List of mosques
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This list has no precise inclusion criteria as described in the Manual of Style for standalone lists. (September 2016) |
This is an incomplete list of some of the more famous mosques around the world.
List
Name | Images | Country | City | Year | Architectural style | Remarks |
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Abdul Rahman Mosque
مسجد عبدالرحمان د عبدالرحمان جومات |
Afghanistan | Kabul | 2009 | Islamic | The largest mosque of Afghanistan. | |
Great Mosque of Herat
مسجد جامع هرات د هرات جامع جومات |
Afghanistan | Herat | 1446 | Islamic | The mosque was the city's first congregational mosque, built on the former site of two smaller Zoroastrian Fire temples destroyed by earthquake and fire. | |
Shrine of Ali
د علي حرمت |
Afghanistan | Mazari Sharif | Islamic | Also known as the "Blue Mosque" or "Rawze-e-Sharif" | ||
Et'hem Bey Mosque
Xhamia e Et'hem Beut |
Albania | Tirana | 1823 | Ottoman | Located in the centre of Albania's capital, the mosque was closed during communist rule until 1991. | |
Djamaâ el Kebir
الجامع الكبير Grande Mosquée |
Algeria | Algiers | 1097[1] | Islamic, Moroccan | ||
Ketchaoua Mosque
جامع كتشاوة Mosquée Ketchaoua |
Algeria | Algiers | 1612 | Moorish, Byzantine | ||
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center
Centro Cultural Islámico Rey Fahd |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 2006 | Largest mosque in Latin America. Named after Fahd of Saudi Arabia. | ||
Blue Mosque
Կապույտ մզկիթ مسجد کبود |
Armenia | Yerevan | 1766 | Islamic, Iranian | ||
Auburn Gallipoli Mosque | Australia | Sydney | 1979 | Classical Ottoman | Turkish Sunni Muslims | |
Lakemba Mosque | Australia | Sydney | 1977 | Lebanese Moslems Association. Also known as the Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque after Ali | ||
Telfs Mosque | Austria | Telfs | 1998 | Minaret later built in 2006 | ||
Vienna Islamic Centre
Wien Islamisches Zentrum |
Austria | Vienna | 1977 | Built in order of King Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz | ||
Rasheed Mosque
Rasheed-Moschee |
Austria | Vienna | 2005 | Built by Muslims of Ghana, Nigeria and Benin. | ||
Mosque Bad Vöslau
Bad Vöslau-Moschee |
Austria | Bad Vöslau | 2009 | Built by Muslims of Turkey, has two small minarets | ||
Bibi-Heybet Mosque
Bibi-Heybet Məscidi |
Azerbaijan | Baku | 1281–1282 | One of the historical mosque of Azerbaijan | ||
Imamzadeh Mosque | Azerbaijan | Ganja | XVI | One of the historical mosque of Azerbaijan | ||
Shah Abbas Mosque | Azerbaijan | Ganja | 1606 | The mosque is also often called “Shah Abbas Mosque”, because it was built on the instructions of Shah Abbas the Great during his reign. | ||
Al Fateh Mosque | Bahrain | Juffair | 2006 | Named for Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa | ||
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 1960s | National mosque. It is the 10th largest mosque in the world, accommodating more than 40,000 people | ||
Kakrail Mosque | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 1952s | |||
Sixty Dome Mosque | Bangladesh | Bagerhat Sadar Upazila | 1442 | It is one of the three UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh | ||
Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 1705 | |||
Shona Mosque (Golden Mosque) | Bangladesh | Chapai Nawabganj | 1493 | The fifteen domes of the mosque were once gilded in gold, giving the mosque the name of Small Golden Mosque or as it is generally known, the Choto Shona Masjid | ||
Bagha Mosque | Bangladesh | Rajshahi | 1523 | It is known for its ornamental terracotta decorations. | ||
Ferhadija Mosque | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka | 1579 | The mosque was demolished in 1993 at the order of the authorities of Republika Srpska,[2] and was rebuilt and opened on 7 May 2016.[3] Named for Ferhat-paša Sokolović | ||
Emperor's Mosque | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 1462 | Named for Suleiman the Magnificent | ||
Ali Pasha's Mosque | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 1560 | Named for Hadim Ali Pasha | ||
