Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. The lists include the most famous, largest and oldest mosques, and mosques mentioned in the Quran, as well as lists of mosques in each region and country of the world. The major regions, Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania are sorted alphabetically. The sub-regions, such as Northeast and Northwest Africa in Africa, and Arabia and South Asia in Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are mentioned by name in the Quran.
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masjid Al-Haram | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | Unknown, associated with Abraham[1] | Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām,[b] the holiest sanctuary, containing the Ka'bah, a site of the Ḥajj ('Pilgrimage'), the Qiblah[10] (Direction of formal prayers of Muslims), and the first mosque[11][12] in Islamic thought.[13][14] Rebuilt many times, notably 1571 by the Ottomans, and the late 20th century by the Saudis, further enlargement under way since 2010. | |
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi | Medina | Saudi Arabia | 622 | Second holiest site in Islam (after Al-Haram Mosque) and Muhammad's mosque, which houses his tomb in what was initially his and his wife Aisha's house. Largely rebuilt and greatly enlarged in the late 20th century, whilst retaining at its heart the earlier construction of the Ottomans, and landmark green dome atop the Islamic prophet's mausoleum. | |
Masjid Al-Aqsa | Palestine | Palestine | After 637 (exact date uncertain; either 7th or early 8th century)[15] | Al-Masjid al-Aqṣá,[7] the former Qiblah,[16] site of the significant event of Al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj, third holiest site in Islam. Although properly referring to the whole Temple Mount compound (seen as a single mosque),[note 1] today however it refers specifically to the silver-domed congregational mosque or prayer hall facing Mecca (otherwise known as Al-Qibli Mosque (see below)) located on the southern side of the compound. The Temple Mount site itself is much older and is associated with Abraham.[1] | |
The Sacred Monument | Muzdalifah, near Mecca | Saudi Arabia | Unknown | Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām[18] a site of the Hajj.[19][20][21][22] | |
Quba Mosque | Medina | Saudi Arabia | 622 | The first mosque built by Muhammad in the 7th century CE, possibly mentioned as the "Mosque founded on piety since the first day"[23] in the Quran.[citation needed] Largely rebuilt in the late 20th century. |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Qiblatayn Mosque | Medina | Saudi Arabia | 623 | Mosque originally with two Qiblah walls: One facing Jerusalem, the first Qiblah and another facing Mecca | ||
Jawatha Mosque | Al-Kilabiyah | Saudi Arabia | 629/639[24][25] | Has recently been renovated[citation needed] and prayers are still held in this mosque.[26] | ||
Great Mosque of Sana'a | Sana'a | Yemen | 7th century | Possibly the oldest mosque in the country. | ||
Al-Asha'ir Mosque | Zabid | Yemen | 629 | A part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Town of Zabid.[27] Established by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, a sahabi. | ||
Masjid Mazin | Samail | Oman | 600s[28] | Founded by Mazin Ben Ghadooba, who is considered to be the first Omani to adopt Islam during Muhammad's lifetime.[28] | ||
Al-Hadi Mosque | Sa'dah | Yemen | 897 | |||
Khamis Mosque | Khamis, Manama | Bahrain | 1000–1200 (approximate)[29] | Though most of the structure is dated to the 11th or 12th century, it is popularly believed to have been founded by the Caliph Omar in the 600s.[30] | ||
Mosque in Al-Ain | Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | 1000s (Islamic Golden Age) | Possible the oldest mosque in the country.[31][32] | ||
Al Bidya Mosque | Fujairah | United Arab Emirates | 1400s[33] | Some much earlier estimates have been proposed. |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Qibli Mosque (al-Jami' al-Aqsa) | Jerusalem (old city) | Israel (de facto) Palestine (claim) |
