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Minbar
Pulpit in a mosque / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about minbar, a pulpit in the mosque. For other uses, see Minbar (disambiguation).
A minbar (Arabic: منبر; sometimes romanized as mimber) is a pulpit in a mosque where the imam (leader of prayers) stands to deliver sermons (خطبة, khutbah). It is also used in other similar contexts, such as in a Hussainiya where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation.
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