah , Makka is a city in Saudi Arabia. Home to the Masjid al-Haram, it is the holy city in Islam and plays an important role in the faith....
).

In some mosques there is a platform (müezzin mahfili in Turkish
Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
) opposite the minbar. That is the place where the assistant of the Imam, the muezzin
Muezzin

File:Jean-L?on G?r?me 010.jpgThe muezzin is a chosen person at the mosque who leads the call to Friday service and the five daily prayers from one of the mosque's minarets ....
, stands during prayer. The muezzin recites the answer to the prayer of the Imam. This feature is the Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
ic equivalent of the pulpit
Pulpit

File:Convento Cristo Decemebr 2008-18.jpgA pulpit is a small elevated platform from which a member of the clergy delivers a Sermon in a house of worship....
 found in Christian churches.

The Imam stands on the minbar to give his Friday sermons (khutbahs) as well as the one he gives on the two Eids. Being raised above the ground allows the Imam to see all the worshippers in case of a large crowd. And he should stand on the top step of the minbar following the example of Muhammad. The minbar often represents the minarets.