Grand Mosque-Dubai

Grand Mosque

On a less secular note, the Grand Mosque harkens back to the pre-urban-development-on-steroids days of Dubai. Oh yes, there was a Dubai before there was a Dubai, if you catch our drift. The Mosque, built around the turn of the last century, is the most attractive in the city and reminds us that yes, despite the excess and Western-style influences of late, this is a Muslim land. Reports are that non-Muslims are not permitted entry, although there are some testimonies to the contrary. Come with an open and sincere heart and let the chips fall where they may.

Sabah State Mosque-Malaysia

Sabah State Mosque-Malaysia

This resplendent structure, with its majestic domes and gold inlay motifs', is a spectacular sight. More important, it is ideally located as a place of worship for Kota Kinabalu's Muslim inhabitants and visitors.

Zagreb´s mosque

Zagreb´s mosque


Zagreb´s mosque


Zagreb´s mosque


Zagreb´s mosque


Zagreb´s mosque


Zagreb´s mosque

Mevlana Mosque-Rotterdam

Mevlana Mosque-Rotterdam

Central Mosque in Ho Chi Minh City

For Muslim travellers, this little information that I am going to tell you may help to find these services fast enough when you visit this city in the future. It is about a mosque and halal restaurants. Since there are few Muslims in Vietnam, certainly these services are important to the Muslim visitors.

There are a few mosques in Ho Chi Minh City. This includes the one in Cholon, a mosque along Nguyen Van Troi Street and of course the Central Mosque.

The Central Mosque is located at Dong Du Street in Ho Chi Minh City. Dong Du Street is located between Dong Khoi and Ba Trung Streets. It is about one kilometre (to the north) from Ben Thanh Market. You need to follow Le Loi Avenue and turn right to Dong Khoi Street and look for Sheraton Hotel. The mosque is quite old and had staircases.

Central Mosque in Ho Chi Minh City

Mosque Islamabad Pakistan

Mosque Islamabad PakistanMosque Islamabad Pakistan

Faisal mosque, the largest and the most beautiful mosque of Pakistan. It is the largest mosque of South-Asia. Located very aesthetically at the footprints of Margallah hills, it gives the very best of Islamabad. The mosque was a dream made true by His Excellency [Late] King Faisal of Saudia Arabia. The very elegant and pleasing design was a masterpiece by the Turkish architect Vedat. And due to the great interest and force of His Excellency [Late] king Faisal, this mosque is named Faisal Mosque.

The mosque holds beautiful Islamic artifact work done by famous Pakistani artists Gulgee and Sadiqain[whose page does not exist on wikipedia unfortunately]. And the mosque used to hold the campus of International Islamic University that is one of the premium educational institute of Pakistan. Another great thing about Faisal Mosque is that it hosts Dawah academy, an academy that promotes peaceful teaching of Islam. This academy prints and distributes very professionally managed weekly sermon freely on Friday prayers. There is a shop in Faisal mosque that sells very good books like Masnawi of Maulana Rumi, Harun Yahya books, and other great books.

In the evenings - whether it be winter, summer, spring or autumn - it is a great feeling to walk in the corridor of Faisal Mosque and after that one can have tea or cold drinks and samosas from the mini-cafe there.

Mosque in Palermo

Mosque in Palermo

Cordoba Mosque

he Mezquita dates back to the 10th century when Córdoba reached its zenith under a new emir, Abd ar-Rahman 111 who was one of the great rulers of Islamic history. At this time Córdoba was the largest, most prosperous cities of Europe, outshining Byzantium and Baghdad in science, culture and the arts. The development of the Great Mosque paralleled these new heights of splendour.

Today the Mezquita as it is known can be visited throughout the year for 6 Euro entrance fee. The approach is via the Patio de los Naranjos, a classic Islamic ablutions courtyard which preserves both its orange trees and fountains. When the mosque was used for Moslem prayer, all nineteen naves were open to this courtyard allowing the rows of interior columns to appear like an extension of the tree with brilliant shafts of sunlight filtering through.

Arches & Pillars

Cordoba Mosque

A first glimpse is immensely exciting. Jan Morris described it as "so near the desert in its tentlike forest of supporting pillars." The architect introduced another, horseshoe-shaped arch above the lower pillars. A second and purely aesthetic innovation was to alternate brick and stone in the arches, creating the red and white striped pattern which gives a unity and distinctive character to the whole design. There are more than 850 coloured granite jasper and marble pillars in total. Sunlight streams in from windows in the four cupolas creating interesting effects combined with artificial light from the thousands of small oil lights.

