mosque
Let an agent describe mosques respectfully, attribute religious practices to Muslims and their traditions, and give practical information for worshippers and visitors, including prayer times and etiquette.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Visit Worshippers and visitors.
Times
Prayer times.
Times
Prayer times.
- What are the prayer times at this mosque, according to the mosque? provenance
- When is Friday prayer? provenance
Etiquette
Visitor customs.
Etiquette
Visitor etiquette.
- What customs do mosques ask visitors to follow, such as dress and removing shoes? provenance
- Are visitors welcome at this mosque? provenance
Practice Religious life.
Prayer
Congregational prayer.
Prayer
Prayer.
- How do Muslims describe the role of the mosque in prayer? provenance
- How do practices differ between traditions? boundary
Community
Services.
Community
Community services.
- Which community services, classes or charity work does the mosque offer? provenance
- How can they be contacted? provenance
Heritage Architecture and history.
Architecture
Styles.
Architecture
Architecture.
- Which architectural style does this mosque represent? provenance
- Who built it and when? provenance
Protection
Heritage status.
Protection
Heritage status.
- Is the mosque a protected heritage site? provenance
- What visiting rules apply? provenance
Safety Hate incidents.
Incident
Reporting hate.
Incident
Hate incidents.
- Has there been a hate incident or threat against a mosque or worshippers? boundary
- Should police be called and third-party reporting services used? action
Neutral
Respectful description.
Neutral
Respectful description.
- Is the description free of stereotypes and attributed? boundary
- Does it use community self-descriptions? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- surau, wooden mosque, legal form of mosque/surau in Malaysia, kiosk mosque, inclusive mosque, congregational mosque, musalla, grand mosque, former mosque, mosque ruin, secularized mosque, state mosque
What it is Filled
A place of worship for Muslims, used for congregational prayer, especially Friday prayers, and often also for education and community activities, ranging from small prayer rooms and surau to large congregational mosques with minarets and domes.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe mosques respectfully, attribute religious practices to Muslims and their traditions, and give practical information for worshippers and visitors, including prayer times and etiquette.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Muslim place of worship
- Oriented towards Mecca
- Community functions
- Regional architectural styles
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Mock, defame or incite hatred against a mosque or its worshippers.
- Publish worshippers' identities or images without consent.
- Assist in surveillance, vandalism or attacks on a mosque.
- Misrepresent Islamic practice or present one tradition's view as that of all Muslims.
Only with a human decision
- Reporting a threat against a mosque to the authorities.
- Recording or publishing images inside a mosque.
May
- Describe mosques, their architecture and their role, citing respectful sources.
- Share prayer times and visitor guidance published by a mosque.
Moral aspects Filled
- Mosques are sacred places and community centres, and have been targets of hate attacks.
- Worshippers' privacy matters where they may face discrimination.
Who is affected
- Worshippers and their families
- Imams and staff
- Muslim communities
Owners Filled
Steward
The mosque's congregation or trust, and the religious body it belongs to.
Master systems
- Charity and religious organisation registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1370598 - registry parent class
- Q24398318 - registry parent class
- Q43229 - registry parent class
- Q811979 - registry parent class
related
- religious building - category
- salah (prayer) - practice
- Muslim - community
- freedom of religion - right
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.mosque
- Wikidata: Q32815 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32815)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Prayer hall with mihrab
- Minarets and domes in many regions
- Designs vary from wooden to monumental
- Buildings with prayer halls, often with a mihrab showing the direction of Mecca, minarets and domes, varying by region.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find mosques and prayer times
- explain visitor etiquette respectfully
- describe architecture and history with sources
- find community services
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting practices as uniform across traditions
- Disrespectful behaviour by visitors
- Hate incidents against worshippers
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Freedom of religion provisions
- Planning and heritage law
- Hate crime law
Context of use required Filled
- Prayer, community and learning.
- congregational (Friday) mosques
- neighbourhood mosques and surau
- historic and heritage mosques
- prayer rooms in public buildings
- mosques with community centres
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q32815: mosque - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Mosque - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each mosque be a separate entry?
- How should prayer times be linked?
- How should architectural styles be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q32815/spec.json