70 Insanely Beautiful Mosques Around the World

Taimur Asghar

The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for prayer, as well as a center for information, education, and dispute settlement. Islamic architecture has always been a focal point for every person in this world who loves exploring creativeness. It encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from foundation of Islam to the era we are living in. Majority of mosques have minarets and domes to enhance their beauty. This gallery highlights 70 of the most beautiful mosques in the world. Some of them are ancient, some are modern but they all exhibit the creativeness of Islamic Architecture.

Masjid al-Haram – Makkah. Saudi Arabia

Masjid Nabawi – Madina, Saudi Arabia

Al-Azhar Mosque –Egypt

Badshahi Mosque – Lahore, Pakistan

Faisal Mosque – Islamabad, Pakistan

Al Aqsa Mosque – Jerusalem, Israel

Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo – Egypt

Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa – Cairo, Egypt

Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque – Alexandria, Egypt

Grande mosquée de Lyon

Najaf – Najaf, Iraq

Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca

Blue Mosque – Yerevan Armenia

Mezquita de Cordoba – Cordoba, Spain

Great Mosque of Damascus – Damascus, Syria

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Great Mosque, Aleppo

Blue Mosque – Istanbul, Turkey

Fethiye Mosque – Istanbul

Kalon Mosque and Minaret, Bukhara

Yeni Camii (New Mosque), Istanbul

Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul

Zeyrek Camii, Istanbul

Fatima Mosque, Kuwait

Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan – Russia

Larabanga Mosque – Ghana

Pavlodar Mosque – Kazakhstan

The Underground Mosque – Malaysia

Crystal Mosque in Kuala Terengganu – Malaysia

Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi

Jamea Ahmed bin Hanbal , Sharjah

Al-Noor Mosque, Sharjah

Al Karomah Grand Mosque of Martapura – Indonesia

Masjid Islamic Center Samarinda- Indonesia

Pearl Mosque – Bhopal

Jumeirah Mosque, Dubai

Emir Abdelkader Mosque , Kasantina

Mosque of Vienna – Austria

Islamic Center of America , Dearborn

Lala-Tulpan Mosque – Bashkortostan

Al-Fateh Mosque – Bahrain

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque – Brunei

Al Nida Mosque , Baghdad, Iraq

City Mosque , Kota Kinabalu – Malaysia

Federal Territory Mosque , Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia

Zahir Mosque , Kedah – Malaysia

Sultan Ahmad Shah State Mosque, Kuantan – Malaysia

Al-Bukhary Mosque , Kedah – Malaysia

Kapitan Keling Mosque – Malaysia

The Great Mosque of Djenné – Mali

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Bausher – Oman

Saqina-Tu-Sughra, Muzaffargarh – Pakistan

Bhong Mosque, Rahim Yar Khan District – Pakistan

Al Rahman Mosque , Aleppo – Syria

Al-Nilin Mosque, Omdurman – Sudan

Ketchimalai Mosque , Beruwala – Sri Lanka

Azadi Mosque , Ashgabat – Turkmenistan

Great Mosque of Kairouan

Dome of the Rock – Jerusalem

Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah – Indonesia

Masjid Ibn Tolun – Egypt

Muhammad Ali Pasha Mosque, Cairo

Baitul Aman Masjid, Barisal

Mecca Masjid , Hyderabad, India

Jumma Masjid , Ahmedabad

Masjid Raya Batam – France

Masjid Dian Al-Mahri – Indonesia

3 Comments

Ewa

September 25th

Dear authors, the photo of the mosque is my photo which I originally posted on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noelii/2085067400/in/photostream). It is copyrighted and I did not give you my permission to use it. Kindly please remove the photo from your website. Kind regards, Ewa (author of the photo)

Umer Sultan

May 27th

Why Al-Aqsa Mosque is mentioned as "Jerusalem, Israel" This Magazine is suppose to be a Muslim Magazine, and we don't consider Jerusalem to be the part of Israeli Occupation!!

musicalchef

May 14th

Great slideshow! Just a couple things - I wish we could control the speed of the slideshow - it goes too fast! Also, I'm a bit disappointed you didn't include any of the mosques in Sarajevo. They may not be as big as the other mosques here, but they are more beautiful than many of them, such as the Lyon mosque, which I didn't think was attractive at all :-(