# Islam Question: The Function Of The Mosque

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-question-the-function-of-the-mosque/805700>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 1, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-question-the-function-of-the-mosque/805700 "2018-01-01T18:56:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-question-the-function-of-the-mosque/805700/41 "2018-01-04T19:59:28Z")

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> [@Cokebottal](#):
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> In Islam, if one is not practicing at least the 5 pillars then he or she is outside of the religion so they’re not really Muslim.

No they are Muslim

This is Salafiste extremism, you can keep it for yourself, it is not for you to declare takfir.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-question-the-function-of-the-mosque/805700/42 "2018-01-04T23:11:37Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> So do those in Spain. Diagonal is that long but it’s all in a single town. And some streets in the US aren’t what I’d call short; how long is New York’s Avenue of the Americas? Miami’s Calle Ocho? Philadelphia’s Market Street?

By “our” I meant “my general area”, not, “all of the US”. But I’ll go with what little nemo said.

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-question-the-function-of-the-mosque/805700/43 "2018-01-04T23:24:15Z")

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> [@Ramira](#):
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> Becuase the majority of the readership here are the Christians or coming from the very christian cultural context which organizes their understandings.

But I’m seeing that /your/ understanding of Christian cultural context seems a bit limited. Clearly /I/ made a mistake using Christian terms to describe muslim activities, because that seems to have contributed to the misunderstanding.

> [@Johanna](#):
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> As for the mosque functioning as a community center, […] Yes, that is the American way in religion.

And I guess, sort of un-American as well. The [Muradiye Complex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muradiye_Complex) (circa 1450), included baths, hospice, and a school.

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