The Mihrab

This traditionally had two functions in Islamic worship, first it indicated the direction of Mecca (therefore prayer) and it also amplified the words of the Imam, the prayer leader. At Cordóba it is particularly magnificent. The shell-shaped ceiling is carved from a single block of marble and the chambers on either side are decorated with exquisite Byzantine mosaics of gold. The worn flagstones indicate where pilgrims crouched on their knees. The Cordoba Mosque Mihrab looks south in the same way as the Damascus mosque and not south east in the direction of Mecca.

Nurd Kamal mosque

Nurd Kamal mosque

First Uppity Mosque

First Uppity Mosque

Next week, the world's first uppity mosque will open in Istanbul.

In a country where most mosques are variations of the classical designs of Sinan, the 16th-century Ottoman master architect, and where women have commissioned mosques before, but never built them, both the design and the designer of the Sakirin Mosque are a departure from the norm.

In fact, practically everything about the Sakirin Mosque in Istanbul is different from other mosques.

Its walls are almost completely made of glass decorated with wrought-iron mesh. The mihrab -- usually a modest niche indicating the direction of Mecca -- is tulip-shaped and dramatically arched in bright blue. Colours running through the mosque range from turquoise to coral pink to gold and silver. The main element of the fountain in the middle of the courtyard is a sphere made of stainless steel, symbolising the universe.

Mosque Barcelona Spain

Mosque Barcelona Spain

Mosque Barcelona Spain

Lisbon Mosque

Lisbon Mosque

Fazle Omar Mosque

Built in 1957 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, it is Hamburg's oldest existing mosque. It is also Germany's second-oldest existing mosque.

Fazle Omar Mosque

Centrum Mosque

This mosque is situated in a central, but poor district of Hamburg. It is part of a building complex which also houses a turkish supermarket. It caters to turkish sunnites.

Centrum Mosque

Ali Camii Mosque

This mosque was finished in 1961, located in a wealthy neighbourhood with predominantly non-muslim inhabitants. Funding for construction came mainly from iranian businessmen who settled in Hamburg. It is Hamburg's centre of the Shia branch of Islam.

Ali Camii Mosque

Approved Mosque

Approved Mosque

Yekaterinburg Mosque

Yekaterinburg Mosque

Verkhnyaya Pyshma Mosque

Verkhnyaya Pyshma Mosque

Bakhchisaray Mosque

Bakhchisaray Mosque

Sultan Syarif Hasyim Mosque

Several meter before you enter the mosque Masjid Sultan Syarif Hasyim's square. An exotic mosque built near Siak's bridge.

The Mosque - Taj Mahal

The Mosque - Taj Mahal

Mosque Masjid Jame - Kuala Lumpur

Mosque Masjid Jame

The first settlers landed in Kuala Lumpur at the spot where the Gombak and Klang rivers meet, and in 1909 a mosque was built here. Styled after an Indian Muslim design, it is one of the oldest mosques in the city.

Mosque Umar Al Farooq in Uniyed States of America

Mosque Umar Al Farooq

Mosque Umar Al-Farooq was established by MANW (Muslim Association of Northwest) in the north of Seattle in 1994. This mosque is the center for many activities like islamic education, religious preeching and so on.

Design Exterior al-Nabawi Mosque in Madinah

Design Exterior al-Nabawi Mosque in Madinah

The Al-Masjid al-Nabawi in Madinah of Saudi Arabia is the second holiest mosque in Islam. The mosque was built by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque

This is the biggest and most sophisticated mosque in South East Asia. The mosque which is situated at the centre of Shah Alam town is also known as the "Blue Mosque" among tourists. It has an artistic architecture with a fantastic interior design and attractive landscape. The mosque can accommodate about 16,000 people at one time. Here, the mosque has many specialties such as library, hall, classes and many more.

Mogul Masjid in Mumbai, India

Mogul Masjid Design

Mogul Mosque was designed by ARCHITECT REZA KABUL located in Mumbai, India constructed by an Iranian trader over a century ago, had sadly lost its lustre with cracks forming in the 2′6″ thick load bearing walls, rotting wooden trusses and water damage as a result of leaks.

Tasked with repairing the grand structure was Architect Reza Kabul of India with whom the enormity of the task was not lost. Much of the structure had to be reconstructed. The Mangalore tiles were removed and replaced, wooden trusses dismantled before being repaired and re-erected and the walls were stitched by drilling holes through the thick walls and placing mild steel plates across the cracks. These were then bolted through & through the cracks and filled with araldite in order to bind the cracks together. Finally, the walls were plastered.

The inner walls are clad with a combination of Onyx and granite with inlay of several Surahs from the Divine Quran. Years of oil paint on the wooden doors and windows was removed by the burn and scrap process. Thereafter melamine polish was applied. The glass window panes were replaced along with all the hardware.

