Dikka is a term in Muslim architecture for a tribune raised upon columns from which the Koran is recited and prayers are intoned by the Imam of a mosque. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Tribune is an ambiguous often misused architectural term which can have several meanings The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran An imam (إمام plural ائمة A'immah, امام is an Islamic leader often the leader of a Mosque and/or community A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Dikka", a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone