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The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque (Arabic: جامع محمد الأمين), also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. In the 19th century, a zawiya was built on this site. Decades of preparation to obtain sufficient land adjacent to the old Zawiya led finally to the building of the new mosque.
The Al-Attar Mosque (Arabic: مسجد العطار) is a Sunni Islam congregational mosque (jāmiʿ), located at Bab al-Hadeed, in the Old City of Tripoli, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. The mosque was built in 1350 C.E. during the Mamluk period.
Islam in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. According to a 2020 estimate by the CIA, it is followed by 69.3% of the country's total population. [3] While a 2022 study by Pew Research puts the number of Muslims in Lebanon at 57.6%. [4] According to the CIA study, Sunnis make up 31.9% while Twelver Shia make up 31.2%.
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Lebanon is an eastern Mediterranean country that has the most religiously diverse society within the Middle East, recognizing 18 religious sects. [2] [3] The recognized religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alawites, and Isma'ili), Druze, Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, evangelical Protestantism, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ...
The Al-Omari Grand Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العمري الكبير), known as Jami' Al-Kabir, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in the central district of Beirut, in Lebanon. The building has been a place of worship including its original use as a Roman temple , and subsequently as a Roman church , before Beirut was conquered by Mamluk ...
The Emir Assaf Mosque (Arabic: جامع الأمير منصور عساف), also called the Babe al-Saraya Mosque (lit. Door of the Great Serial ), is a mosque , located on Weygand Street, in the central district of Beirut , Lebanon .
The Fakhreddine Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الأمير فخر الدين) is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon. Built in 1493 by Fakhr al-Din I and restored in the sixteenth century, it is the oldest mosque in Mount Lebanon. The mosque has an octagonal minaret. [1]