| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Kashgar
Site / Event : Tomb of Abakh Hoja
|
 |
 The entrance to the third mosque.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Xian
District : Muslim Quarter
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The Great Mosque is one of the largest in China.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Xian
District : Muslim Quarter
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is divided into several courtyards.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Xian
District : Muslim Quarter
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The mosque resembles a Chinese temple.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Xian
District : Muslim Quarter
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
Structures at the mosque show a mixture of Chinese and Persian influences.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Xian
District : Muslim Quarter
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The mosque gardens.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Xian
District : Muslim Quarter
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The Great Mosque is a mixture of Islamic and Chinese styles.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Kowloon
District : Nathan Road
|
 |
The Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Kowloon
District : Nathan Road
|
 |
The Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre was established in 1986.
|
2012 |
| Colombia |
City / Town : Popayan
Site / Event : Mosquera House
|
 |
Mosquera House is a colonial villa set on two levels around a courtyard.
|
1995 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
Site / Event : Omeriye Mosque
|
 |
The Omeriye Mosque is used by the Bengali and Somali communities.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
Site / Event : Omeriye Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was completed in 1571.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
Site / Event : Omeriye Mosque
|
 |
Inside the mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
District : Faneromeni Square
|
 |
Faneromeni Square has a mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
District : Faneromeni Square
|
 |
Inside of a closed mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
Site / Event : Leventis Gallery
|
 |
"View of a Square with a Mosque" by Symeon Savvidis (1859-1927).
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
Site / Event : Tahtakale Mosque
|
 |
Tahtakale Mosque was once the centre of a pre-1963 Turkish quarter.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Nicosia
Site / Event : Observatory
|
 |
Churches in the Republic of Cyprus and mosques in the occupied North.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
Region : Troodos Foothills
City / Town : Episkopeio
District : Tamassos Complex
|
 |
Model of Cathedral of St Nicholas (now the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque) in Famagusta.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
Site / Event : Larnaca Fort
|
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Larnaca Fort with the Great Mosque behind.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
Site / Event : Larnaca Fort
|
 |
View of the Great Mosque from the fort.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The Great Mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was originally a 16th century Latin church.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
|
 |
The old Turkish Quarter is dominated by the mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
District : Salt Lake
|
 |
The Salt Lake is dominated by the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
District : Salt Lake
Site / Event : Hala Sultan Tekke
|
 |
The Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
District : Salt Lake
Site / Event : Hala Sultan Tekke
|
 |
The mosque (known locally as the Tekke) is set in a pleasant garden.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
District : Salt Lake
Site / Event : Hala Sultan Tekke
|
 |
The mosque is small and simply decorated inside.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
District : Salt Lake
Site / Event : Hala Sultan Tekke
|
 |
The mosque is famous for the Tomb of Umm Haram, the nursemaid of the Prophet, who died here in 649 during an Arab raid.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
Site / Event : Jazz Festival
|
 |
Near the old mosque.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Limassol
Site / Event : Grand Mosque
|
 |
The Grand Mosque being renovated in 2023.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Limassol
|
 |
Mosque in the old city.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
State / Province : Akrotiri and Dhekelia [UK]
Region : Limassol to Paphos Coastal Road
City / Town : Paramali
|
 |
The mosque. The village was mixed Greek and Turkish before 1974.
|
2023 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
 |
Cairo is a city of mosques of many styles and ages.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
 |
Cairo is a city of many mosques.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
 |
Stone carving in the Mosque of Sultan Mu'Ayyad Shaykh (1420).
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Azhar Mosque
|
 |
The al-Azhar Mosque dates from 972 and is the site of the world's oldest university (988).
