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This as a list of famous mosques around the world.

Name	Images	Country	City	Year	Group	Remarks
Abdul Rahman Mosque		Afghanistan	Kabul	2009	U	The largest mosque of Afghanistan.
Shrine of the Cloak		Afghanistan	Kandahar	18th century	U	also known as the Friday Mosque of Kandahar, it houses the cloak worn by Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
Friday Mosque of Herat		Afghanistan	Herat	1446	C	The mosque was the city's first congregational mosque, was built on the site of two smaller Zorastrian Fire temples that were destroyed by earthquake and fire.
Shrine of Hazrat Ali		Afghanistan	Mazari Sharif	?	U	also known as Blue Mosque or Rawze-e-Sharif
Et'hem Bey Mosque		Albania	Tirana	1823	T	Located in the center of Albania's capital, the mosque was closed during communist rule until 1991.
Great Mosque of Algiers		Algeria	Algiers	1097	U
Ketchaoua Mosque		Algeria	Algiers	1612	U
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center		Argentina	Buenos Aires	2006	SA	Largest mosque in Latin America. Named after Fahd of Saudi Arabia
Blue Mosque		Armenia	Yerevan	1766	I
Auburn Gallipoli Mosque		Australia	Auburn (Sydney)	1979	T	Turkish Sunni Muslims
Lakemba Mosque		Australia	Lakemba (Sydney)	1977	U	Lebanese Moslems Association. Also known as the Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque after Ali
Al Fateh Mosque		Bahrain	Juffair	2006	U	Named for Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa
Baitul Mukarram		Bangladesh	Dhaka	1960s	U	National mosque. It is the 10th largest mosque in the world.
Sixty Dome Mosque		Bangladesh	Bagerhat Sadar Upazila	15th century (early)	U	It is one of the three UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh
Ferhadija Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka	1579	T	The Republika Srpska authorities ordered the demolition of the entire Ferhadija and Arnaudija mosque complexes. The Serb militia blew up the Ferhadija Mosque on the night of 6–7 May, 1993. The mosque is under reconstruction. Named for Ferhat-paša Sokolović
Emperor's Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1462	T	Named for Suleiman the Magnificent
Ali Pasha's Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1560	T	Named for Hadim Ali Pasha
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1531	T	Named for Gazi Husrev-beg
Karadzozbey Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mostar	1557	T	In the Second World War it was severely damaged, and in the Bosnian War it was almost completely destroyed.
Mesquita Foz do Iguaçu		Brazil	Foz do Iguaçu
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque		Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	1959	SEA	National mosque. Named for Omar Ali Saifuddien III	Dongguan Mosque		China	Xining	14th century
Niujie Mosque		China	Beijing	996	CH
Id Kah Mosque		China	Kashgar, Xinjiang	1442	C
Muslim Mosque in Lhasa		China	Lhasa, Tibet	?	C
Great Mosque of Xi'an		China	Xi'an, Shaanxi	742	CH	One's of the world 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	U	Second largest mosque in Latin America, and largest in Colombia. Named for Umar
Mosque of Muhammad Ali		Egypt	Cairo Citadel	1848	T	Most visible site in the city. Named for Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan		Egypt	Cairo	1356	U	Named for al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al-Ma'aly al-Hassan
Al-Azhar Mosque		Egypt	Cairo	969	U	National mosque
Al-Hussein Mosque		Egypt	Cairo	1154	U	Named for Husayn ibn Ali the third Twelver Shia Imamah
Mosque of Ibn Tulun		Egypt	Cairo	876–879	U	Named for Ahmad ibn Tulun
El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque		Egypt	Alexandria	1219	U	Named for Ahmed Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi
Al Qa'ed Ibrahim Mosque		Egypt	Alexandria	1948	U
Sheikh Hanafi Mosque		Eritrea	Massawa	1400s	A	Eritrea's oldest mosque. Built with coral.
Grand Mosque of Évry		France	Evry	1995	A
Paris Mosque		France	Paris	1926	A
Khadija Mosque		Germany	Berlin	2008		Named for Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Cheraman Juma Masjid		India	Kodungallur	629	U	The first mosque in India. Named for Cheraman Perumal
Old Juma Masjid	[[ ]]	India	Kilakarai	1023	U	Third mosque in India and first mosque in Tamilnadu. Built by Arab settlers. Real name unknown. Old Jumma Masjid named for First Jumma Taken Place
Jama Masjid		India	Delhi	1656	U	The largest mosque in India. Also known as Masjid-i Jahān-Numā after Shah Jahan
Charminar		India	Hyderabad	1591	U	"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 Masjid		India	English Bazar	1363	Sultan Sikandar Shah	At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia.
