List of Famous Mosque in the World
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SNo Name Country City Year Group Remarks Abdul Rahman 1 Afghanistan Kabul 2009 U The largest mosque of Afghanistan. Mosque Also known as the Friday Mosque of Shrine of the 18th 2 Afghanistan Kandahar U Kandahar, it houses the cloak worn by the Cloak century Prophet Muhammad. 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 Ali 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 Algiers 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 Saudi Arabia. Cultural Center 9 Blue Mosque Armenia Yerevan 1766 SH Auburn Auburn 10 Gallipoli Australia 1979 T Turkish Sunni Muslims (Sydney) 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 Minaret 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 minarets 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 Golden Mosque 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 Republika Srpska authorities ordered the demolition of the entire Ferhadija and Arnaudija mosque complexes. The Serb Ferhadija Bosnia and 23 Banja Luka 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 Sarajevo 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 Mostar 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 Omar Bandar Seri National mosque. Named for Omar Ali 29 Ali Saifuddin Brunei 1959 SEA Begawan Saifuddien III Mosque Dongguan 14th 30 China Xining Mosque century 31 Niujie Mosque China Beijing 996 CH Kashgar, 32 Id Kah Mosque China 1442 C Xinjiang Muslim 33 Mosque in China Lhasa, Tibet ?C Lhasa One's of the world oldest functioning Great Mosque Xi'an, 34 China 742 CH mosques. It was first built in the Tang of Xi'an Shaanxi Dynasty (Emperor Xuanzong, 685–762) Kowloon Kowloon, 35 Masjid and China 1984 Hong Kong Islamic Centre Kowloon, 36 Jamia Mosque 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 Egypt Cairo 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 Husayn ibn Ali. 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 Eritrea Asmara 1938 A column. Mosque Sheikh Hanafi 48 Eritrea Massawa 1400s A Eritrea's oldest mosque. Built with coral. Mosque Grand Mosque 49 France Évry 1995 A of Évry 50 Paris Mosque France Paris 1926 A Khadija 51 Germany Berlin 2008 Named for Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Mosque Periamet 52 India 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 Delhi 1656 U Masjid-i Jahān-Numā after Shah Jahan "Mosque of the four minarets" (located on the top floor) is actually only part of the structure 57 Charminar 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 Mecca 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 Ziarat Shareef India Kakrala 1980 U name comes from ziyarat and refers to pilgrimages. 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 Iran 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 Shah Mosque Iran Isfahan 1611 I World Heritage Site Imam Ridha Shrine of Ali ar-Ridha, the 8th Twelver Shia 69 Iran Mashhad ?I Mosque Imam Ma'soomah Shrine of Fātima bint Mūsā, sister of Ali ar- 70 Iran Qom ?I Qom Shrine Ridha. Imam Husayn National mosque. The shrine of Husayn ibn 71 Iraq Karbala 680 U Shrine Ali, the 3rd Twelver Shia Imam Al Abbas National mosque. Shrine of Al-Abbas ibn Ali 72 Iraq Karbala 680 U Mosque son of Ali and brother of Husayn ibn Ali Imam Ali Shrine of Ali the 4th Sunni Rashidun and the 73 Iraq Najaf ?U Mosque 1st Shia Imam Al-Kadhimiya 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 Samarra ?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 Israel Haifa 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 Jerusalem 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 Rome 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 Zahir Mosque Malaysia Alor Setar 1912 SEA Kuala 91 Jamek Mosque 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 Selangor Abdul Aziz Mosque 95 Putra Mosque 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.