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This book examines non-Muslim religious sites, structures and spaces in the Islamic world. It reveals a vibrant portrait of life in the religious sites by illustrating how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. Sacred Precincts explores urban context; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of sacred sites and architecture in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from the advent of Islam to the 20th century. It includes case studies on churches and synagogues in Iran, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco and Malta, and on sacred sites in Nigeria, Mali, and the Gambia.With contributions by Clara Alvarez, Angela Andersen, Karen Britt, Karla Britton, Jorge Manuel Simão Alves Correia, Elvan Cobb, Daniel Coslett, Mohammad Gharipour, Mattia Guidetti, Suna Güven, Esther Kühn, Amy Landau, Ayla Lepine, Theo Maarten van Lint, David Mallia, Erin Maglaque, Susan Miller, A.A. Muhammad-Oumar, Meltem Özkan Altınöz, Jennifer Pruitt, Rafael Sedighpour, Ann Shafer, Jorge Manuel Simão Alves Correia, Ebru Özeke Tökmeci, Steven Thomson, Heghnar Watenpaugh, Alyson Wharton and Ethel S. Wolper.SommairePreface: Non-Muslim Sacred Sites in the Muslim WorldMohammad GharipourIntroductionPART 1: IDENTITY1. Churches Attracting Mosques: The Architecture of Mosques in Early Islamic SyriaMattia Guidetti2. To Condone or To Contest? Ethnic Identity and Religious Architecture in The GambiaSteven Thomson3. Jigo: The Essence of the Non-Tangible Architecture of Hausa Traditional ReligionA.A. Muhammad-Oumar4. Muslims Viewed as ‘Non-Muslims’: The Alevi Precincts of AnatoliaAngela Andersen5. Identity and Style: Armenian-Ottoman Churches in the Nineteenth CenturyAlyson Wharton6. Apportioning Sacred Space in a Moroccan City: The Case of Tangier, 1860–1912Susan Gilson Miller7. Politics of Place in the Middle East and World Heritage Status for JerusalemElvan CobbPART 2: DESIGN8. Devotional and Artistic Responses to Contested Space in Old Cairo: The Case ofAl-Mu‘allaqahErin Maglaque9. Sacred Geometries: The Dynamics of ‘Islamic’ Ornament in Jewish andCoptic Old CairoAnn Shafer10. Synagogues of Isfahan: The Architecture of Resignation and IntegrationMohammad Gharipour and Rafael Sedighpour11. Gothic Portability: The Crimean Memorial Church, Istanbul, and the Threshold of EmpireAyla Lepine12. A Catholic Church in an Islamic Capital: Historicism and Modernity in the St Antoine ChurchEbru Özeke Tökmeci13. Cultural Horizontality: Auguste Perret in the Middle EastKarla BrittonPART 3: CONSTRUCTION14. Through a Glass Brightly: Christian Communities in Palestine and Arabia During the Early Islamic PeriodKaren C. Britt15. The Miracle of Muqattam: Moving a Mountain to Build a Church in Fatimid EgyptJennifer Pruitt16. The Catholic Consecration of an Islamic House: The St John de Matha Trinitarian Hospital in TunisClara Ilham Álvarez Dopico17. Armenian Merchant Patronage of New Julfa’s Sacred SpacesAmy Landau and Theo Maarten van Lint18. The Tofre Begadim Synagogue and the Non-Muslim Policy of the Late Ottoman EmpireMeltem Özkan Altınöz19. (Re)Creating a Christian Image Abroad: The Catholic Cathedrals of Protectorate-Era TunisDaniel CoslettPART 4: RE-USE20. Khidr and the Politics of Translation in Mosul: Mar Behnam, St George and Khidr IlyasEthel Sara Wolper21. Muslim Influences in Post-Muslim Malta: The Hal Millieri ChurchDavid Mallia22. St Sophia in Nicosia, Cyprus: From a Lusignan Cathedral to an Ottoman MosqueSuna Güven23. Maribayasa: Negotiating Gold, Spirits, and Islamic Renewal in a Malian Islamic BorderlandEsther Kühn24. Building as Propaganda: A Palimpsest of Faith and Power in the MaghrebJorge Correia25. The Cathedral of Ani, Turkey: From Church to MonumentHeghnar WatenpaughVoir sur le site de l’éditeur