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Name Images Location Year/century G Remarks Agdam Mosque: Aghdam: 1868–1870: TS: Ajdarbey Mosque: Baku: 1912–1913: TS: Ali Mosque: Boradigah (): Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque
Pages in category "Mosques in Azerbaijan" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Before Soviet power was established, about 2,000 mosques were active in Azerbaijan. [8] Most mosques were closed in the 1930s, then some were allowed to reopen during World War II. [8] The Soviet rule promoted an Azerbaijani national consciousness as a substitute for identification with the world Islamic community and Iran. [10] [11]
The Heydar Mosque (Azerbaijani: Heydər Məscidi; Arabic: مسجد حيدر) is a mosque, located in the Binəqədi raion of Baku, in Azerbaijan. Opened on 26 December 2014, the mosque is named after Heydar Aliyev, a former President of Azerbaijan. It is the largest mosque in Azerbaijan and the Caucuses. [1]
The Bibi-Heybat Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. Islam is the majority religion in Azerbaijan, but the country is considered to be the most secular in the Muslim world. [5] Estimates include 90% (The World Factbook, 2020) [6] and 99.2% (Pew Research Center, 2006) [7] of the population identifying as Muslim.
Mosques in Baku Name Year completedd Image Notes Jinn Mosque: 14th century: Takyeh (Old City, Baku) 13th century: Molla Ahmad Mosque: 1300: Haci Bani Mosque: 16th century: Chin Mosque: 1375: Gileyli Mosque: 1309: Khidir Mosque: 1301: Sayyid Yahya Murtuza Mosque: 17th century: Sheikh Ibrahim Mosque: 1416: Juma Mosque (Baku) 1899: Ashur Mosque ...
The Juma Mosque (Azerbaijani: Cümə məscidi), also known as the Friday Mosque, is a Shia Islam mosque, located in Baku, Azerbaijan. [ 1 ] An inscription on the mosque mentions that “Amir Sharaf al-Din Mahmud ordered the restoration of this mosque in the month of Rajab AH 709 (1309/1310)”.
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