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Name Images Location Year Remarks The Great Mosque of Mecca: Mecca: Era of Ibrahim (): 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.
Faisal Mosque is the national mosque of Pakistan and is named after Saudi King Faisal. Its prayer halls can hold 100,000 worshippers, while the surrounding porticoes and the courtyard up to 200,000 more. [47] [48] Faizan-e-Madinah: Karachi, Sindh: 20,000: 10,000 m 2 (110,000 sq ft) 1999 A Mosque and education center run by Dawat-e-Islami.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance (Arabic: وزارة الشؤون الإسلامية والدعوة والإرشاد), at times shortened to Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA), is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia that is responsible for overseeing affairs pertaining to Islam as well as maintaining and regulating all mosques across the country. [1]
Banbhore, Bambhore, Bhanbhore or Bhambhore (Sindhi: ڀنڀور; Urdu: بھنبھور) is a city dating to the 1st century BCE located in modern-day Sindh, Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The city ruins lie on the N-5 National Highway , east of Karachi .
The Abdulaziz Abdullah Sharbatly Mosque (Arabic: جامع عبدالعزيز عبدالله الشربتلي) is a Sunni Islam Friday mosque located in the al-Jawhara neighbourhood, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [1] [2] Inaugurated on 6 March 2024, it covers an area of 5,600 m 2 (60,000 sq ft).
An Ordnance QF 25-pounder used as the Iftar Cannon at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. The Iftar Cannon (Madfa al-ifṭār, Arabic: مدفع الافطار, literally "cannon for breaking the fast") is a long-held tradition that began in Egypt and spread to several surrounding Muslim countries.
Al Jum'ah Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْجُمُعَة , romanized: Masjid Al-Jumuʿah, "Mosque of the Friday") is a mosque in Medina, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. [1] Also known as Masjid Banī Sālim (مَسْجِد بَنِي سَالِم), [2] Masjid Al-Wādī (مَسْجِد ٱلْوَادِي), Masjid Al-Qubayb ...
The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is considered by Muslims to be the Baytullah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه , lit.