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 1531 | Named for Gazi Husrev-beg | ||
Koski Mehmed Pasa Mosque | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 16th century | Famous for its minaret hanging over the Neretva river, which is open for tourists as a best lookout viewpoint over Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar as UNESCO World heritage site. In the Second World War it was severely damaged, and in the Bosnian War it was almost completely destroyed. | ||
Karadzozbey Mosque | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 1557 | In the Second World War it was severely damaged, and in the Bosnian War it was almost completely destroyed. | ||
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab | Brazil | Foz do Iguaçu | 1983 | |||
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 1959 | National mosque. Named for Omar Ali Saifuddien III | ||
Dzhumaya Mosque | Bulgaria | Plovdiv | 1363–1364 | Built on the order of Sultan Murad I. Its Turkish name is Hüdavendigâr Camii or Cuma Camii. | ||
Al-Rashid Mosque | Canada | Edmonton | 1938 | Canada's oldest mosque | ||
Baitun Nur Mosque | Canada | Calgary | 2008 | The largest mosque in Canada | ||
Dongguan Mosque | China | Xining | 14th century | |||
Niujie Mosque | China | Beijing | 996 | |||
Id Kah Mosque | China | Kashgar, Xinjiang | 1442 | |||
Muslim Mosque in Lhasa | China | Lhasa, Tibet | ||||
Great Mosque of Xi'an | China | Xi'an | 742 | One of the world's oldest functioning mosques. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty (Emperor Xuanzong, 685–762) | ||
Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre | China | Kowloon, Hong Kong | 1984 | |||
Jamia Mosque | China | Kowloon, Hong Kong | 1849 | |||
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab | Colombia | Maicao | 1997 | Second largest mosque in Latin America, and largest in Colombia. Named for Umar | ||
Hamoudi Mosque | Djibouti | Djibouti City | 1906 | Built by Haji Hamoudi. Among the older standing masjids in the city. | ||
Mosque of Muhammad Ali | Egypt | Cairo Citadel | 1848 | Most visible site in the city. Named for Muhammad Ali of Egypt | ||
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan | Egypt | Cairo | 1356 | Named for al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan | ||
Al-Hakim Mosque | Egypt | Cairo | 928 | Built by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. | ||
Al-Azhar Mosque | Egypt | Cairo | 969 | National mosque | ||
Al-Hussein Mosque | Egypt | Cairo | 1154 | Named for Husayn ibn Ali. | ||
Mosque of Ibn Tulun | Egypt | Cairo | 876–879 | Named for Ahmad ibn Tulun | ||
El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque | Egypt | Alexandria | 1219 | Named for Ahmed Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi | ||
Al Qa'ed Ibrahim Mosque | Egypt | Alexandria | 1948 | |||
Kulafah Al Rashidan Great Mosque | Eritrea | Asmara | 1938 | The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column. | ||
Sheikh Hanafi Mosque | Eritrea | Massawa | 15th century | Eritrea's oldest mosque. Built with coral. | ||
Grand Mosque of Évry | France | Évry | 1995 | |||
Paris Mosque | France | Paris | 1926 | The largest mosque in France | ||
Cologne Central Mosque | Germany | Cologne | 2008 | The largest mosque in Germany | ||
Khadija Mosque | Germany | Berlin | 2008 | Named for Khadijah bint Khuwaylid | ||
Periamet Masjid | India | Chennai | 1838 | |||
Jamia Masjid | India | Ambur | ||||
Old Jumma Masjid | India | Kilakarai | 628–630; rebuilt 1023 | Also known as Meen Kada Palli, it is the first mosque built in India and outside the Arabian Peninsula, and fourth oldest in the world. | ||
Cheraman Juma Masjid | India | Kodungallur | 629 | The first mosque in India. Named for Cheraman Perumal | ||
Jama Masjid | India | Delhi | 1656 | The largest mosque in India. Also known as Masjid-i Jahān-Numā after Shah Jahan | ||
Charminar | India | Hyderabad | 1591 | "Mosque of the four minarets" (located on the top floor) is actually only part of the structure which is actually a landmark monument constructed in the early years of the city's founding in the 16th century. | ||