637 | A Muslim prayer hall with a silver-colored lead dome located in the southern part of Masjid Al-Aqsa (Temple Mount), built by the Rashidun caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab. | |||
Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque | Aleppo | Syria | 637 | ||||
Ibrahimi Mosque | Hebron | Palestine | 637[34] | ||||
Great Mosque of Aleppo | Aleppo | Syria | 715 | ||||
Umayyad Mosque | Damascus | Syria | 715 | Sunni | National Mosque. It was originally built after the Muslim conquest of the city in 634. The current structure dates to 715. | ||
White Mosque | Ramla | Israel | 720 | ||||
Al-Omari Mosque | Bosra | Syria | 721 | ||||
Great Mosque of Raqqa | Raqqa | Syria | 772 | ||||
Arab Ahmet Mosque | Arab Ahmet quarter of Nicosia | Cyprus | Late 16th century[35] | The mosque is named after a commander of the 1571 Ottoman army who made an expedition in 1571.[35][36] | |||
Great Mosque of Kufa | Kufa | Iraq | 639 | Shia | The mosque, built in the 7th century, contains the remains of Muslim ibn Aqeel – first cousin of Husayn ibn Ali, his companion Hani ibn Urwa, and the revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. | ||
Maqam al-Imam al-Husayn Mosque | Karbala | Iraq | 680 | Shia | Reconstructed several times, including in 1016. | ||
Great Mosque of Samarra | Samarra | Iraq | 848 | Sunni | |||
Al-Askari Mosque | Samarra | Iraq | 944 | Shia (Twelver) | Shrine of the 10th and 11th Twelver Shi'ite Imams: Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari. | ||
Imam Ali Mosque | Najaf | Iraq | 977 | Shia | Houses the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad's cousin and fourth Caliph, and the first person of the Shia Imamate. |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ayasofya Mosque | Istanbul | Turkey | 1453 (537) | Built in 537 as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, converted to a mosque in 1453, and then a museum in 1931,[37] again converted to a mosque in 2020. | ||
Masjid al-Hisn | Mopsuestia, Adana Province | Turkey | 717-720 | Built by the Umayyad caliph Umar II, as part of his conversion of the city into a military base to shield Antioch from a potential Greek attack. The building fell into ruin during the reign of Al-Mu'tasim, approximately 120 years later. | ||
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır | Turkey | 1092 | Sunni | One of the oldest known mosques in modern Turkey. | |
Alâeddin Mosque (Konya) | Konya | Turkey | Initially completed around 1155, but rebuilt and expanded up until 1235[38] | Sunni | The oldest Seljuk mosque in Turkey.[39] | |
Yivliminare Mosque (Alaeddin Mosque) | Antalya | Turkey | 1230 | |||
Aslanhane Mosque | Ankara | Turkey | 1290 | |||
Grand Mosque of Bursa (Ulu Camii) | Bursa | Turkey | 1396-1399[40] | Sunni | Major monument of early Ottoman architecture.[41] Significantly restored and repaired across its history.[40] | |
Green Mosque (Yeşil Camii) | Bursa | Turkey | 1419-1421 | Sunni | Important monument of early Ottoman architecture.[41] | |
Fatih Mosque | Istanbul | Turkey | 1463-1470; but significantly rebuilt between 1766 and 1771 | Sunni | First Ottoman imperial mosque built in Istanbul, commissioned by Mehmet II Fatih. It was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1766 and rebuilt afterwards in a different style, though elements of the original mosque survive in the current building.[42] | |
Süleymaniye Mosque | Istanbul | Turkey | 1550-1557 | Sunni | One of the largest and most important works of Ottoman architecture and of architect Mimar Sinan, commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent.[43] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jameh Mosque of Ferdows | Ferdows | Iran | 7th century (possibly) | |||
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan | Isfahan | Iran | 771 | |||
Jameh Mosque of Fahraj | Fahraj | Iran | 700s[44] | |||
Tarikhaneh Mosque | Damghan | Iran | 8th century |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juma Mosque | Shamakhi | Azerbaijan | 743-744 | |||
