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Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul.. The urban landscape of Istanbul is shaped by many communities. The most populous major religion is Islam.The first mosque in Istanbul was built in Kadıköy (ancient Chalcedon) on the Asian side of the city, which was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1353, a full century before the conquest of Constantinople across the Bosphorus, on the European side.
Istanbul: 1506 Commissioned by Beyazıt II: Bebek Mosque: Istanbul: 1913 commissioned by Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666–1730). Bodrum Mosque: Istanbul: 10th century Burmalı Mosque: Istanbul: 1550 Ottoman mosque Bursa Grand Mosque: Bursa: 1420 Largest mosque in Bursa Çamlıca Mosque: Istanbul: 2019 Post-Ottoman mosque ...
Istanbul, as the capital of the Ottoman Empire since 1453 and the largest city in the Middle East, contains a great number of mosques. In 2007, there were 2,944 active mosques in Istanbul. In 2007, there were 2,944 active mosques in Istanbul.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million adherents. [25] The Middle East-North Africa region hosts 23% of the world's Muslims, and Islam is the dominant religion in every country in the region [26] other than Israel. [12]
The mainstream Hanafi school of Sunni Islam is largely organized by the state through the Presidency of Religious Affairs (known colloquially as Diyanet), which was established in 1924 following the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate and controls all mosques and Muslim clerics, and is officially the highest religious authority in the country. [81]
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
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