Adina Mosque | India | English Bazar | 1363 | At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia built by Sultan Sikandar Shah. | ||
Mecca Masjid | India | Hyderabad | 1617–94 | One of the oldest mosques and the biggest mosque located in Hyderabad, India. Named after Mecca for the bricks made from the city's soil transported to India. | ||
Ziarat Shareef | India | Kakrala | 1980 | Built by Shah Saqlain Miyan. The name comes from ziyarat and refers to pilgrimages. | ||
Jama Masjid | India | Bhilai | 1967 | First mosque in the world built in the shape of Arabic word Yā Allāh (یا الله). | ||
Shahi Jama Masjid | India | Sambhal | 1528 | Built by a Mughal general, Mir Hindu Beg, in 1528, is the only surviving Mughal building constructed during the time of Babur. | ||
Masjid-ul-Salam | India | Solapur | 1987 | Built by Maulana Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi, Chairman Athar Blood Bank in 1987. | ||
Demak Great Mosque | Indonesia | Demak | 1466 | Oldest Mosque in Java | ||
Menara Kudus Mosque | Indonesia | Kudus | 1549 | Old mosque in Java, preserving pre-Islamic structures. | ||
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque | Indonesia | Banda Aceh | 1881 | Largest mosque in Aceh, one of oldest mosques in Indonesia | ||
Kauman Great Mosque | Indonesia | Yogyakarta | 1773 | Royal mosque of the Yogyakarta Sultanate | ||
Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta | Indonesia | Jakarta | 1975 | National mosque, largest mosque in Southeast Asia. Initially criticised for un-Indonesian design. | ||
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan | Iran | Isfahan | The mosque is the result of continual construction, reconstruction, additions and renovations on the site from around 771 to the end of the 20th century. | |||
Jameh Mosque of Makki | Iran | Zahedan | 1971 | Ottoman architecture | Known as the largest Sunni Muslims Mosque in Iran which is founded in 1971 by Molavi A.Aziz and enlargementing since 2010 till now based on Ottoman architecture. | |
Shah Mosque | Iran | Isfahan | 1611 | Named for Abbas I of Persia it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site | ||
Blue Mosque | Iran | Tabriz | 1465 | Known as Turquoise of Islam World | ||
Imam Reza shrine | Iran | Mashhad | Shrine of Ali ar-Ridha, the 8th Twelver Shia Imam | |||
Fatima al-Masumeh Shrine | Iran | Qom | Shrine of Fātima bint Mūsā, sister of Ali ar-Ridha. | |||
Great Mosque of Kufa | Iraq | Kufa | 670 | |||
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque | Iraq | Kadhimiya | Shrine of Musa al-Kadhim and Muhammad al-Taqi the 7th and 9th Twelver Shia Imams | |||
Imam Husayn Shrine | Iraq | Karbala | 680 | National mosque. The shrine of Husayn ibn Ali, the 3rd Twelver Shia Imam | ||
Al Abbas Mosque | Iraq | Karbala | 680 | National mosque. Shrine of Al-Abbas ibn Ali son of Ali and brother of Husayn ibn Ali | ||
Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul) | Iraq | Mosul | ||||
Imam Ali Mosque | Iraq | Najaf | Shrine of Ali the 4th Sunni Rashidun and the 1st Shia Imam | |||
Al-Askari Mosque | Iraq | Samarra | Mosque with golden dome and shrine of Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari the 10th and 11th Twelver Shia Imams | |||
Great Mosque of Samarra | Iraq | Samarra | 852 | |||
Mahmood Mosque | Israel | Haifa | 1931 | |||
Hassan Bek Mosque | Israel | Tel Aviv-Yafo | 1916 | Named for Hassan Bek, Jaffa's Turkish-Arab governor | ||
Jezzar Pasha Mosque | Israel | Acre | 1781 | Named for Jezzar Pasha | ||
Sidna Ali Mosque | Israel | Herzliya | 13th century | An Islamic shrine. Oldest extant Islamic building in the world. | ||
Mosque of Rome | Italy | Rome | 1994 | The largest mosque in Western world. | ||
Mosque of Segrate | Italy | Milan | 1988 | |||
Kobe Mosque | Japan | Kobe | 1935 | |||
King Hussein Mosque | Jordan | Amman | 2005 | |||
Abu Darweesh Mosque | Jordan | Amman | 1961 | Services the Circassian community | ||
King Abdullah I Mosque | Jordan | Amman | 1982–89 | |||
Hadum Mosque | Kosovo | Gjakovë | 1594 | |||