Blue Mosque | Yerevan | Armenia | Mid-18th century |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Po-i-Kalyan | Bukhara | Uzbekistan | 713 | Since 713 here, several edifices of main cathedral mosque were built then razed, restored after fires and wars, and moved from place to place. |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cheraman Juma Mosque | Kodungallur | India | 629 | Sunni, Shafi'i | Built by Malik bin Dinar, companion of Muhammad, on orders of Cheraman Perumal,[45] then King of modern-day Kerala, it is the oldest mosque in the Indian subcontinent.[46] | |
unnamed Ramjapur Masjid | Lalmonirhat, Rangpur | Bangladesh | Muhammad's lifetime | Sunni | Possibl the earliest mosque in South Asia is under excavation in northern Bangladesh, indicating the presence of Muslims in the area around the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad.[47] | |
Palaiya Jumma Palli | Kilakarai | India | 630 | Sunni | Considered to be the first mosque to be built in Tamil Nadu, and the second mosque in India. Constructed by Yemeni merchants and trade settlers in the Pandiya Kingdom and ordered by Bazan ibn Sasan, governor of Yemen at the time of Muhammad.[48] | |
Masjid al-Abrar | Beruwala, Kalutara District, Western Province | Sri Lanka | First century in the Hijri calendar | The date has been carved in its stone pillars. It is situated in western province of Sri Lanka. | ||
Haji Piyada | Balkh | Afghanistan | Second half of the 9th century[49] | Considered to be the oldest Islamic building in Afghanistan.[49] | ||
Jamia Masjid, Banbhore | Banbhore, Sindh | Pakistan | 727 | This is the oldest mosque of Pakistan which is located in Bhambore.[50][51] | ||
Kazimar Big Mosque | Madurai | India | 1284 | Sunni, Hanafi Shadhili | First mosque in Madurai. | |
Chaqchan Mosque | Khaplu, Gilgit Baltistan | Pakistan | 1370 | This is the oldest mosque of Gilgit Baltistan located in Khaplu.[52][53] | ||
Sixty Dome Mosque | Bagerhat | Bangladesh | 1450 | Built by Khan Jahan Ali, it is considered to be the second-oldest mosque in Bangladesh. The fortified structure contains eighty-one domes, sixty stone pillars and eleven mihrabs. | ||
Neevin Mosque | Lahore | Pakistan | 1460 |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Istiqlal Mosque | Central Jakarta, Jakarta | Indonesia | 1975 | A national mosque and the largest mosque in Southeast Asia. | ||
Wapauwe Old Mosque | Kaitetu, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku | Indonesia | 1414 | The oldest surviving mosque in Indonesia. | ||
Sheik Karimol Makhdum Mosque | Simunul, Tawi-Tawi | Philippines | 1380[54] | Founded by Makhdum Karim, who introduced Islam to the Philippines. | ||
Ampel Mosque | Ampel, Surabaya, East Java | Indonesia | 1421[55] | The oldest surviving mosque in Java, and second oldest in Indonesia. | ||
Great Mosque of Demak | Demak, Central Java | Indonesia | 15th century[56] | Oldest mosque in Central Java and second oldest in Java.[56] | ||
Menara Kudus Mosque | Kudus Regency, Central Java | Indonesia | 1549[57] | It preserves pre-Islamic architectural forms such as old Javanese split doorways, ancient Hindu-Buddhist influenced Majapahit-style. | ||
Masjid Sultan Sharif Ali | Sengkurong | Brunei | 1430 (approximate)[58] | Built under the direction of Sharif Ali ("Sultan Berkat"), who reigned 1425–1432. | ||
300 Years Mosque | Narathiwat | Thailand | 17th century | It is at least one of the oldest known mosques in Thailand.[59] | ||
Sultan Suriansyah Mosque | Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan | Indonesia | 1746[60] | Established in the 16th century, it is the oldest mosque in Borneo based on its year of establishment. The form of the building has been altered in the 18th century. | ||
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque | Aceh | Indonesia | 1881 | One of the oldest mosque in Aceh, the building survived the 2004 Tsunami | ||
Hue Indian Mosque | Thừa Thiên Huế province | Vietnam | 1921 | Located in Thừa Thiên Huế province, it was built in 1921 by Indian people. It is the mosque for Hue and Indian people,[61] since majority of Hue is muslims. | ||
Grand Mosque of West Sumatra | Padang, West Sumatra | Indonesia | 2014 | The most distinctive feature of the mosque is its roof form, a contemporary interpretation of the traditional roof of the Minangkabau vernacular houses. | ||
