List of famous mosques

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This is an incomplete list of some of the more famous mosques around the world.

Name	Images	Country	City	Year	Style/Group	Remarks
Abdul Rahman Mosque		Afghanistan	Kabul	2009	U	The largest mosque of Afghanistan.
Friday Mosque of Herat		Afghanistan	Herat	1446	C	The mosque was the city's first congregational mosque, built on the former site of two smaller Zorastrian Fire temples 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	OT	Located in the centre of Albania's capital, the mosque was closed during communist rule until 1991.
Great Mosque of Algiers		Algeria	Algiers	1097[1]	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	SH	U
Auburn Gallipoli Mosque		Australia	Auburn (Sydney)	1979	OT	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
Telfs Mosque		Austria	Telfs	1998	U	Minaret later built in 2006
Vienna Islamic Centre		Austria	Vienna	1977	U	Built in order of rey Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz.
Rasheed Mosque		Austria	Vienna	2005	U	Built by Muslims of Ghana, Nigeria and Benin.
Mosque Bad Vöslau		Austria	Bad Vöslau	2009	U	Built by Muslims of Turkey, has two small minarets
Al Fateh Mosque		Bahrain	Juffair	2006	U	Named for Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa
Baitul Mukarram		Bangladesh	Dhaka	1960s	JI	National mosque. It is the 10th largest mosque in the world, accommodating more than 40,000 people
Kakrail Mosque		Bangladesh	Dhaka	1952s	JI and TJ
Bacha Shah Jame Masjid		Bangladesh	Mahattarkill, Rangunia Upazila	2012	JI
Sixty Dome Mosque		Bangladesh	Bagerhat Sadar Upazila	15th century (early)	TJ	It is one of the three UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh
Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque		Bangladesh	Dhaka	1705	JI
Shona Mosque (Golden Mosque)		Bangladesh	Chapai Nawabganj	1493	JI	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	JI	It is known for its ornamental terracotta decorations.
Ferhadija Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka	1579	OT	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	OT	Named for Suleiman the Magnificent
Ali Pasha's Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1560	OT	Named for Hadim Ali Pasha
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1531	OT	Named for Gazi Husrev-beg
Karadzozbey Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mostar	1557	OT	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
Dzhumaya Mosque		Bulgaria	Plovdiv	1363-1364	OT	Built on the order of Sultan Murad I. Its Turkish name is Hüdavendigâr Camii or Cuma Camii.
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
Hamoudi Mosque		Djibouti	Djibouti City	1906	SO	Built by Haji Hamoudi. Among the older standing masjids in the city.
Mosque of Muhammad Ali		Egypt	Cairo Citadel	1848	OT	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-Hakim Mosque		Egypt	Cairo	928	U	Built by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.
Al-Azhar Mosque		Egypt	Cairo	969	U	National mosque
Al-Hussein Mosque		Egypt	Cairo	1154	U	Named for Husayn ibn Ali.
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
Kulafah Al Rashidan Great Mosque		Eritrea	Asmara	1938	A	The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column.
Sheikh Hanafi Mosque		Eritrea	Massawa	15th century	A	Eritrea's oldest mosque. Built with coral.
Grand Mosque of Évry		France	Évry	1995	A
Paris Mosque		France	Paris	1926	A
Cologne Central Mosque		Germany	Cologne	2008		Named for Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Khadija Mosque		Germany	Berlin	2008		Named for Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Periamet Masjid		India	Chennai	1838	U
Jamia Masjid		India	Ambur		S
Old Jumma Masjid		India	Kilakarai	628-630; rebuilt 1023	U	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	U	The first mosque in India. Named for Cheraman Perumal
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	SEA	At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia built by Sultan Sikandar Shah.
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.
Jama Masjid, Bhilai		India	Bhilai	1967	SB	First mosque in the world built in the shape of Arabic word Yā Allāh (یا الله).
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		Indonesia	Surabaya	2002	SEA	Chinese-styled mosque. Some of Java's earliest Muslim communities were Chinese.
Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta		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
Blue Mosque, Tabriz		Iran	Tabriz	1465	I	Known as Turquoise of Islam World
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	Haifa	1931	AMJ
Hassan Bek Mosque		Israel	Tel Aviv-Yafo	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	Herzliya	13th century	U	Named for Sidna Ali, one of Saladins lieutenants
Al-Aqsa Mosque		Israel	Jerusalem	705	U	National mosque
Dome of the Rock		Israel	Jerusalem	691	U	An Islamic shrine. Oldest extant Islamic building in the world.
Mosque of Rome		Italy	Rome	1994	S	The largest mosque in Western world.
Mosque of Segrate		Italy	Milan	1988	S
Kobe Mosque		Japan	Kobe	1935	OT
Abu Darweesh Mosque		Jordan	Amman	1961	U	c.ssian community
King Abdullah I Mosque		Jordan	Amman	1982–89	U
Hadum Mosque		Kosovo	Gjakovë	1594	OT
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	?	OT
Zahir Mosque		Malaysia	Alor Setar	1912	SEA
Ubudiah Mosque		Malaysia	Kuala Kangsar	1917	SEA	One of the most beautiful mosques in Malaysia.
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	Named for Hassan II of Morocco
Koutoubia Mosque		Morocco	Marrakech	1158	U
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	JI	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	U	Built by Shah Jehan. Named for the governor of Peshawar, Mahabat Khan
Badshahi Mosque		Pakistan	Lahore	1673	U	Built by Aurangzeb. One of the largest mosques in the world.
Wazir Khan Mosque		Pakistan	Lahore	1642	U	Built by Shah Jahan
Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore		Pakistan	Lahore	2014	U	Built in Bahria Town. It is of the largest mosques in the world.