Grand Mosque of Kuwait | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 1979–1986 | The mosque is located in Kuwait City. | ||
Imam Hussein Mosque | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 1979–1986 | Named for Husayn ibn Ali, the 3rd Twelver Shia Imam | ||
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque | Lebanon | Beirut | ||||
Zahir Mosque | Malaysia | Alor Setar | 1912 | |||
Ubudiah Mosque | Malaysia | Kuala Kangsar | 1917 | One of the most beautiful mosques in Malaysia. | ||
Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 1909 | |||
National Mosque of Malaysia | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 1965 | National mosque | ||
Federal Territory Mosque | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 2000 | |||
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque | Malaysia | Shah Alam | 1988 | Named for Salahuddin of Selangor | ||
Putra Mosque | Malaysia | Putrajaya | 1999 | |||
Great Mosque of Djenné | Mali | Djenné | 1300 | The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907. | ||
Djinguereber Mosque | Mali | Timbuktu | 1327 | |||
Chinguetti Mosque | Mauritania | Chinguetti | ||||
Jummah Masjid | Mauritius | Port Louis | 1853 | One of the first mosques built in the Indian Ocean. | ||
Hassan II Mosque | Morocco | Casablanca | 1993 | Named for Hassan II of Morocco. World's tallest minaret. | ||
Koutoubia Mosque | Morocco | Marrakech | 1158 | |||
Al Noor Mosque | New Zealand | Christchurch | ||||
Abuja National Mosque | Nigeria | Abuja | 1984 | National mosque | ||
Great Mosque of Kano | Nigeria | Kano | ||||
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque | Oman | Muscat | 2001 | National mosque. Named for Qaboos bin Said al Said | ||
Faisal Mosque | Pakistan | Islamabad | 1986 | Named for Faisal of Saudi Arabia, it is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and one of the largest mosques in the world. | ||
Mahabat Khan Mosque | Pakistan | Peshawar | 1630 | Built by Shah Jehan. Named for the governor of Peshawar, Mahabat Khan | ||
Badshahi Mosque | Pakistan | Lahore | 1673 | Built by Aurangzeb. One of the largest mosques in the world. | ||
Wazir Khan Mosque | Pakistan | Lahore | 1642 | Built by Shah Jahan | ||
Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore | Pakistan | Lahore | 2014 | Built in Bahria Town. It is of the largest mosques in the world. | ||
Shah Jahan Mosque | Pakistan | Thatta | 1647 | Named for Shah Jahan | ||
Masjid e Tooba | Pakistan | Karachi | 1969 | Named for Sidna Ali, one of Saladins lieutenants | ||
Masjid Al-Aqsa | Palestinian Territories | Jerusalem | 705 | National mosque | ||
Dome of the Rock | Palestinian Territories | Jerusalem | 691 | |||
Mosque of Omar | Palestinian Territories | Bethlehem | 1860 | Named for Umar | ||
Great Mosque of Gaza | Palestinian Territories | Gaza | 1344 | |||
El Centro Cultural Islamico de Colón | Panama | Colón | ||||
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid | Philippines | Cotabato City | 2011 | The largest mosque in the Philippines. Funded by and named after Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei. | ||
Masjid Al-Dahab | Philippines | Manila | 1976 | |||
Lisbon Mosque | Portugal | Lisbon | 1988 | |||
Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque | Qatar | Doha | 2011 | Also called the Qatar State Mosque; serves as the national mosque. | ||
Qolsharif Mosque | Russia | Kazan | 2005 | Republic of Tatarstan, reputedly the largest mosque in Europe. | ||
Moscow Cathedral Mosque | Russia | Moscow | 1904 | |||
King Saud Mosque | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 1987 | Named for Saud of Saudi Arabia | ||
Masjid al-Haram | Saudi Arabia | Mecca | 638, 1571 | International mosque, home of Kaaba | ||
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi | Saudi Arabia | Medina | 622, 1817 | The mausoleum of Muhammad and his companions Abu Bakr and Umar. | ||
KAFD Grand Mosque | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 2017 | |||
Great Mosque of Touba | Senegal | Touba | 1963 | A major annual pilgrimage, called the Grand Magal, attracts between one and two million people from all over Senegal and beyond to the mosque each year. | ||