Marawi Grand Mosque | Marawi, Lanao del Sur | Philippines | 1970 | Largest mosque in the Philippines. |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Huaisheng Mosque | Guangzhou | China | 627 | The Huaisheng Mosque is the main mosque of Guangzhou. It has been rebuilt many times over its history. According to tradition it was originally built over 1,300 years ago in 627 CE by Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, who was an uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was named in memory of Muhammad. | ||
Xianxian Mosque | Guangzhou City | China | 629 | The mosque was originally built in 629 during the Tang dynasty. | ||
Great Mosque of Xi'an | Xi'an, Shaanxi | China | 742[62] | Although the oldest stones date from the 18th century,[63] the Mosque was founded in 742[64] Built in 742, but oldest mosque in China is the Beacon Tower mosque of Guangzhou being built in 627.[65] | ||
Jamia Mosque | Hong Kong (then British Hong Kong) | China | 1890 | |||
Macau Mosque | Macau (then Portuguese Macau) | China | 1980 | The first and only mosque in Macau. | ||
Kobe Mosque | Kobe | Japan | 1935[66] | Designed in the Turkish style by a Czech architect, confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943, and later returned. | ||
Seoul Central Mosque | Seoul | South Korea | 1976[67] | |||
Taipei Grand Mosque | Taipei | Taiwan | 1947 | Oldest and most famous mosque in Taiwan. Original building was firstly used in 1947, then relocated to a new site where it was reconstructed in 1960. |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masjid As-Sahabah | Massawa | Eritrea | 610-614 (approximate)[68] | Believed to be the first mosque on the African continent and the first mosque in the world built by Muhammad and his companions in the 7th century.[68] | ||
Negash Amedin Mesgid | Negash | Ethiopia | 610-614 | Built in the 7th century in Negash, the mosque in Negash, by tradition burial site of several followers of Mohammad who, during his lifetime, fled to the Aksumite Kingdom to escape persecution in Mecca. | ||
Masjid al-Qiblatayn | Zeila | Somalia | 620[69] | Built in the 7th century in Zeila, shortly after the hijrah; known to be among the oldest mosques. | ||
Korijib Masjid | Tadjoura | Djibouti | 630-640 | Possibly the oldest mosque in the country. | ||
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As | Cairo | Egypt | 641 | Named after 'Amr ibn al-'As, commander of the Muslim conquest of Egypt, by order of Caliph Umar. Built as the centre of Fustat (the newly founded capital of Egypt) in 673–642 CE, and rebuilt in 1179 and in 1875. | ||
Mosque of Ibn Tulun | Cairo | Egypt | 879 | |||
Al-Hakim Mosque | Cairo | Egypt | 928 | |||
Al-Azhar Mosque | Cairo | Egypt | 972 | Sunni | ||
Arba'a Rukun Mosque | Mogadishu | Somalia | 1268/9 | Sunni | ||
Fakr ad-Din Mosque | Mogadishu | Somalia | 1269 | Sunni | Mosque built by Sultan Fakr ad-Din of the Sultanate of Mogadishu (10th century – 16th century). | |
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan | Cairo | Egypt | 1356-1363 | Sunni | Most massive and most expensive mosque built in the Mamluk era of Egypt.[70][71] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Mosque of Kairouan
(Mosque of Uqba) |
Kairouan | Tunisia | 670 | Sunni | Believed to be the first mosque in the Maghreb, it was rebuilt in the 9th century. | |
Sidi Uqba Mosque | Sidi Okba | Algeria | 686[72] | Sunni | ||
Al-Zaytuna Mosque | Tunis | Tunisia | 709 | Sunni | ||
Great Mosque of Sfax | Sfax | Tunisia | 850[73] | Sunni | ||
Great Mosque of Sousse | Sousse | Tunisia | 851[74] | Sunni | ||
al-Qarawiyyin | Fes | Morocco | 859[75] | Sunni | Considered by many to be the oldest continuously operating university in the world.[76][77] | |
Mosque of the Andalusians | Fes | Morocco | 859[78] | Sunni | Founded at the same time as the Qarawiyyin Mosque on the opposite shore of the Fes River. | |
Atiq Mosque, Awjila | Awjila | Libya | 1101 | Sunni | ||
Kutubiyya Mosque | Marrakesh | Morocco | 1147[79] | Sunni | After the completion of the first mosque, a second one was built right next to it, which is the one still standing today.[80] |
This grouping includes nearby islands of the Indian Ocean, but excludes countries that are also in Southern Africa.
