1. Mosques are oriented so that the mihrab faces Mecca.

2. The mihrab, which is located at the midpoint of the wall facing Qibla, is a niche or recess that constitutes the central and, at times, the most decorated feature in any mosque.

3. The vocabulary of the mosque: the minaret, the mihrab and the minbar.

4. However, the mihrab on the Western wall of the sanctuary articulating the Qibla or the direction towards Mecca offered a notional focus.

5. The Minbar is the platform in a mosque placed next to the mihrab and is used for khutba (sermon), which is delivered by the Imam.