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

List

Name Images Country City Year Architectural style Remarks
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
Mahmoudiya Mosque
 Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo 1812
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
Lagos Central Mosque
 Nigeria Lagos 28 May 1988 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  2. ↑ Coward, Martin (30 September 2008). Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-46131-3.
  3. ↑ "Ferhadija Mosque is back! (In Bosnian)". klix.ba. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ↑ 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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