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Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. The lists include the most famous, largest and oldest mosques, and mosques mentioned in the Quran , as well as lists of mosques in each region and country of the world.
This article lists mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any Islamic school or branch, that can accommodate at least 15,000 worshippers in all available places of prayer such as prayer halls (), courtyards and porticoes ().
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Present day mosque built in 1850. Great Mosque of Gaza Gaza Strip: Gaza: 1344 U The Great Mosque is the largest and one of the oldest mosques in the Gaza Strip and throughout its history it was Philistine temple, a Byzantine church, an Arab mosque, a Crusader cathedral and was finally transformed back to a mosque by the Mamluks. Ibrahimi Mosque
The mosque was built in the Moroccan style and honored Muslim French veterans of World War I. [154] Wünsdorf Mosque Wünsdorf, Berlin Germany: 1915 Erected in 1915 by the Imperial German Army administration for Muslim Allied prisoners of war in the POW camp in Wünsdorf, later used as refugee camp. In 1930 torn down due to lack of a congregation.
Islam was established in Arabia during the lifetime of Muhammad in the 7th century CE. [10] The first mosque in history could be either the sanctuary built around the Ka'bah in Mecca, known today as Al-Masjid al-Haram ('The Sacred Mosque'), or the Quba Mosque in Medina, the first structure built by Muhammad upon his emigration from Mecca in 622 CE, [11] both located in the Hejaz region in ...
The largest mosque in the world, it surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba. One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj (Major Pilgrimage) here, at least once in his or her lifetime if able to do so. The Prophet's Mosque: Medina: 622: The second-holiest site in Islam and the third mosque built by Muhammad.
Yadgar Mosque, the "first" mosque of Rabwah. Rabwah. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community established itself in Rabwah on September 30, 1948. [7] Rabwah was a town founded and created from scratch by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the time of its Second Caliph, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad and was named ‘Rabwah’ by the Ahmadiyya Missionary Jalal-ud-Din Shams (the author of the famous ...