Notable Mosques

Source: religionfacts.com

• Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem
• Al-Azhar in Cairo, Egypt – the mosque university is the foremost school of Sunni Islam
• Al-Hakim Mosque – one of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo, Egypt
• Ar-Rifaye Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
• Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India – now destroyed and a site of recent violence between Muslims and Hindus

• Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan
• Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade, Serbia – burned in 2004 after ethnic violence
• Dome of the Rock (Masjid Al Sakhrah) in Jerusalem – technically a shrine, not a mosque
• Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan
• Ferhadija Mosque in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, destroyed in 1993
• Great Mosque of Djenné in Djenné, Mali
• Ground Zero Mosque, New York City
• Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey – was a mosque from 1453 until 1934; is now a museum
• Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
• Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, People’s Republic of China
• Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq – the holiest Shi’ite mosque
• Isabey Mosque in near Izmir, Turkey
• Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia – the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.
• Masjid al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia – the “Great Mosque”; holiest in Islam
• Masjid al Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia
• The Mezquita in Córdoba, Spain – now a Catholic cathedral
• Masjid al-Quba, just outside Medina, Saudi Arabia – foundation stone was laid by the Prophet Muhammad
• Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, in Cairo, Egypt
• Mosque of Ibn Tulun, in Cairo, Egypt
• Mosque of Mohammed Ali at the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt
• Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey
• Suleiman Mosque (Süleymaniye Mosque) in Istanbul, Turkey
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque (“the Blue Mosque”) in Istanbul, Turkey
• Tsar’s Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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