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shanga Mosque | Shanga, Pate Island | Kenya | Foundation discovered, with coins attesting dates, during the 1980s excavations. The earliest concrete evidence of Muslims in East Africa.[81]: 97 | |||
Great Mosque of Kilwa | Kilwa Kisiwani | Tanzania | 1000-1100 | |||
Kizimkazi Mosque | Dimbani | Tanzania | 1107 (according to an inscription)[82] | |||
Tsingoni Mosque | Tsingoni, Mayotte | France | 1538[83] | |||
Al-Fatah Mosque (Green Mosque) | Kigali | Rwanda (then German East Africa) | 1913[84] | Founded by coastal Swahili-speaking Tanzanian Muslims who came to Rwanda to work in the German administration.[84] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larabanga Mosque | Larabanga | Ghana | 1421 | The oldest existing mud-brick mosque in Ghana. | ||
Great Mosque of Kano | Kano | Nigeria | 15th century | Built in for Emir Muhammad Rumfa |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auwal Mosque | Cape Colony | South Africa (then Cape Colony) | 1798[85] | |||
Masjid al-Qudama | Caledon Street, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape | South Africa | 1849[86] | It is deduced that the mosque in Caledon Street was a completed building by March 1849. | ||
Grey Street Mosque (Juma Mosque) | Durban[87] | South Africa | 1881 | |||
Soofie Masjid | Butha Buthe | Lesotho | 1900 (approximate)[81]: 115 | Founded by Soofie Saheb at the turn of the century; the community is described as African Muslim yet speaking an Indian language.[81]: 115 | ||
Habibia Soofie Saheb Jamia Masjid | Rylands, Cape Town | South Africa | 1905 | |||
Lobatse Masjid | Lobatse | Botswana | 1960s[88] | Founded by Indian Muslims who were brought over during the British colonial period. | ||
Ezulwini Mosque | Ezulwini, near Mbabane | Eswatini | 1978[89] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agadez Mosque | Agadez | Niger | 1515 | Niger's oldest mosque. | ||
Grand Mosque, Sokodé | Sokodé | Togo | 1820[90] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suriname (then a colony of the Netherlands) | 1906[91] | Built by immigrant Javanese rice farmers.[91] | ||||
Mesquita Brasil | São Paulo | Brazil | 1929[92] | Previous site built in 1929;[92] current building inaugurated in 1952. First known mosque in Brazil.[93] | ||
Panama | 1930[94] | Built by the Ahmadiyya community.[94] | ||||
El Paraíso, Caracas | Venezuela | 1968[95] | ||||
At-Tauhid Mosque | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 1983[96] | Shi'ite | Opened in October 1983 by the Shi'ite community of Buenos Aires and with the support of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Argentina. It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.[97] | |
As-Salam Mosque | Santiago | Chile | 1995[98] | Commissioned 1989, inaugurated in 1995. |
This grouping includes Central America and island-states of the Caribbean Sea.
