Współczesny meczet i jego symbolika. Kontekst problemowy i historiograficzny
Modern mosque and its symbolism. Historiographical context

Summary/Abstract: According to Roger Garaudy, a modern French philosopher, the mosque is the “mirror of Islam”. Its structure, composition and decor express fundamental aspects of the Islamic faith, worldwiev and aesthetics. One can say that the architecture of the modern mosque is the mirror of the modern Islam. Mosques built in the 20th and 21st centuries combine traditional elements (sometimes by mere copying of classical patterns) with bold innovations and latest building materials and technology. Architecture, ornamentation and religious interpretation of the mosque form one of the central questions in the Islamic theology: What is mosque? Is it the temple (the holy place, presupposing an invisible presence of God)? Or – unlike other sacral objects (Tempelarchitektur) – the home, in a religious and moral sense? The idea of the mosque as our common home has an impact on the architecture of the modern mosques.

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