Grand Mosque
Grand Mosque, or Great Mosque usually refers to the first and largest Mosque of Islam, Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, but may also refer to a large mosque that serves as the main place of worship for a specific area. There are several Grand Mosques around the world:
Africa
- Great Mosque of Asmara in Asmara, Eritrea
- Grand Mosque of Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco
- Grand Mosque of Tangier in Tangier, Morocco
- Grand Mosque of Taza in Taza, Morocco
- Great Mosque of Salé in Salé, Morocco
- Grand Mosque in Kairouan, Tunisia
- Grand Mosque of Conakry in Conakry, Guinea
- Grand Mosque of Dakar in Dakar, Senegal
- Grand Mosque of Mopti in Mopti, Mali
- Grand Mosque of Bamako in Bamako, Mali
- Great Mosque of Djenné in Djenné, Mali
- Grand Mosque of Niamey in Niamey, Niger
- Great Mosque of Kano in Kano, Nigeria
- Lamido Grand Mosque in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
Asia
- Masjid al-Haram, or the Grand Mosque of Mecca, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Grand Mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Grand Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Bousher, Oman
- Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq
- Great Mosque of Samarra in Samarra, Iraq
- Great Mosque of Kufa in Kufa, Iraq
- Great Mosque of Aleppo in Aleppo, Syria
- Great Mosque of Hama in Hama, Syria
- Umayyad Mosque, or the Grand Mosque of Damascus, in Damascus, Syria
- Great Mosque of Raqqah in ar-Raqqah, Syria
- Great Mosque of Sana'a in Sana'a, Yemen
- Great Mosque of Gaza in Gaza, Gaza Strip
- Great Mosque of Nablus in Nablus, West Bank
- Ulu Camii, or Grand Mosque, in Adana, Turkey
- Grand Mosque of Bursa in Bursa, Turkey
- Grand Mosque of Mersin in Mersin, Turkey
- Grand Mosque of Tarsus in Tarsus, Turkey
- Yivliminare Mosque, or the Grand Mosque of Antalya, in Antalya, Turkey
- Great Mosque of Diyarbakır in Diyarbakır, Turkey
- Grand Mosque of Ganting in Ganting, Padang, Indonesia
- Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid, or the Grand Mosque of Cotabato, in Cotabato City, Philippines
- Hayat Bakshi Begum Masjid, the Grand Mosque of Hayathnagar, in Hayathnagar, Telangana, India
- Abdul Rahman Mosque, or the Grand Mosque of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Jameh Mosque of Varamin, or the Grand Mosque of Varamin, in Varamin, Iran
- Grand Mosque of Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan
- Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi, Pakistan
- Great Mosque of Xi'an in Xi'an, China
- Grand Mosque of Taipei in Taipei, Taiwan
Europe
- Carol I Mosque, or the Grand Mosque of Constanța, in Constanța, Romania
- Grand Mosque of Makhachkala in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
- Grande Mosquée de Paris in Paris, France
- Grand Mosque of Évry in Évry, Paris, France
- Leeds Grand Mosque in Leeds, England
- Grand Mosque of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Grand Mosque of Tirana in Tirana, Albania
- Grand Mosque of Pristina in Pristina, Kosovo[1]
- Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, or the Great Mosque of Córdoba, in Córdoba, Spain
See also
- Grand Mosque Seizure
- Jama Masjid (disambiguation)
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
References
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