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SNo Name Country City Year Group Remarks Abdul Rahman 1 Afghanistan 2009 U The largest of Afghanistan. Mosque Also known as the Friday Mosque of of the 18th 2 Afghanistan Kandahar U Kandahar, it houses the cloak worn by the Cloak century Prophet . The mosque was the city's first congregational Friday Mosque mosque, built on the site of two smaller 3 Afghanistan Herat 1446 C of Herat Zorastrian Fire temples destroyed by earthquake and fire. Shrine of Mazari also known as Blue Mosque or Rawze-e- 4 Afghanistan ?U Hazrat Sharif Sharif Located in the centre of Albania's capital, the Et'hem Bey 5 Albania Tirana 1823 T mosque was closed during communist rule Mosque until 1991. Great Mosque 6 Algeria 1097 U of Algiers Ketchaoua 7 Algeria Algiers 1612 U Mosque King Fahd Largest mosque in Latin America. Named 8 Islamic Argentina Buenos Aires 2006 SA after Fahd of . Cultural Center 9 Blue Mosque Armenia Yerevan 1766 SH Auburn Auburn 10 Gallipoli Australia 1979 T Turkish Sunni Muslims () Mosque Lebanese Moslems Association. Also known Lakemba Lakemba 11 Australia 1977 U as the Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque after Mosque (Sydney) Ali 12 Telfs Mosque Austria Telfs 1998 U later built in 2006 Vienna Islamic 13 Austria Vienna 1977 U Built in order of rey Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz. Centre Rasheed Built by Muslims of Ghana, Nigeria and 14 Austria Vienna 2005 U Mosque Benin. Mosque Bad Built by Muslims of Turkey, has two small 15 Austria Bad Vöslau 2009 U Vöslau Al Fateh Named for Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn 16 Bahrain Juffair 2006 U Mosque Khalifa Baitul National mosque. It is the 10th largest mosque 17 Bangladesh Dhaka 1960s U Mukarram in the world. 18 Kakrail Mosque Bangladesh Dhaka TJ The center of all Tablighi activities. Bagerhat 15th Sixty Dome It is one of the three UNESCO World 19 Bangladesh Sadar century U Mosque Heritage Sites of Bangladesh Upazila (early) Khan 20 Mohammad Bangladesh Dhaka 1705 U Mridha Mosque The fifteen domes of the mosque were once Shona Chapai gilded in gold, giving the mosque the name of 21 Mosque(Golden Bangladesh 1493 U Nawabganj Small or as it is generally Mosque) known, the Chhoto Shona Masjid It is known for its ornamental terracotta 22 Bagha Mosque Bangladesh Rajshahi 1523 U decorations. The authorities ordered the demolition of the entire Ferhadija and Arnaudija mosque complexes. The Serb Ferhadija Bosnia and 23 1579 T militia blew up the Ferhadija Mosque on the Mosque Herzegovina night of 6–7 May 1993. The mosque is under reconstruction. Named for Ferhat-paša Sokolović Emperor's Bosnia and 24 1462 T Named for Suleiman the Magnificent Mosque Herzegovina Ali Pasha's Bosnia and 25 Sarajevo 1560 T Named for Hadim Ali Pasha Mosque Herzegovina Gazi Husrev- Bosnia and 26 Sarajevo 1531 T Named for Gazi Husrev-beg beg Mosque Herzegovina In the Second World War it was severely Karadzozbey Bosnia and 27 1557 T damaged, and in the Bosnian War it was Mosque Herzegovina almost completely destroyed. Mesquita Foz Foz do 28 Brazil do Iguaçu Iguaçu Sultan Bandar Seri National mosque. Named for Omar Ali 29 Ali Saifuddin Brunei 1959 SEA Begawan Saifuddien III Mosque Dongguan 14th 30 Xining Mosque century 31 Mosque China 996 CH Kashgar, 32 China 1442 C Muslim 33 Mosque in China Lhasa, Tibet ?C Lhasa One's of the world oldest functioning Great Mosque Xi'an, 34 China 742 CH . It was first built in the Tang of Xi'an Dynasty (Emperor Xuanzong, 685–762) Kowloon Kowloon, 35 Masjid and China 1984 Islamic Centre Kowloon, 36 China 1849 Hong Kong Mosque of Second largest mosque in Latin America, and 37 Omar Ibn Al- Colombia Maicao 1997 U largest in Colombia. Named for Umar Khattab Hamoudi Built by Haji Hamoudi. Among the older 38 Djibouti Djibouti City 1906 SO Mosque standing masjids in the city. Mosque of Most visible