List of mosques

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

List

Name	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	Mazar-i-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 մզկիթمسجد 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 Grand 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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