Bajrakli Mosque | Serbia | Belgrade | Around 1575 | |||
Masjid Sultan | Singapore | Singapore | 1826 | Named for Sultan Hussain Shah | ||
Arba Rucun mosque | Somalia | Mogadishu | 992 | |||
Fakr ad-Din Mosque | Somalia | Mogadishu | 1269 | Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din. | ||
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity | Somalia | Mogadishu | 1987 | National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa. | ||
Jama Mosque | Somaliland | Hargeisa | ||||
Habibia Soofie Saheb Jamia Masjid | South Africa | Cape Town | 1905 | Third largest Masjid and second Largest Islamic Complex in Southern Africa. Built in 1905 by Shah Goolam Muhammad Soofie Saheb of Durban | ||
Juma Masjid Mosque | South Africa | Durban | 1881 | The Juma Masjid was the first mosque to be built in Durban, and the oldest and largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Built in 1881 as a Musallah by Aboobaker Amod Jhaveri and Hajee Mohamed | ||
Nizamiye Masjid | South Africa | Midrand | 2009 | It is the biggest mosque in the Southern Hemisphere, occupying 10 hectares of land. | ||
Seoul Central Mosque | South Korea | Seoul | 1976 | |||
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba | Spain | Cordoba | 784 | This is a famous mosque from the Umayyad Era which has been converted into a cathedral. | ||
Mosque of Cristo de la Luz | Spain | Toledo | 999 | Historical mosque, converted into Holy Cross Chapel | ||
M-30 Mosque Omar Mosque | Spain | Madrid | 1992 | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia provided the funding | ||
Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 1909 | Designed to resemble the Jamek Mosque. | ||
Hajja Soad Mosque | Sudan | Khartoum | ||||
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque | Syria | Homs | 1908-13 | |||
Umayyad Mosque | Syria | Damascus | 715 | National mosque | ||
Taipei Grand Mosque | Taiwan | Taipei | 1947 | Largest and oldest mosque in Taiwan | ||
Kaohsiung Mosque | Taiwan | Kaohsiung | 1949 | |||
Taipei Cultural Mosque | Taiwan | Taipei | 1950 | |||
Taichung Mosque | Taiwan | Taichung | 1951 | |||
Longgang Mosque | Taiwan | Taoyuan City | 1967 | |||
Tainan Mosque | Taiwan | Tainan | 1996 | |||
At-Taqwa Mosque | Taiwan | Dayuan | 2013 | |||
Gaddafi Mosque | Tanzania | Dodoma | 2010 | |||
300 Years Mosque | Thailand | Ban Talo Mano, Tambon Subo Sawo, Narathiwat | 1624 | |||
Baan Haw Mosque | Thailand | Chiang Mai | ||||
Mosque of Uqba | Tunisia | Kairouan | 670 | Named for Uqba ibn Nafi | ||
Al-Zaytuna Mosque | Tunisia | Tunis | 703 | |||
Sabancı Central Mosque | Turkey | Adana | 1998 | Built by Sabanci Holding | ||
Kocatepe Mosque | Turkey | Ankara | 1987 | |||
Selimiye Mosque | Turkey | Edirne | 1568–1574 | Named for Selim II | ||
Eyüp Sultan Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 1458 | The tomb and mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | ||
Hagia Sophia Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 537 | Converted after the Conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II | ||
Fatih Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 1463–1771 | The mosque was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1766 and rebuilt in 1771 | ||
Yavuz Selim Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 1527 | In honor of the first Ottoman Caliph, Selim I | ||
New Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 1665 | Also known as Yeni Cami. | ||
Ortaköy Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 1854 | The mosque was designed in neo-baroque style. | ||
Sultan Ahmed Mosque ("Blue Mosque") | Turkey | Istanbul | 1609–1616 | National mosque. Named for Ahmed I | ||
Suleymaniye Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 1550–1557 | Built by Süleyman the Magnificent | ||
Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 1998 | named for Ertuğrul | ||
Mary Mosque | Turkmenistan | Mary | 2009 | named for Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov | ||
