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This is a list of mosques in the Maldives. The first mosques built in the Maldives were initially made of materials that easy degraded over time such as wood, coconut, and palm leaves. Later on, by the middle of the 17th to early 19th centuries, Maldivian coral stone mosque architecture developed and flourished.
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In Malé, the Islamic Centre and the Grand Friday Mosque, built in 1984 with funding from the Persian Gulf states, Pakistan, Brunei, and Malaysia, are imposing, elegant structures. [2] The gold-colored dome of this mosque is the first structure sighted when approaching Malé. [2] In mid-1991 Maldives had a total of 724 mosques and 266 women's ...
Pages in category "Sunni mosques in the Maldives" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Malé Friday Mosque, also known as the Malé Hukuru Miskiy (Dhivehi: މާލެ ހުކުރު މިސްކިތް), or the Old Friday Mosque, is a Sufism Sunni Islam mosque, located in the city of Malé, Kaafu Atoll, Maldives. Completed in 1658, the mosque is the oldest and most ornate mosque in the Maldives.
The mosque's golden dome is evident on the skyline of Malé and is highly visible. The mosque's interior walls are decorated with woodcarvings and Arabic calligraphy. The Centre's Grand Friday Mosque, Masjid al-Sultan Muhammad Thakurufaanu al-Auzam , was the largest mosque in the Maldives, [ 1 ] until the opening of the King Salman Mosque in ...
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