site in the city. Named for 39 Citadel 1848 T Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali of Egypt Mosque- Named for al-Nasir Badr al-Din Abu al- 40 Madrassa of Egypt Cairo 1356 U Ma'aly al-Hassan Sultan Hassan Al-Hakim Built by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr 41 Egypt Cairo 928 U Mosque Allah. Al-Azhar 42 Egypt Cairo 969 U National mosque Mosque Al-Hussein 43 Egypt Cairo 1154 U Named for . Mosque Mosque of Ibn 876– 44 Egypt Cairo U Named for Ahmad ibn Tulun Tulun 879 El-Mursi Abul 45 Egypt Alexandria 1219 U Named for Ahmed Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Abbas Mosque Al Qa'ed 46 Ibrahim Egypt Alexandria 1948 U Mosque Kulafah Al The minaret resembles a fluted Roman 47 Rashidan Great 1938 A column. Mosque Sheikh 48 Eritrea Massawa 1400s A Eritrea's oldest mosque. Built with coral. Mosque Grand Mosque 49 France Évry 1995 A of Évry 50 Mosque France Paris 1926 A Khadija 51 Germany Berlin 2008 Named for Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Mosque Periamet 52 Chennai 1838 U Masjid 53 Jamia Masjid India Ambur S 628- Also known as Meen Kada Palli, it is the first Old Jumma 630; 54 India Kilakarai U mosque built in India and outside the Arabian Masjid rebuilt Peninsula, and fourth oldest in the world. 1023 Cheraman Juma The first mosque in India. Named for 55 India Kodungallur 629 U Masjid Cheraman Perumal The largest mosque in India. Also known as 56 Jama Masjid India 1656 U Masjid-i Jahān-Numā after "Mosque of the four minarets" (located on the top floor) is actually only part of the structure 57 India Hyderabad 1591 U which is actually a landmark monument constructed in the early years of the city's founding in the 16th century. Sultan English 58 Adina Masjid India 1363 Sikandar At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia. Bazar Shah One of the oldest mosques and the biggest 1617– mosque located in Hyderabad, India. Named 59 Masjid India Hyderabad U 94 after Mecca for the bricks made from the city's soil transported to India. Built by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Miyan. The 60 India Kakrala 1980 U name comes from ziyarat and refers to . Agung Demak 61 Indonesia Demak 1466 SEA Oldest Mosque in Java Mosque Menara Kudus Old mosque in Java, preserving pre-Islamic 62 Indonesia Kudus 1549 SEA Mosque structures. Raya Largest mosque in Aceh, one of oldest 63 Baiturrahman Indonesia Banda Aceh 1881 SEA mosques in Indonesia Mosque Special Yogyakarta Region of 64 Indonesia 1773 SEA Royal mosque of the Yogyakarta Sultanate Grand Mosque Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Cheng Ho Chinese-styled mosque. Some of Java's 65 Indonesia Surabaya 2002 SEA Mosque earliest Muslim communities were Chinese. Istiqlal National mosque, largest mosque in Southeast 66 Mosque, Indonesia Jakarta 1975 SEA Asia. Initially criticised for un-Indonesian Jakarta design. The mosque is the result of continual Jameh Mosque construction, reconstruction, additions and 67 Isfahan ?I of Isfahan renovations on the site from around 771 to the end of the 20th century. Named for Abbas I of Persia it is a UNESCO 68 Iran Isfahan 1611 I World Heritage Site Imam Ridha Shrine of Ali ar-Ridha, the 8th Shia 69 Iran ?I Mosque Imam Ma'soomah Shrine of Fātima bint Mūsā, sister of Ali ar- 70 Iran ?I Qom Shrine Ridha. Imam Husayn National mosque. The shrine of Husayn ibn 71 680 U Shrine Ali, the 3rd Twelver Shia Imam Al Abbas National mosque. Shrine of Al- 72 Iraq Karbala 680 U Mosque son of Ali and brother of Husayn ibn Ali of Ali the 4th Sunni and the 73 Iraq ?U Mosque 1st Shia Imam Al- Shrine of Musa al-Kadhim and Muhammad 74 Iraq Kadhimiya ?U Mosque al-Taqi the 7th and 9th Twelver Shia Imams Mosque with golden dome and shrine of Ali Al-Askari 75 Iraq ?U al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari the 10th and Mosque 11th Twelver Shia Imams Great Mosque 76 Iraq Samarra 852 U of Samarra Mahmood 77 1931 AMJ Mosque Hassan Bek Tel Aviv- Named for Hassan Bek, Jaffa's Turkish-Arab 78 Israel 1916 T Mosque Yafo governor Jezzar Pasha 79 Israel Acre 1781 T Named for Jezzar Pasha Mosque Sidna Ali 13th Named for Sidna Ali, one of Saladins 80 Israel Herzliya U Mosque century lieutenants Al-Aqsa 81 Israel/Palestine 705 U National mosque Mosque Dome of the Not really a mosque but an Islamic shrine. 