Jumeirah Mosque

Jumeirah Mosque

The most impressive views of Jumeirah Mosque are those you get when you first approach the austere yet beautiful building. The first glance is the most affecting. The strong expression of Islamic architecture conveyed through the mosque’s design leans toward a modern style of Islam blueprints. Jumeirah Mosque Dubai is also characterized by a traditional pattern incorporated into the building known as the Fatimid heritage. It’s one of the largest of all mosques in Dubai making it one of the biggest and most photographed of all city attractions. It’s also near famous Jumeirah Beach close to many Dubai resorts.

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World’s Top Largest Mosques

Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem

Al-Aksa-mosque also as Al-Aqsa admits, is an Islamic holy place in the old part of town of Jerusalem. The website, which mosque (together with the rock cathedral) also " as Al-Haram ash Sharif or; Sacred Noble Sanctuary" called, a place also as the temple mountain the holiest place of the Judentums, which admits place, enclosure where first and the second temple to have usually accepted confessed. Those far away as third holiest place Islam regarded, believe the Muslims that the prophet Muhammad was of the holy mosque in Mekka it, Al-Aqsa during the night journey transported. Islamic tradition means that Muhammad prayers led toward these website up to the seventeenth month after the emigration, if God orders it toward the Kaaba again. Al-Aqsa is twentieth comes as the largest mosque of the world. A mosque is a place of worshipping for the supporters Islam. Muslims often refer on the mosque of its Arab name Masjid. The mosque serves as a place, where Muslims can meet, to the prayer as well as a center for information, education and controversy settlement. This contribution offers 20 largest mosques of the world, hopes that you like our efforts...

Masjid Negara, Malaysia

The Masjid Negara is the national mosque of Malaysia, located in Kuala Lumpur. It has a capacity of 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres (53,000 m2) of beautiful gardens. The original structure was designed by a three-person team from the Public Works Department – UK architect Howard Ashley, and Malaysians Hisham Albakri and Baharuddin Kassim. Originally built in 1965, it is a bold and modern approach in reinforced concrete, symbolic of the aspirations of a then newly-independent Malaysia. Its key features are a 73-metre-high minaret and an 18-pointed star concrete main roof. The umbrella, synonymous with the tropics, is featured conspicuously – the main roof is reminiscent of an open umbrella, the minaret’s cap a folded one. The folded plates of the concrete main roof is a creative solution to achieving the larger spans required in the main gathering hall. Reflecting pools and fountains spread throughout the compound. Masjid Negara known as thirteenth largest mosque in the world.

Grozny Central Dome Mosque

Akhmad Kadyrov Grozny Central Dome Mosque is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, and bears the name of Akhmad Kadyrov. The mosque design is based on the Blue Mosque in İstanbul. On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke and was with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. This mosque is one of the biggest in Europe. In this mosque ten thousand Muslims can pray at a time and its minarets reach 60m high and is sixteenth largest mosque in the world.

Istiqlal Mosque

Istiqlal Mosque, or Masjid Istiqlal, in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia in term of capacity to accommodate people. However in term of building structure and land coverage, Istiqlal is the largest in Southeast Asia and fourth largest in the world. This national mosque of Indonesia was build to commemorate Indonesian independence, as nation’s gratitude for God’s blessings; the independence of Indonesia. Therefore the national mosque of Indonesia was named “Istiqlal”, an Arabic word for “Independence”.

Imam Reza Shrine Mosque

Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imām Ridha, the eighth Imam of Twelver Shi’ites and known as third largest mosque of the world. Also contained within the complex include: the Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, four seminaries, a cemetery, the Razavi University of Islamic Sciences, a dining hall for pilgrims, vast prayer halls, and other buildings.

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali (Alabaster Mosque)

Selimiye mosque - Edirne

Selimiye mosque

The mosque named after R.G.Galeev Almetjevsk town

The mosque named after R.G.Galeev

The mosque was mimed after the chairman of the Board of “Tatneft” company, who made a generous contribution to the construction of the mosque. The mosque was built in 1990-1999 according to the project by the architects A.M.Zakirov and F.M. Mavlutov, engineers S.S. Abdullin, A.A.Gareev, V.LMaslova. The mosque is situated on the plot of land with relief drop. It belongs to the type of a dome mosque with a minaret on its roof. It is a 3-4-storeyed brick building the southern half of which places the praying room for 1200 persons covered up with the high dome. The northern part contains the conference-hall and auxiliary facilities. On the first floor of both parts there are study rooms. The main minaret (53.5 metres) rises above the north part of the building. The eight-faceted minarets (36.2 metres) rises above the praying room's corners. The gilded dome towers above the flat roof. Inside the room its walls, ceiling and inner surface of the dome are decorated with coloured tile. The windows in the upper part of the dome part and the second level of the praying room are decorated with stained glass panels. The mosque is a modern Moslem religious building with the large variety of functions.

Alnour Mosque Sharjah

Largest Mosque in North America

The largest Mosque in India

Zahir Mosque, Malaysia

Bahrain Grand Mosque