Mecca Masjid		India	Hyderabad	1617–94	U	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	U	Built by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Miyan. The name comes from ziyarat and refers to pilgrimages.
Old Jumma Masjid of Kilakarai		India	Kilakarai	? (1030 - 1200)	U	One of the oldest mosques in India.
Agung Demak Mosque		Indonesia	Demak	1466	SEA	Oldest Mosque in Java
Menara Kudus Mosque		Indonesia	Kudus	1549	SEA	Old mosque in Java, preserving pre-Islamic structures.
Raya Baiturrahman Mosque		Indonesia	Banda Aceh	1881	SEA	Largest mosque in Aceh, one of oldest mosques in Indonesia
Yogyakarta Grand Mosque		Indonesia	Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.	1773	SEA	Royal mosque of the Yogyakarta Sultanate
Cheng Ho Mosque	160x160px	Indonesia	Surabaya	2002	SEA	Chinese-styled mosque. Some of Java's earliest Muslim communities were Chinese.
Istiqlal Mosque		Indonesia	Jakarta	1975	SEA	National mosque, largest mosque in Southeast Asia. Initially criticised for un-Indonesian design.
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan		Iran	Isfahan	?	I	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.
Shah Mosque		Iran	Isfahan	1611	I	Named for Abbas I of Persia it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Imam Ridha Mosque		Iran	Mashhad	?	I	Shrine of Ali ar-Ridha, the 8th Twelver Shia Imam
Ma'soomah Qom Shrine		Iran	Qom	?	I	Shrine of Fātima bint Mūsā, sister of Ali ar-Ridha.
Imam Husayn Shrine		Iraq	Karbala	680	U	National mosque. The shrine of Husayn ibn Ali, the 3rd Twelver Shia Imam
Al Abbas Mosque		Iraq	Karbala	680	U	National mosque. Shrine of Al-Abbas ibn Ali son of Ali and brother of Husayn ibn Ali
Imam Ali Mosque		Iraq	Najaf	?	U	Shrine of Ali the 4th Sunni Rashidun and the 1st Shia Imam
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque		Iraq	Kadhimiya	?	U	Shrine of Musa al-Kadhim and Muhammad al-Taqi the 7th and 9th Twelver Shia Imams
Al-Askari Mosque		Iraq	Samarra	?	U	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	U
Mahmood Mosque		Israel	Kababir (Haifa)	1931	AMJ
Hassan Bek Mosque		Israel	Jaffa (Tel Aviv)	1916	T	Named for Hassan Bek, Jaffa's Turkish-Arab governor
Jezzar Pasha Mosque		Israel	Acre	1781	T	Named for Jezzar Pasha
Sidna Ali Mosque		Israel	Al-Haram	13th century	U	Named for Sidna Ali, one of Saladins lieutenants
Al-Aqsa Mosque		Palestinian Territories	Jerusalem	705	U	National mosque
Dome of the Rock		Palestinian Territories	Jerusalem	691	U	Not really a mosque but an Islamic shrine. Oldest extant Islamic building in the world.
Mosque of Rome		Italy	Rome	1994		The largest mosque in Europe.
Kobe Mosque		Japan	Kobe	1935	T
Abu Darweesh Mosque		Jordan	Amman	1961	U	Circassian community
King Abdullah I Mosque		Jordan	Amman	1982–89	U	Circassian community. Named for Abdullah I of Jordan
Grand Mosque Of Kuwait		Kuwait	Kuwait City	1979-1986	U	The mosque is located in Kuwait City.
Imam Hussein Mosque		Kuwait	Kuwait City	1979-1986	U	Named for Husayn ibn Ali, the 3rd Twelver Shia Imam
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque		Lebanon	Beirut	?	T
Zahir Mosque		Malaysia	Alor Setar	1912	SEA
Jamek Mosque		Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	1909	SEA
National Mosque of Malaysia		Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	1965	SEA	National mosque
Federal Territory Mosque		Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	2000	SEA
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque		Malaysia	Shah Alam	1988	SEA	Named for Salahuddin of Selangor
Putra Mosque		Malaysia	Putrajaya	1999	SEA
Great Mosque of Djenné		Mali	Djenné	1300	U	The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907.
Djinguereber Mosque		Mali	Timbuktu	1327	U
Chinguetti Mosque		Mauritania	Chinguetti	?	U
Jummah Masjid		Mauritius	Port Louis	1853	U	One of the first mosques built in the Indian Ocean
Hassan II Mosque		Morocco	Casablanca	1993	U
Koutoubia Mosque		Morocco	Marrakech	1158	U	Named for Hassan II of Morocco
Canterbury Mosque		New Zealand	Christchurch, Canterbury		U
Abuja National Mosque		Nigeria	Abuja	1984	U	National mosque
Great Mosque of Kano		Nigeria	Kano	?	U
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque		Oman	Muscat	2001	A	National mosque. Named for Qaboos bin Said al Said
Faisal Mosque		Pakistan	Islamabad	1986	U	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.
Kuzkandi Jamiah Masjid		Pakistan	Mardan	1950	U
Masjid e Tooba		Pakistan	Karachi	1969	U
Badshahi Mosque		Pakistan	Lahore	1673	U
Masjid-e-Aqsa		Pakistan	Rabwah	1972	AMJ
Shah Jahan Mosque		Pakistan	Thatta	1647	U	Named for Shah Jahan
Mosque of Omar		Palestinian territories	Bethlehem	1860	U	Named for Umar
Great Mosque of Gaza		Palestinian territories	Gaza	1344	U
El Centro Cultural Islamico de Colón		Panama	Colón
Masjid Al-Dahab		Philippines	Manila	1976	U
Lisbon Mosque		Portugal	Lisbon	1988	U
