The prevalence of the Moorish Revival style is an indication that the divide between Islam and America and Muslim and Jew has not been perennial.
The Taj Mahal is no mere secular expression of a man's love for his wife. It reflects his desire that his companion receives Divine Mercy and the ultimate reward: spending eternity with the Creator in "gardens beneath which rivers flow."
This garden on the east bank of the Hudson River fuses Indo-Persian, Greek, and Roman aesthetic forms and motifs.
For some, the Moorish Revival style was a vehicle for performative exoticism. But for others, it provided another way of looking at themselves and their place in America.
Masjid Wilayah fuses Ottoman, Umayyad, Indo-Persian, and Malay architecture.
