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This is a list of mosques in Iraq. There are 7,000 Sunni mosques and 3,500 Shia mosques in Iraq as a whole. [1] According to the Office of Waqf and Sunnah in Iraq, in the capital city of Baghdad, there are 912 Jama Masjids that conduct Friday Prayer and 149 smaller mosques which only hold regular daily prayers. [2] In Fallujah, there are 970 ...
Largest mosque in North America and the second largest mosque in the Americas at 11,148 m 2 (120,000 sq ft). The current building was completed in 2005. [47] [48] [49] Mother Mosque of America United States: Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 1934 First purpose-built mosque in North America. [50] Venezuela: Caracas: 1968 First purpose-built mosque in ...
Growth led to a new center, the Islamic Center of America, being unveiled in 2005, at 120,000 square feet, the largest mosque in North America and the oldest Shia mosque in the United States.
Pages in category "Mosques in Iraq" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Mosul Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع الموصل الكبير) is an incomplete Sunni Islamic mosque located in Mosul, Iraq. The mosque is situated in the Taqafah district bordering the Tigris river near the Nineveh archeological site. Its construction started during the Saddam Hussein rule, but works were interrupted because of the ...
Al-Attar Mosque: Tripoli: 1350 Al-Burtasi Mosque: Tripoli: before 1381 Fakhreddine Mosque: Deir el Qamar: 1493: The oldest mosque in Mount Lebanon. Emir Assaf Mosque ...
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.
The mosque is built of white limestone with blue mosaic decorations. Many architectural features of the mosque and the surrounding complex allude to Saddam Hussein or to the Gulf War (1990–1991). Western observers have described the mosque's eight minarets as resembling weapons, but the Iraqi government rejects that interpretation. [5]