Shah Jahan Mosque		Pakistan	Thatta	1647	U	Named for Shah Jahan
Masjid e Tooba		Pakistan	Karachi	1969	U
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
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid		Philippines	Cotabato City	2011	SEA	The largest mosque in the Philippines. Funded by and named after Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.
Masjid Al-Dahab		Philippines	Manila	1976	SEA
Lisbon Mosque		Portugal	Lisbon	1988	U
Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque		Qatar	Doha	2011	S	Also called the Qatar State Mosque; serves as the national mosque of Qatar.
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	The mausoleum of Muhammad and his companions Abu Bakr and Umar.
Great Mosque of Touba		Senegal	Touba	1963	MO	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	OT
Masjid Sultan		Singapore	Singapore	1826	SEA	Named for Sultan Hussain Shah
Arba Rucun mosque		Somalia	Mogadishu	992	SO
Fakr ad-Din Mosque		Somalia	Mogadishu	1269	SO	Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din.
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity		Somalia	Mogadishu	1987	SO	National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa.
Habibia Soofie Saheb Jamia Masjid		South Africa	Cape Town	1905	S	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	S	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	U	It is the biggest mosque in the Southern Hemisphere, occupying 10 hectares of land.
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	1947	S	Largest and oldest mosque in Taiwan
Kaohsiung Mosque		Taiwan	Kaohsiung	1949	S
Taipei Cultural Mosque		Taiwan	Taipei	1950	S
Taichung Mosque		Taiwan	Taichung	1951	S
Longgang Mosque		Taiwan	Taoyuan City	1967	S
Tainan Mosque		Taiwan	Tainan	1996	S
At-Taqwa Mosque		Taiwan	Dayuan	2013	S
Gaddafi Mosque		Tanzania	Dodoma	2010	S
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
Sabancı Central Mosque		Turkey	Adana	1998	OT	Built by Sabanci Holding
Kocatepe Mosque		Turkey	Ankara	1987	OT
Selimiye Mosque		Turkey	Edirne	1568–1574	OT	Named for Selim II
Eyüp Sultan Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1458	OT	The tomb and mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Hagia Sophia Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	537	OT	Converted after the Conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II
Fatih Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1463–1771	OT	The mosque was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1766 and rebuilt in 1771
Yavuz Selim Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1527	OT	In honor of the first Ottoman Caliph, Selim I
New Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1665	OT	Also known as Yeni Cami.
Ortaköy Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1854	OT	The mosque was designed in neo-baroque style.
Sultan Ahmed Mosque ("Blue Mosque")		Turkey	Istanbul	1609–1616	OT	National mosque. Named for Ahmed I
Suleymaniye Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1550–1557	OT	Built by Süleyman the Magnificent
Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque		Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	1998	C	named for Ertuğrul
Mary Mosque		Turkmenistan	Mary	2009	C	named for Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov
Saparmurat Hajji Mosque		Turkmenistan	Gokdepe	1998	C	Named after Saparmurat Niyazov trip to Mecca during the Hajj. Also known as Gökdepe Mosque.
Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque		Turkmenistan	Gypjak	2004	C	Named after Saparmurat Niyazov's surname, Turkmenbashi. The largest mosque in Turkmenistan. Also known as Gypjak Mosque.
Gaddafi National Mosque		Uganda	Kampala	2008	S
Sheikh Zayed Mosque		United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	2008	A	National mosque. Named for Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Grand Mosque of Dubai		United Arab Emirates	Dubai	1998	A
Birmingham Central Mosque		United Kingdom	Birmingham	1990
East London Mosque		United Kingdom	London	1910	JI	One of the first in Britain to be allowed to use loudspeakers to broadcast the adhan.[2]
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	JI	Recognised as the Central Mosque of Preston and known for its unique 'castle-like' architecture.
Islamic Center of Tucson		United States	Tucson (Arizona)	?	A
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	OT	The new complex was completed in 2015
Islamic Center of America		United States	Dearborn (Michigan)	1964	SH	The new building was completed in 2005
Islamic Cultural Center of New York		United States	New York City (New York)	1991	S
Masjid Malcolm Shabazz (formerly Mosque No. 7)		United States	New York City (New York)	1946	S	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	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.
Saleh Mosque		Yemen	Sana'a	2008	U	The largest mosque in Yemen, capacity of over 30,000.

Group/Style Key

A	Arab group
C	Central Asia
CH	Chinese group
I	Iranian
JI	Jamaat-e-Islami
MO	Mourides, Senegal
OT	Ottoman/Turkish
S	Sunni
SA	Saudi Arabian
SEA	Southeast Asia
SH	Shia
SO	Somali style
TJ	Tablighi Jamaat
U	Unknown/undetermined

See also

• List of large mosques
• List of the oldest mosques in the world
• List of first mosques by country
• List of mosques in the Arab League
  • List of mosques in the United Arab Emirates
• List of mosques in Africa
  • List of mosques in Algeria
  • List of mosques in Egypt
• 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 Cyprus
  • List of mosques in France
  • List of mosques in Germany
  • List of mosques in the Netherlands
  • 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

References

1. "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
2. Eade, John (1996). "Nationalism, Community, and the Islamization of Space in London". In Metcalf, Barbara Daly. Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520204042. 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.

External links

• Directory of Mosques World Wide
• Directory of Mosques in the US/Canada/UK/Europe/Australia
• Directory of Mosques in South Africa