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A list of famous mosques around the world.

Note: Please do not put all mosques in here. Keep this article to notable mosques only. The list should contain around 100 mosques.
Name Images Country City Year G Remarks
Pul-e Khishti Mosque
Afghanistan Kabul 1800 U The mosque originally was erected in the late 18th Century, but largely rebuilt under Zahir Shah in the late 1960s.
Great Mosque of Algiers Algeria Algiers 1097 U
Ketchoua Mosque
Algeria Algiers 1612 U
Centro Cultural Islam King Fahd
Argentina Buenos Aires 2006 SA Spanish Wiki:
Centro Cultural Islámico Rey Fahd
Blue Mosque
Armenia Yerevan 1766 U
Auburn Gallipoli Mosque
Australia Auburn (Sydney) 1979 T Turkish Sunni Muslims
Lakemba Mosque Australia Lakemba (Sydney) 1977 U Lebanese Moslems Association
Al Fateh Mosque
Bahrain Juffair 2006 U
Baitul Mukarram
Bangladesh Dhaka 1960s U National mosque
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 1959 U National mosque
Niujie Mosque
China Beijing 996 U
Id Kah Mosque
China Kashgar, Xinjiang 1442 U
Muslim Mosque in Lhasa
China Lhasa, Tibet  ? U
Great Mosque of Xi'an
China Xi'an, Shaanxi 742 U One's of the world oldest functioning Mosques. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty (Emperor Xuanzong, 685-762)
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Colombia Maicao 1997 U
Mosque of Mohamed Ali
Egypt Cairo Citadel 1848 U Most visible site in the city.
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
Egypt Cairo 1356 U
Al-Azhar Mosque
Egypt Cairo 969 U National mosque
Al Hussein Mosque
Egypt Cairo 1154 U
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Egypt Cairo 876-879 U
Kuzkandi Jamiah Masjid
Pakistan Mardan 1950 U
El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque
Egypt Alexandria  ? U
Al Qa'ed Ibrahim Mosque
Egypt Alexandria  ? U
Jama Masjid
India Delhi 1656 U The largest mosque in India.
Charminar India Hyderabad 1591 U "Mosque of the four minarets"
Mecca Masjid
India Hyderabad 1617-94 U One of the oldest mosques and the biggest mosque located in Hyderabad, India.
Masjid Raya Baiturrahman
Indonesia Banda Aceh 1881 U Largest Mosque in Aceh, one of oldest Mosque in Indonesia
Istiqlal Mosque
Indonesia Jakarta 1975 U National Mosque, largest Mosque in Southeast Asia
Masjid Agung Demak
Indonesia Demak 1466 U Oldest Mosque in Java
Jamé Mosque of Isfahan
Iran Isfahan  ? U The mosque is the result of continual construction, reconstruction, additions and renovations on the site from around 771 to the end of the 20th century.
Shah Mosque
Iran Isfahan 1611 U
Imam Ridha Mosque
Iran Mashhad  ? U Shrine of ‘Alī al-Ridhā, the 8th Twelver Shī‘ah Imām
Ma'soomah Qom Shrine
Iran Qom  ? U Shrine of Fatimah al-Ma'soomah, sister of Twelver Shi'ah 8th Imam
Imam Hussain Mosque
Iraq Karbala 680 U National mosque
Al Abbas Mosque
Iraq Karbala 680 U National mosque
Imam Ali Mosque
Iraq Najaf  ? U Shrine of Ali
Al Kadhimiya Mosque
Iraq Kadhimayn  ? U Shrine of Twelver Shi'ah 7th and 9th Imams
Al-Askari Mosque
Iraq Samarra  ? U Mosque with golden dome and shrine of Twelver Shi'ah 10th and 11th Imam.
Great Mosque of Samarra
Iraq Samarra 852 U
Mahmood Mosque
Israel Kababir (Haifa) 1931 AMJ
Hassan Bek Mosque
Israel Jaffa (Tel Aviv) 1916 U
Jezzar Pasha Mosque
Israel Acre 1781 U
Sidna Ali Mosque
Israel Herzliya 13th century U
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israel (de facto) Jerusalem 705 U National mosque
Dome of the Rock
Israel (de facto) Jerusalem 691 U Not really a mosque but an Islamic shrine. Oldest extant Islamic building in the world being.
Kobe Mosque
Japan Kobe 1935 U
Abu Darweesh Mosque
Jordan Amman 1961 U Circassian community
King Abdullah I Mosque
Jordan Amman 1982-89 U [1]
Khatem Al Anbiyaa Mosque
Lebanon Beirut  ? U
Zahir Mosque
Malaysia Alor Star 1912 U
Masjid Jamek
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1909 U
Masjid Negara
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 1965 U National mosque
Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 2000 U
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque
Malaysia Shah Alam 1988 U
Putra Mosque
Malaysia Putrajaya 1999 U
Great Mosque of Djenné
Mali Djenné 1300 U The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907.
