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Dr. Omar Khalidi shows photos of American mosques at the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.
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December 2-4, 2006. Dr. Omar Khalidi, an American photographer and chronicler of mosque architecture, visited mosques in the Rhein-Main area and spoke to several groups on the first leg of his tour through Germany, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. Khalidi, a senior research scholar at the Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, spoke to members of the
Masjid Othman Ibn Affan in Rüsselsheim and to students and faculty of the American studies and Islamic studies departments at the Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. Dr. Khalidi talked about Muslim life in America, the great variety of religious diversity and ethnicity among American Muslims, and how this diversity is reflected in the architecture of the over 2,000 mosques in the United States. Dr. Khalidi explained the three types of mosque architecture that now flourish in the United States: the traditional "implanted" design, the synthesized "adapted" design, and the unprecedented "innovative" style. He also showed photos of American mosques from the exhibit "Mosques in North America," which was opened by the U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt in October 2006, and is currently travelling through Germany. Consul General Jo Ellen Powell hosted a dinner in honor of Dr. Khalidi with a diverse group of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian community activists as well as cultural and academic contacts. Enter photo gallery
Dr. Khalidi will also be visiting Berlin, Cologne, Heidelberg, and Stuttgart, and will attend the opening of the American mosques exhibit at Carl-Schurz Haus in Freiburg on Friday, December 8.
Audio Feature: Listen to excerpts from Dr. Khalidi's lecture about Muslim Life in America, part I | Dr. Khalidi on Muslim Life in America, part II | Podcast
Please see also: Ambassador Timken Opens Dr. Khalidi's ‘American Mosques’ Exhibit at Frankfurt City Library
The catalogue of the exhibit "Mosques in North America" can be found at the following links: German | English
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