List of famous mosques
A partial list of famous mosques:
- Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem
- Al-Azhar, the great mosque of Cairo, Egypt, whose university is the foremost school of Sunni Islam
- Al-Hakim Mosque, one of the largest Fatimid mosques 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, burnt in 2004, after ethnic violence during the Unrest in Kosovo
- Dome of the Rock, or Masjid Al Sakhrah, in Jerusalem
- Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan
- Great Mosque of Djenné in Djenné, Mali
- Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey (was a mosque from 1453 until 1934 and is now a museum)
- 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
- 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
- Masjid al-Quba, just outside Medina, Saudi Arabia, whose foundation stone was laid by the Prophet Mohammad himself.
- Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey
- Suleiman Mosque (Süleymaniye Mosque) in Istanbul, Turkey
- Sultan Ahmed Mosque ("the Blue Mosque") in Istanbul, Turkey
See also: Islamic architecture
