This as a list of famous mosques around the world.
| Name | Images | Country | City | Year | Group | Remarks | |||||||
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| 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 | 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. |
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