Djinguereber Mosque
Mali Timbuktu 1327 U
Chinguetti Mosque
Mauretania Chinguetti  ? U
Jumma Mosque Mauritius Mauritius Port Louis 1853 U One of the first mosques built in the Indian Ocean
Hassan II Mosque
Morocco Casablanca 1993 U
Koutoubia Mosque
Morocco Marrakech 1158 U
Canterbury Mosque
New Zealand Christchurch, Canterbury U
Abuja National Mosque
Nigeria Abuja 1984 U National mosque
Great Mosque of Kano Nigeria Kano  ? U
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Oman Muscat 2001 A National mosque
Faisal Mosque
Pakistan Islamabad 1986 U National mosque
Masjid e Tooba Pakistan Karachi 1969 U
Badshahi Mosque
Pakistan Lahore 1673 U
Shahjahan Mosque Pakistan Thatta 1647 U
Mosque of Omar
Palestinian territories Bethlehem 1860 U
Great Mosque of Gaza
Palestinian territories Gaza 1344 U
Masjid Al-Dahab Philippines Manila 1976 U
Qolsharif Mosque
Russia Kazan  ? U Republic of Tatarstan, Reputedly the largest mosque in Europe[2]
Moscow Cathedral Mosque Russia Moscow 1904 U
King Saud Mosque
Saudi Arabia Jeddah 1987 SA
Masjid al-Haram
Saudi Arabia Mecca 638, 1571 U National mosque
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi
Saudi Arabia Medina 622, 1817 SA
Masjid Sultan
Singapore Singapore 1826 U
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity
Somalia Mogadishu 1987
Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque
Sri Lanka Colombo 1909 U Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque at Second Cross Street, in the Pettah Bazaar area, is one of the most striking buildings in Colombo. Completed in 1909, the Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque is striped red and white like a layer cake, a design that is reminiscent of another mosque which was also completed in 1909, the Masjid Jamek of Kuala Lumpur. The architect of the Jami-Ul-Alfar was one H.L. Saibo Lebbe, and construction began in 1908, completing the following year.
Jami el kebir] Sudan Khartoum  ? U
Hajja Soad mosque
Sudan Khartoum  ? U
Umayyad Mosque
Syria Damascus 715 U National mosque
Taipei Grand Mosque
Taiwan Taipei  ? U
300 Years Mosque Thailand Ban Talo Mano, Tambon Subo Sawo, Narathiwat 1624 U
Baan Haw Mosque
Thailand Chiang Mai  ? U
Mosque of Uqba
Tunisia Kairouan 670 U
Eyup Sultan Mosque [[File:]] Turkey Istanbul 1458 U The tomb and mosque of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Fatih Mosque
Turkey Istanbul 1463-1771 U The mosque was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1766 and rebuilt in 1771
Kocatepe Mosque
Turkey Ankara 1987 U
Ortaköy Mosque
Turkey Istanbul 1854 U The mosque was designed in neo-baroque style.
Sabancı Mosque
Turkey Adana 1998 U
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
Turkey Istanbul 1609-1616 U National mosque
Suleymaniye Mosque
Turkey Istanbul 1550-1557 U
Selimiye Mosque
Turkey Edirne 1568-1574 U
Sheikh Zayed Mosque
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi City 2000 A National mosque
Grand Mosque of Dubai
United Arab Emirates Dubai City 1998 A
Mosque Tucson
United States Tucson (Arizona)  ? U
Tucson Islamic Center, University of Arizona
United States Tucson (Arizona)  ? U
Mosque Maryam United States Chicago (Illinois)  ? NoI Originally a Greek Orthodox church, purchased in 1972 by the Nation of Islam.
Al-Sadiq Mosque United States Chicago (Illinois) 1922 AMJ
Islamic Center of America
United States Dearborn (Michigan) 2005 U
Islamic Center of Washington
United States Washington 1957 U
Ulugh Beg Madrasa
Uzbekistan Samarkand  ? U
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim Venezuela Caracas 1993 U Spanish Wiki:
Mezquita Ibrahim Al-lbrahim
Al Muhdhar Mosque
Yemen Tarim 1914 U The minaret is measured 53 metres (175 ft) high, and recognized to be one of the tallest earth structures in the world.
Group
SA Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism)
TJ Tablighi Jamaat
A Arab group
T Turkish group
U Unknown group (or undetermineted)

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