82 Palestine Jerusalem 691 U Rock Oldest extant Islamic building in the world. Mosque of 83 Italy 1994 The largest mosque in Europe. Rome 84 Kobe Mosque Japan Kobe 1935 T Abu Darweesh 85 Jordan Amman 1961 U Circassian community Mosque King Abdullah 1982– Circassian community. Named for Abdullah I 86 Jordan Amman U I Mosque 89 of Jordan Grand Mosque 1979– 87 Kuwait Kuwait City U The mosque is located in Kuwait City. Of Kuwait 1986 Imam Hussein 1979– Named for Husayn ibn Ali, the 3rd Twelver 88 Kuwait Kuwait City U Mosque 1986 Shia Imam Mohammad Al- 89 Lebanon Beirut ?T Amin Mosque 90 1912 SEA Kuala 91 Malaysia 1909 SEA Lumpur National Kuala 92 Mosque of Malaysia 1965 SEA National mosque Lumpur Malaysia Federal Kuala 93 Territory Malaysia 2000 SEA Lumpur Mosque Sultan Salahuddin 94 Malaysia Shah Alam 1988 SEA Named for Salahuddin of Abdul Aziz Mosque 95 Malaysia Putrajaya 1999 SEA The first mosque on the site was built in the Great Mosque 96 Mali Djenné 1300 U 13th century, but the current structure dates of Djenné from 1907. Djinguereber 97 Mali Timbuktu 1327 U Mosque Chinguetti 98 Mauritania Chinguetti ?U Mosque One of the first mosques built in the Indian 99 Jummah Masjid Mauritius Port Louis 1853 U Ocean Hassan II 100 Morocco Casablanca 1993 U Mosque Koutoubia 101 Morocco Marrakech 1158 U Named for Hassan II of Morocco Mosque Canterbury Christchurch, 102 New Zealand U Mosque Canterbury Abuja National 103 Nigeria Abuja 1984 U National mosque Mosque Great Mosque 104 Nigeria Kano ?U of Kano Sultan Qaboos National mosque. Named for Qaboos bin Said 105 Oman Muscat 2001 A Grand Mosque al Said Named for , it is the 106 Faisal Mosque 1986 U largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and one of the largest mosques in the world. Mahabat Khan Built by Shah Jehan. Named for the governor 107 Pakistan Peshawar 1630 U Mosque of Peshawar, Mahabat Khan Badshahi Built by Aurangzeb. One of the largest 108 Pakistan 1673 U Mosque mosques in the world. Wazir Khan 109 Pakistan Lahore 1642 U Built by Shah Jahan Mosque Shah Jahan 110 Pakistan Thatta 1647 U Named for Shah Jahan Mosque 111 Masjid e Tooba Pakistan Karachi 1969 U 112 Masjid-e-Aqsa Pakistan Rabwah 1972 AMJ Mosque of Palestinian 113 1860 U Named for Umar Omar territories Great Mosque Palestinian 114 Gaza 1344 U of Gaza territories El Centro Cultural 115 Panama Colón Islamico de Colón Sultan Haji The largest mosque in the Philippines. Funded Cotabato 116 Hassanal Philippines 2011 SEA by and named after Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah City Bolkiah Masjid of Brunei. Masjid Al- 117 Philippines 1976 SEA Dahab 118 Mosque Portugal Lisbon 1988 U Qolsharif Republic of Tatarstan, reputedly the largest 119 Russia Kazan 2005 C Mosque mosque in Europe. Moscow 120 Cathedral Russia Moscow 1904 U Mosque King Saud 121 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 1987 SA Named for Saud of Saudi Arabia Mosque Masjid al- 638, 122 Saudi Arabia Mecca U International mosque, home of 1571 Al-Masjid al- 622, 123 Saudi Arabia SA Nabawi 1817 A major annual , called the Grand Great Mosque Magal, attracts between one and two million 124 Senegal Touba 1963 M at Touba people from all over Senegal and beyond to the mosque each year. Bajrakli around 125 Serbia Belgrade T Mosque 1575 126 Masjid Sultan Singapore Singapore 1826 SEA Named for Sultan Hussain Shah Arba Rucun 127 Somalia Mogadishu 992 SO mosque Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Fakr ad-Din 128 