Masjid/Mosque architecture : jewels of Philippine Islamic faith /
Gerard Lico
- Intramuros, Manila, Philippines : National Commission for Culture and Arts, c2014
- 92 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Islamic Tradition in the Philippines -- The Mosque and the Axis of prayer -- Anatomy of a Mosque -- Lunar Icon -- Architecture of Philippine Mosque -- Folio of Mosques -- Bibliography and Acknowledgement.
The influence of Islam in the Philippines can be traced from two cultural routes: Southeast Asia and the Iberian Peninsula. Muslim traders and missionaries came via the nearest Southeast Asian outpost, and eventually settled and systematically introduced a new culture to our ancestors in the Southern Philippines.