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Sadiq Mosque | Chicago, Illinois | United States | 1922 | |||
Mother Mosque of America (Moslem Temple) | Ross, North Dakota | United States | 1934 | Built in Iowa in 1934,[citation needed] became the oldest standing mosque in America when the Ross Mosque was torn down in the 1970s. The Ross Mosque was later rebuilt in 2005. | ||
Al-Rashid Mosque | Edmonton, Alberta | Canada | 1938 | First purpose-built mosque. | ||
Westmoreland and Spanish Town | Jamaica | 1950s[99] | Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which was founded in 1950. | |||
Haiti | 1985[100] | |||||
Suraya Mosque | Torreón | Mexico | 1989 | Built by the immigrants from the Middle East living in Torreón. | ||
Costa Rica | 1995[101] | Founded by the Islamic Cultural Association of Costa Rica. | ||||
Belize City[102] | Belize | 2008 (approximate)[103] | Founded by Belizeans who converted to Islam while in the United States.[103] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liverpool Mosque and Muslim Institute | Liverpool, England | United Kingdom | 1891[104] | Liverpool Muslim Institute | Several sources state that a mosque was founded in 1860 at 2 Glynrhondda Street, Cardiff, Wales. This has been rejected by an academic paper as a transcription error.[105] | |
Dublin Mosque and Islamic Centre | Dublin | Ireland | 1976[106] | The first purpose-built mosque was built in Ballyhaunis in 1987.[citation needed] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand Mosque of Paris | Paris (first in Metropolitan France) | France | 1926 | This mosque was the first mosque built in France since the 8th century; it was built in the Moroccan style, and honored Muslim French veterans of World War I.[107] | ||
Wünsdorf Mosque | Wünsdorf, Berlin | Germany | 1915 | Erected in 1915 by the Imperial German Army administration for Muslim Allied prisoners of war in the POW camp in Wünsdorf, later used as refugee camp. In 1930 torn down due to lack of a congregation. | ||
Mobarak Mosque | The Hague | Netherlands | 1955 | The first known purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands. | ||
Centre Islamique de Genève ("Little Mosque" of Geneva) | Geneva | Switzerland | 1961 | Founded by Said Ramadan | ||
Cologne Central Mosque | Cologne | Germany | 2017 | Construction began 2009. The largest mosque in Germany.[108] | ||
Great Mosque of Brussels | Brussels | Belgium | 1879 | Sunni Islam |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Mosque of Cordoba (Mezquita) | Córdoba, Andalusia | Spain (then the Emirate of Córdoba) | 785[109] | It was built on the main (Visigothic) church of the city after the site was being divided and shared between Muslims and Christians for around seven decades. The great mosque was built by Abd al-Rahman I, the first Muslim ruler of Spain in 785,[110] it underwent successive extensions in the 9th and 10th centuries and was concluded in the 10th century under the command of Almanzor. After the Christian reconquest of Cordoba in 1236, Ferdinand III of Castile converted the mosque into a cathedral, suffering some alterations that will end up configuring the current Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. With 23,400 square metres (2.34 ha), it was the second largest mosque in the world on the surface, after Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, only later replaced in this respect by the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul in 1588. | ||
Mosque of Cristo de la Luz | Toledo, Castile-La Mancha | Spain (then the Caliphate of Córdoba) | 999 (completed)[111] | |||
Mosque of las Tornerías | Toledo, Castile-La Mancha | Spain (then the Taifa of Toledo) | mid-11th-century (completed)[112] | Arabic: الـمـسـتـمـيـم, romanized: al-Mustimim | ||
Mosque of Tórtoles | Tarazona, Aragon | Spain (then the Crown of Aragon) | 15th-century (completed)[113] | Almost not altered in the later centuries. |
Building | Image | Location | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dzhuma Mosque | Derbent, Dagestan (then part of the Abbasid Caliphate) | 700-900 (approximate)[29] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Agha Mosque | Dragash | Kosovo | 1268[114] | Built by Muslims who migrated from Aleppo, in Syria, to Kosovo.[114] | ||
Dzhumaya Mosque | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 1363–1364 | Built during the reign of Sultan Murad II the old building was demolished and replaced by the modern-day mosque. | ||
Sailors' Mosque | Ulcinj | Montenegro | 14th century | |||
Halit Efendi Mosque | Slupčane, Lipkovo Municipality | Macedonia | 1415[115] | It is considered to be the oldest mosque in Macedonia.[115] | ||