Somalia Mogadishu 1269 SO Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr Mosque ad-Din. Mosque of National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn 129 Islamic Somalia Mogadishu 1987 SO of Africa. Solidarity Third largest Masjid and second Largest Habibia Soofie Islamic Complex in Southern Africa. Built in 130 Saheb Jamia South Africa Cape Town 1905 S 1905 by Shah Goolam Muhammad Soofie Masjid Saheb of Durban Seoul Central 131 South Korea Seoul 1976 Mosque Jami Ul-Alfar 132 Sri Lanka Colombo 1909 U Designed to resemble the Jamek Mosque. Mosque Hajja Soad 133 Sudan Khartoum ?U Mosque Umayyad 134 715 U National mosque Mosque Taipei Grand 135 Taiwan Taipei 1947 S Largest and oldest mosque in Taiwan Mosque Kaohsiung 136 Taiwan Kaohsiung 1949 S Mosque Taipei Cultural 137 Taiwan Taipei 1950 S Mosque Taichung 138 Taiwan Taichung 1951 S Mosque Longgang 139 Taiwan Zhongli 1967 S Mosque 140 Tainan Mosque Taiwan Tainan 1996 S At-Taqwa 141 Taiwan Dayuan 2013 S Mosque Gaddafi 142 Tanzania Dodoma 2010 S Mosque Ban Talo Mano, 300 Years 143 Thailand Tambon 1624 SEA Mosque Subo Sawo, Narathiwat Baan Haw 144 Thailand Chiang Mai ? SEA Mosque Mosque of 145 Tunisia Kairouan 670 U Named for Uqba ibn Nafi Uqba Al-Zaytuna 146 Tunisia Tunis 703 U Mosque Eyüp Sultan The tomb and mosque of Abu Ayyub al- 147 Turkey 1458 T Mosque Ansari 1463– The mosque was completely destroyed by an 148 Fatih Mosque Turkey Istanbul T 1771 earthquake in 1766 and rebuilt in 1771 Kocatepe 149 Turkey Ankara 1987 T Mosque 150 New Mosque Turkey Istanbul 1665 T Ortaköy The mosque was designed in neo-baroque 151 Turkey Istanbul 1854 T Mosque style. Sabancı Central 152 Turkey Adana 1998 T Mosque Sultan Ahmed 1609– 153 Mosque ("Blue Turkey Istanbul T National mosque. Named for Ahmed I 1616 Mosque") Suleymaniye 1550– 154 Turkey Istanbul T Mosque 1557 Selimiye 1568– 155 Turkey Edirne T Named for Selim II Mosque 1574 Ertuğrul Gazi 156 Turkmenistan Ashgabat 1998 C named for Ertuğrul Mosque Kipchak 157 Turkmenistan Gypjak 2004 named for Saparmurat Niyazov Mosque Gökdepe 158 Turkmenistan Gokdepe 1998 named for Saparmurat Niyazov Mosque 159 Mary Mosque Turkmenistan Mary 2009 named for Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov Sheikh Zayed United Arab National mosque. Named for Zayed bin Sultan 160 Abu Dhabi 2008 A Mosque Emirates Al Nahyan Grand Mosque United Arab 161 Dubai 1998 A of Dubai Emirates United Currently the largest mosque in United 162 Baitul Futuh 2003 AMJ Kingdom Kingdom East London Currently one of the largest and oldest Mosque and United 163 London 2003 AMJ mosques United Kingdom with a capacity of London Muslim Kingdom 5,000. Centre Tucson 164 Mosque Tucson United States ? AMJ (Arizona) Tucson Islamic Center, Tucson 165 United States ?U University of (Arizona) Arizona Originally a Greek Orthodox church, Mosque 166 United States ? NoI purchased in 1972 by the Nation of . Maryam (Illinois) Named for Mary (Maryam Established by Malcolm X. Held the offices New for Marcus Garvey. Currently a Sunni 167 Mosque No. 7 United States City (New ? Mosque. Houses an interfaith room where York) Christian parishioners from a condemned church worship. Al-Sadiq Chicago 168 United States 1922 AMJ Named for Muhammad Sadiq Mosque (Illinois) Islamic Center Dearborn 169 United States 2005 SH of America (Michigan) Islamic Center 170 United States Washington 1957 U of Washington Ulugh Beg 171 Uzbekistan Samarkand ? C Named for Ulugh Beg Mosque of 172 Sheikh Ibrahim Venezuela Caracas 1993 U Al-Ibrahim Al Muhdhar The minaret is 53 m (174 ft) high, the tallest 173 Tarim 1914 U Mosque in Yemen. Al Saleh The largest mosque in Yemen, capacity of 174 Yemen Sana'a 2008 U Mosque over 30,000. Blue Mosque, 175 Iran Tabriz 1465 I Known as Turquoise of Islam World Tabriz or other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com

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