Qolsharif Mosque		Russia	Kazan	2005	C	Republic of Tatarstan, reputedly the largest mosque in Europe.
Moscow Cathedral Mosque		Russia	Moscow	1904	U
King Saud Mosque		Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	1987	SA	Named for Saud of Saudi Arabia
Masjid al-Haram		Saudi Arabia	Mecca	638, 1571	U	International mosque, home of Kaaba
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi		Saudi Arabia	Medina	622, 1817	SA
Great Mosque at Touba		Senegal	Touba	1963	M	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	T
Masjid Sultan		Singapore	Singapore	1826	SEA	Named for Sultan Hussain Shah
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity		Somalia	Mogadishu	1987	So	National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa.
Fakr ad-Din Mosque		Somalia	Mogadishu	1269	So	The Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Mogadishu Sultanate's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din.
Seoul Central Mosque		South Korea	Seoul	1976
Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque		Sri Lanka	Colombo	1909	U	Designed to resemble the Jamek Mosque.
Hajja Soad Mosque		Sudan	Khartoum	?	U
Umayyad Mosque		Syria	Damascus	715	U	National mosque
Taipei Grand Mosque		Taiwan	Taipei	?	U
300 Years Mosque		Thailand	Ban Talo Mano, Tambon Subo Sawo, Narathiwat	1624	SEA
Baan Haw Mosque		Thailand	Chiang Mai	?	SEA
Mosque of Uqba		Tunisia	Kairouan	670	U	Named for Uqba ibn Nafi
Al-Zaytuna Mosque		Tunisia	Tunis	703	U
Eyüp Sultan Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1458	T	The tomb and mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Fatih Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1463–1771	T	The mosque was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1766 and rebuilt in 1771
Kocatepe Mosque		Turkey	Ankara	1987	T
Ortaköy Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1854	T	The mosque was designed in neo-baroque style.
Sabancı Merkez Camii		Turkey	Adana	1998	T
Sultan Ahmed Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1609–1616	T	National mosque. Named for Ahmed I
Suleymaniye Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1550–1557	T
Selimiye Mosque		Turkey	Edirne	1568–1574	T	Named for Selim II
Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque		Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	1998	C	named for Ertuğrul
Sheikh Zayed Mosque		United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	2000	A	National mosque. Named for Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Grand Mosque of Dubai		United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1998	A
Baitul Futuh		United Kingdom	London	2003	AMJ	Currently the largest mosque in United Kingdom
Mosque Tucson		United States	Tucson (Arizona)	?	AMJ
Tucson Islamic Center, University of Arizona		United States	Tucson (Arizona)	?	U
Mosque Maryam		United States	Chicago (Illinois)	?	NoI	Originally a Greek Orthodox church, purchased in 1972 by the Nation of Islam. Named for Mary (Maryam
Al-Sadiq Mosque		United States	Chicago (Illinois)	1922	AMJ	Named for Muhammad Sadiq
Islamic Center of America		United States	Dearborn (Michigan)	2005	U
Islamic Center of Washington		United States	Washington	1957	U
Ulugh Beg Madrasa		Uzbekistan	Samarkand	?	C	Named for Ulugh Beg
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim		Venezuela	Caracas	1993	U
Al Muhdhar Mosque		Yemen	Tarim	1914	U	The minaret is 53 m (174 ft) high, the tallest in Yemen.
Al Saleh Mosque		Yemen	Sana'a	2008	U	The largest mosque in Yemen, capacity of over 30,000.

Group

AMJ	Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
SA	Saudi Arabia
TJ	Tablighi Jamaat
A	Arab group
C	Central Asia
CH	Chinese group
M	Mouride
I	Iranian group
So	Somali style
S	Sunni Barelvi
SEA	Southeast Asia
T	Turkish/Ottoman group
U	Unknown group (or undetermined)

See also

• List of large 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 Egypt
• List of mosques in Asia
  • List of mosques in China
  • List of mosques in India
  • List of mosques in Malaysia
  • List of mosques in Pakistan
  • List of mosques in Singapore
  • List of mosques in Syria
  • List of mosques in Thailand
• List of mosques in Europe
  • List of mosques in Germany
  • List of mosques in the United Kingdom
  • List of mosques in Scandinavia
  • List of mosques in Turkey
• List of mosques in the Americas
  • List of mosques in the United States
  • List of mosques in Canada
• List of mosques in Oceania
• List of Hindu temples
• List of Buddhist temples
• List of cathedrals

External links

• Directory of Mosques in the US/Canada/UK/Europe/Australia
• List of Mosques in Khiva Uzbekistan
• All UK masaajid/mosques using Google Maps
• Directory of Mosques in South Africa

References

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