List of famous mosques (original) (raw)

A partial list of famous mosques:

• Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem
• Al-Azhar, in Cairo, the great mosque of Egypt, also the site of Al-Azhar University, the foremost school of Sunni Islam (website)
• Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, now destroyed, and a site of recent Muslim/Hindu violence
• Dome of the Rock, or Masjid Al Sakhrah in Jerusalem
• Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan
• Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Was a mosque from 1453 until 1934, is now a museum)
• Jama Masjid, Delhi, the Friday Mosque of Delhi.
• Masjid al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the Great Mosque, holiest in Islam
• Masjid al Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia

See also: Islamic architecture