Saparmurat Hajji Mosque | Turkmenistan | Gokdepe | 1998 | Named after Saparmurat Niyazov trip to Mecca during the Hajj. Also known as Gökdepe Mosque. | ||
Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque | Turkmenistan | Gypjak | 2004 | Named after Saparmurat Niyazov's surname, Turkmenbashi. The largest mosque in Turkmenistan. Also known as Gypjak Mosque. | ||
Gaddafi National Mosque | Uganda | Kampala | 2008 | |||
Sheikh Zayed Mosque | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 2008 | National mosque. Named for Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | ||
Grand Mosque of Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 1998 | |||
Birmingham Central Mosque | United Kingdom | Birmingham | 1990 | |||
East London Mosque | United Kingdom | London | 1910 | One of the first in Britain to be allowed to use loudspeakers to broadcast the adhan.[4] | ||
London Central Mosque | United Kingdom | London | 1977 | Also known as Regent's Park Mosque and situated in Regent's Park. | ||
Jamea Masjid | United Kingdom | Preston | 1964 | Recognised as the Central Mosque of Preston and known for its unique 'castle-like' architecture. | ||
Islamic Center of Tucson | United States | Tucson (Arizona) | ||||
Mosque Maryam | United States | Chicago (Illinois) | NoI | Originally a Greek Orthodox church, purchased in 1972 by the Nation of Islam. Named for Mary (Maryam) | ||
Turkish American Community Center | United States | Lanham (Maryland) | 1993 | The new complex was completed in 2015 | ||
Islamic Center of America | United States | Dearborn (Michigan) | 1964 | The new building was completed in 2005 | ||
Islamic Cultural Center of New York | United States | New York City (New York) | 1991 | |||
Masjid Malcolm Shabazz (formerly Mosque No. 7) | United States | New York City (New York) | 1946 | Established by Malcolm X. Held the offices for Marcus Garvey. Currently a Sunni Mosque. Houses an interfaith room where Christian parishioners from a condemned church worship. | ||
Islamic Center of Washington | United States | Washington | 1957 | |||
Madrasa Topchi-Bashi | Uzbekistan | Bukhara | ||||
Ulugh Beg Madrasa | Uzbekistan | Samarkand | Named for Ulugh Beg | |||
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim | Venezuela | Caracas | 1993 | |||
Al-Muhdhar Mosque | Yemen | Tarim | 1914 | The minaret is 53 m (174 ft) high, the tallest in Yemen. | ||
Saleh Mosque | Yemen | Sana'a | 2008 | The largest mosque in Yemen, capacity of over 30,000. |
See also
- Islamic architecture
- Lists of mosques
- List of the oldest mosques in the world
- List of mosques in the Arab League
- List of mosques in Africa
- List of mosques in Asia
- List of mosques in Afghanistan
- List of mosques in Armenia
- List of mosques in Azerbaijan
- List of mosques in Bangladesh
- List of mosques in China
- List of mosques in Hong Kong
- List of mosques in India
- List of mosques in Indonesia
- List of mosques in Iran
- List of mosques in Iraq
- List of mosques in Israel
- List of mosques in Japan
- List of mosques in Kuwait
- List of mosques in Malaysia
- List of mosques in Pakistan
- List of mosques in Singapore
- List of mosques in Syria
- List of mosques in Taiwan
- List of mosques in Thailand
- List of mosques in Europe
- List of mosques in the Americas
- List of mosques in Oceania
- List of Hindu temples
- List of Buddhist temples
- Lists of cathedrals
References
- ^ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- ^ Coward, Martin (30 September 2008). Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-46131-3.
- ^ "Ferhadija Mosque is back! (In Bosnian)". klix.ba. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Eade, John (1996). "Nationalism, Community, and the Islamization of Space in London". In Metcalf, Barbara Daly (ed.). Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20404-2. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
As one of the few mosques in Britain permitted to broadcast calls to prayer (azan), the mosque soon found itself at the center of a public debate about "noise pollution" when local non-Muslim residents began to protest.
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