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The IMAGES
Classroom Resource pack for Primary Schools was the first material
that I was asked to produce for Strathclyde (previously to that my
input had been strictly advisory), and it looked a great deal better
as A4 copies. But I'm afraid that my scanner is not really up to the
job, so you will have to make do with what you see on the page
below.
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IMAGES
ISLAMIC
PATTERNWORK
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Patterns
based on double squares
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Patterns
based on hexagons
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Patterns
based on double hexagons
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TILEWORK
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Blue Mosque, Tabriz
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Alhambra Palace, Granada
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Shah Ni'matullah tomb, Kirman
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Saadian tombs, Marrakesh
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CARVED MARBLE
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| Perforated
screen windows, Fatehpur Sikri |
ARABESQUE
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Lutf Allah mosque, Isfahan
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Carpet, Tabriz
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Quaitbay's mausoleum, Cairo
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Page from an arabesque workbook
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Entry doorway to Taj Mahal, Agra
(Muqarnas, Inlaid
Arabesque, Inlaid Calligraphy)
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CALLIGRAPHY
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The Arabic Alphabet
(plus
Horse Bird and Lion calligraphies)
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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim (the Bismillah) nine times
(In
the Name of God, the All Merciful, the All Compassionate)
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Pineapple shaped mirrored Bismillah in Arabesque border
Foliate
kufic La ilaha illa Allah - There is no God except God
Muhammad
3 times (Hexagon), 8 times (Circle), and 3 times (Triangle)
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SAYINGS
OF MUHAMMAD
(in various different scripts)
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Righteousness
is good morality, and wrongdoing is that which wavers in
your soul and which you dislike people finding out
about. (Related by Muslim)
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Each
persons joint must perform a charity every day the sun
comes up: to act justly between two people is a charity;
to help a man with his mount, lifting him on to it or
hoisting up his belongings on to it is is a charity; a
good word is a charity; every step you take to prayers
is a charity; and removing a harmful thing from the road
is a charity. (Related by Bukhari and Muslim)
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God has written down the good deeds and the bad ones.
He who has intended a good deed and has not done it, God
writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has
intended it and has done it, God writes it down with Himself
as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many times
over. But if he has intended a bad deed and has not done it,
God writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he
has intended it and done it, God writes it down as one bad
deed. (Related by Bukhari and Muslim)
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None of you believes until he wishes for his brother
what he wishes for himself. (Related by Bukhari and Muslim)
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Part of someone's being a good muslim is his leaving
alone that which does not concern him. (Related by At-Tirmidhi)
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Let him who believes in God and the Last Day either
speak good or keep silent, and let him who believes in God and
the Last Day be generous to his neighbour, and let him who
believes in God and the Last Day be generous to his guest.
(Related by Bukhari and Muslim)
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Whosoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it
with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his
tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart -
and that is the weakest of faith. (Related by Muslim)
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May God have his mercy on he who is generous when he
sells, when he buys, and when he makes his demands. (Related
by Bukhari)
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READING
AND WRITING
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pages from a children's workbook used in Arab countries
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