Iran blamed the US and Israel on Friday for a bombing in a Shi'ite mosque in southeast Iran that killed 25 people, saying the countries were trying to stoke sectarian tension with the Sunni Muslim minority.

Mosque is a place for worship, spirit, contemplation, but above all, Mosque is "a gate way". Sendang Duwur Mosque and Tombhouse is an Islamic antiquity as the product of syncretism process between traditional Javanese architecture - Hindunese/Budhanese - foreign Islamic which born early Mosque in Java. The semiotic and syncretic of Indonesian Mosque and Tombhouse also integrated some principles of the Javanese cosmology blend with the concept of Islamic Architecture, which resulted a symthesis of both traditional and new idea. It manifested in the type of ancient Mosque and tombhouse Sendang Duwur,which is original types ,specific with identity. Abstract in Bahasa Indonesia : Pada hakekatnya peran suatu Masjid adalah sebagai tempat beribadat, tempat menemukan kekuatan bathin ,tempat samadi, namun diatas itu semua peran Masjid adalah sebagai suatu "gerbang". Masjid makam Sunan Sendang Duwur adalah bangunan purbakala sebagai salah satu produk proses sinkretisme arsitektur Tradisional Jawa - Hindu/Budha - dan Islam .yang selanjutnya melahirkan wujud awal Masjid utama diJawa. Semiotic dan sinkretis Masjid makam di Indonesia juga mengintegrasikan beberapa prinsip Kosmologi Jawa yang diramu secara harmonis dengan konsep arsitektur Islam ,yang selanjutnya menghasilkan suatu sinthesa tradisional sebagai ide baru. Jabaran tersebut terlihat pada Masjid makam Sunan Sendang Duwur yang menampilkan type yang aseli, spesifik dan beridentitas. Kata kunci: sinkretisme, semiotic, Masjid, Gapura, Nilai.

The existence of Cheng Hoo?s Indonesian Mosque Architecture in Surabaya is the presentation of Chinese architecture nuance. It is a new revelation for Indonesian mosque architecture. At the same time it is also the resurrection of the treasure of Indonesian architecture which had disappeared for a very long time. It is the architecture which presents itself as a synthesis of various attractive local elements. The building?s expression indicates the spirit of tolerance which is the strong character of the Chinese ancestors. Primarily in this case, are the ideal and the cosmopolitan ways of living by Admiral Cheng Hoo who always lived in harmony with the new environment.

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In saudi mosques are razed regularly without resistance. But not the case in India. Why is it so?