Turhan Emin-Beg Mosque | Ustikolina | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1448–1449[116] | Built by Turhan Emin-beg. Known to have been destroyed two times (1941 and 1992) and rebuilt two times (1956 and 2007).[116] | ||
Fatih Mosque, Elbasan | Elbasan Castle | Albania | 1466[117] | Built by the orders of Sultan Mehmed II.[117] | ||
Old Mosque, Plav (Imperial Mosque) | Plav | Montenegro | 1471[118] | Built during the Ottoman rule in the city.[118] | ||
King Mosque or Sultan Bayazit Mosque | Elbasan | Albania | 1482 | |||
Iljaz Mirahori Mosque | Korçë | Albania | 1494[119] | It was built by Iljaz Hoxha, also known as Iljaz Bey Mirahor,[119] and is a Cultural Monument of Albania.[120] | ||
Mosque of Kuklibeu | Prizren | Kosovo | 1534 | |||
Mosque of Muderis Ali Efendi | Prizren | Kosovo | 1543–1581 | |||
Esmahan Sultan Mosque | Mangalia | Romania | 1575 | Oldest mosque in Romania | ||
Poland | 1558 (earliest attestation in writing)[121] | Tatar mosques in Poland were noted in a 1558 treatise Risale-i Tatar-i Lech.[121] | ||||
Lithuania (then the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) | 1500-1600[122] | Various records indicate Lithuanian Tatars built mosques in the Duchy during the 16th century[122] | ||||
Mosque of Sinan Pasha | Prizren | Kosovo | 1615 | |||
Log pod Mangartom Mosque | Log pod Mangartom, Municipality of Bovec | Slovenia (then Austria-Hungary) | 1916[123] | Built by Bosniak members of the Austro-Hungarian army.[123] | ||
Gunja Mosque | Gunja | Croatia | 1969 | The first and one of the few mosques in Croatia, located near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Vienna Islamic Centre-Mosque | Vienna | Austria | 1979[124] | |||
Brno Mosque | Brno | Czech Republic | 1998[106] | Construction began 1996, inaugurated 1998.[106] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Järvenpää Mosque | Finland | 1942 | A mosque of the community of Finnish Tatars. It is considered to be the oldest mosque in Nordic countries. Finland's first Muslim cemetery was established in the 1830s for Russian troops.[125] | |||
Hvidovre, outside Copenhagen | Denmark | 1967[125] | Founded by the Ahmadiyya; first purpose-built mosque in a Nordic country. | |||
Islamic Cultural Centre Norway | Oslo | Norway | 1974 | Founded by Pakistani-Norwegians aided by Danish Muslims; of the Sunni Deobandi school. The first Shi'i mosque, Anjuman-e Hussain, opened in 1975; the first Sunni Barelvi mosque opened in 1976. | ||
Nasir Mosque, | Gothenburg | Sweden | 1976 | |||
Stockholm | Sweden | 2000[126] | Converted from Katarinastation, a former power station. | |||
Reykjavík Mosque | Reykjavík | Iceland | 2002[127] | Not a purpose-built mosque, but serves as an interim gathering site. |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marree Mosque | Marree, South Australia | Australia | 1861[128] / 1882[98] | Small structure in the South Australian desert built by Australia's "Afghan" camel-drivers, has been restored. | ||
Central Adelaide Mosque | Adelaide | Australia | 1888[128] | The oldest major city mosque in the country.[128] | ||
Auckland | New Zealand | 1979 (begun)[129] | Cornerstone laid in 1979; the first Islamic centre in the country was installed in an Auckland house bought in 1959.[129] |
Building | Image | Location | Country | First built | Denomination | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tavua Masjid | Tavua[130] | Fiji | 1922 (approximate)[130] | A number of wooden mosques were built by local Islamic assemblies around 1922.[130] | ||
Hohola Masjid (Islamic Society of Papua New Guinea Inc.) | Port Moresby[98] | Papua New Guinea | 2000[131] | Islam was introduced to the island in the 1970s,[131] and the first Islamic centre established in 1988.[98] |
With thousands of Hajjis, most of them in motor vehicles, rushing headlong for Muzdalifah, the potential is there for one of ... There is special grace for praying at the roofless mosque in Muzdalifah called al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the Sacred Grove) ...
It was still dark when we arrived at Muzdalifah, four miles away. The Koran instructs us to spend the night at al-Mash'ar al-Haram. the Sacred Grove at Muzdalifah, as one of the conditions for the hajj . We scrambled out of the bus and looked ...
The Qur'an admonishes: "When you hurry from Arafat, remember God at the Sacred Grove (al-mash' ar al-haram)," that is, at Muzdalifah (2:198). Today a mosque marks the place in Muzdalifah where pilgrims gather to perform the special saldt ...
Muzdalifah is an open plain sheltered by parched hills with sparse growth of thorn bushes. The pilgrims spend a night under the open sky of the roofless Mosque, the Sacred Grove, Al Mush'ar al-Haram. On the morning of the tenth, all depart ...
{{cite book}}
: |work=
ignored (help)
{{cite book}}
: |work=
ignored (help)
{{cite journal}}
: |volume=
has extra text (help)