List of large mosques

This is a list of mosques that accommodate at least 5000 worshipers. The default listing is alphabetical; to sort using different criteria, click on the desired column headers. Note that determining exactly what should be included when calculating area is a highly subjective assessment, and the figures given here adhere to no common standard.

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List of large mosques

Name Images Capacity
(worshipers)
Area City Administrative Region Country Year of first building
Al-Azhar Mosque &1000000000002000000000020,000 &100000000000078000000007,800 m² (84,000 sq ft) Cairo Egypt Egypt 972
Al Fateh Mosquemap &100000000000070000000007,000 Manama Capital Governorate Bahrain 1987
Al-Masjid al-Nabawimap &100000000010000000000001,000,000 &10000000000400500000000400,500 m² (4,311,000 sq ft) Medina Al Madinah Province Saudi Arabia 622
Badshahi Mosquemap &10000000000100000000000100,000E &1000000000002986720000029,867.2 m² (321,488 sq ft)E Lahore Punjab Pakistan 1673
Baitul Futuh &1000000000001000000000010,000 &1000000000002100000000021,000 m² (226,000 sq ft) London Greater London England 2003
Baitul Mukarrammap &1000000000004000000000040,000 Dhaka Dhaka Division Bangladesh 1960
Conakry Grand Mosque &1000000000001250000000012,500 Conakry Conakry Region Guinea 1982
Emir Abdelkader Mosque &1000000000001500000000015,000 Constantine Constantine Province Algeria 1994
Faisal Mosquemap &1000000000007400000000074,000[1]D &1000000000004329580000043,295.8 m² (466,032 sq ft)D Islamabad Islamabad Capital Territory Pakistan 1986
Grand Mosque &1000000000001300000000013,000 Kuwait City Al Asimah Kuwait 1986
Grozny Central Dome Mosque &1000000000001000000000010,000[2] Grozny Republic of Chechnya Russia 2008
Hassan II Mosquemap &10000000000105000000000105,000[3]C &1000000000009000000000090,000 m² (970,000 sq ft)C Casablanca Greater Casablanca Morocco 1993
Id Kah Mosquemap &1000000000002000000000020,000[4] Kashgar Xinjiang People's Republic of China 1442
Imam Reza Shrinemap &10000000000700000000000700,000[5]A &10000000000598657000000598,657 m²[6]A (6,443,943.95 sq ft) Mashhad Razavi Khorasan Province Iran 818
Istiqlal Mosquemap &10000000000120000000000120,000B &1000000000009500000000095,000 m² (1,020,000 sq ft) Jakarta Jakarta Province Indonesia 1978
Islamic Center of America &1000000000002000000000020,000 Dearborn, Michigan Metro Detroit United States 2005
Jama Masjidmap &1000000000008500000000085,000G Old Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi India 1656
Masjid al-Harammap &100000000040000000000004,000,000[7] &10000000000400800000000400,800 m² (4,314,000 sq ft)[7] Mecca Makkah Province Saudi Arabia 638
Masjid-e-Aqsa &1000000000001200000000012,000 Rabwah Punjab Pakistan 1972
Raiwind Tablighi Markaz &10000000000100000000000100,000 Raiwind Punjab Pakistan 1934
Masjid e Tooba &100000000000050000000005,000 Karachi Sindh Pakistan 1969
Masjid Negaramap &1000000000001500000000015,000 Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Malaysia 1965
Mecca Masjid &1000000000001000000000010,000 Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh India 1694
Mosque of Rome &1000000000001200000000012,000 &1000000000003000000000030,000 m² (320,000 sq ft) Rome Lazio Italy 1995
Sheikh Zayed Mosquemap &1000000000004000000000040,000F &1000000000002200000000022,000 m² (240,000 sq ft)[8] Abu Dhabi Emirate of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 2007
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosquemap &1000000000002000000000020,000 &10000000000416000000000416,000 m² (4,480,000 sq ft) Muscat Muscat Governorate Oman 2001
Taj-ul-Masajidmap &10000000000175000000000175,000 &10000000000400000000000400,000 m² (4,300,000 sq ft) Bhopal Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal India 1901
Umayyad Mosquemap &100000000000060000000006,000 Damascus Damascus Governorate Syria 705

Footnotes

Mapping

  • ^ Masjid al-Haram,
  • ^ Al-Masjid al-Nabawi,
  • ^ Imām Ridhā Mosque,
  • ^ Istiqlal Mosque,
  • ^ Hassan II Mosque,
  • ^ Faisal Mosque,
  • ^ Badshahi Mosque,
  • ^ Sheikh Zayed Mosque,
  • ^ Jama Masjid,
  • ^ Baitul Mukarram,
  • ^ Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, ??
  • ^ Id Kah Mosque,
  • ^ Masjid Negara,
  • ^ Sultan Ahmed Mosqu,
  • ^ Al Fateh Mosque,
  • ^ Al-Aqsa Mosque, [9]

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