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Qalawyn Mosque
|
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The Sultan Qalawyn Mosque was built in 1285.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Qalawyn Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was used as a lunatic asylum until 1850.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque
|
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The Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is Shia.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
 |
Street scene between the Sultan Hasan and al-Rifa mosques.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Hasan Mosque
|
 |
The Sultan Hasan Mosque (1360) is one of the largest in the world. Its walls are 36m high.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Hasan Mosque
|
 |
Mameluke stonework in the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
 |
The al-Rifa Mosque contains a number of tombs including the last Shah of Iran.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
 |
The Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque is the largest in Cairo and dates from 879.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
 |
View over the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
 |
Facade of the Sultan Qalawyn Mosque (1285), named after a slave who became a sultan.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Hakem Mosque
|
 |
Market outside the al-Hakem Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Hakem Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was completed in 1013 and is popular with Shi'ite Indians.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Amir ibn al-as
|
 |
The Mosque of Amir ibn al-as is the oldest in Africa, founded in 641.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Amir ibn al-as
|
 |
Entrance to the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed
|
 |
The Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed
|
 |
The mosque dates from 1338.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : City of the Dead
|
 |
Former mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : City of the Dead
|
 |
Mosque and tombs sit side by side in the district.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Citadel
Site / Event : Mosque of Mohammed Ali
|
 |
The Ottoman style Mosque of Mohammed Ali (1857) overlooks Cairo from the citadel.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Citadel
Site / Event : Mosque of Mohammed Ali
|
 |
Detail of the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Citadel
|
 |
The citadel with a French clocktower beyond the mosque of Mohammed Ali.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
 |
The Abu-i-Haggag Mosque was built in the 19th century but the smaller minaret dates from 1077.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
 |
View of the Abu-i-Haggag Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Aswan
District : Elephantine Island
|
 |
Mosque and mud bricks.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Aswan
District : Elephantine Island
|
 |
Nubian mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
|
 |
Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
 |
The summit (2285m) is topped by a small mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
Region : Sinai
District : Mount Sinai
|
 |
The summit has a small mosque.
|
1986 |
| France |
City / Town : Paris
Site / Event : Orsay Museum
|
 |
"Mosque During Arab Festival" by Pierre-August Renoir.
|
2005 |
| France |
City / Town : Paris
District : Latin Quarter
|
 |
North African style mosque.
|
1991 |
| France |
City / Town : Albi
Site / Event : Cathedral de Ste-Cecil
|
 |
The early 1500s frescos reach the ceiling and resemble decoration in a mosque.
|
2016 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
Site / Event : Tbilisi Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is the only one in the city to have survived the Russian occupation.
|
2011 |
| Germany |
State / Province : Berlin Post-Unification
City / Town : Berlin
District : Museum Island
Site / Event : Pergamon Museum
|
 |
Prayer niche from the Maydan Mosque in Kashan, 1226.
|
2022 |
| Germany |
State / Province : Berlin Post-Unification
City / Town : Berlin
District : Museum Island
Site / Event : Pergamon Museum
|
 |
Detail of the Maydan Mosque prayer niche from Kashan, 1226.
|
2022 |
| Germany |
State / Province : Berlin Post-Unification
City / Town : Berlin
District : Museum Island
Site / Event : Pergamon Museum
|
 |
Niche from the Beyhekim Mosque in Konya (13th century Seljuk Turkey).
|
2022 |
| Germany |
State / Province : Berlin Post-Unification
City / Town : Berlin
District : Museum Island
Site / Event : Pergamon Museum
|
 |
Detail of the tile mosaics on the Beyhekim Mosque niche (Konya).
|
2022 |
| Germany |
State / Province : Berlin Post-Unification
City / Town : Berlin
District : Museum Island
Site / Event : Pergamon Museum
|
 |
Detail of the tile mosaics on the (Seljuk) Beyhekim Mosque niche (Konya).
|
2022 |
| Germany |
State / Province : Berlin Post-Unification
City / Town : Berlin
District : Museum Island
Site / Event : Pergamon Museum
|
 |
Mosque lamp from Iznik (Turkey, 1515).
|
2022 |
| Germany |
State / Province : Berlin Post-Unification
City / Town : Berlin
District : Museum Island
Site / Event : Pergamon Museum
|
 |
Detail of mosque lamp from Iznik (Turkey, 1515). Iznik is famed for its blue tile work.
|
2022 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Thessaloniki
Site / Event : Rotunda
|
 |
The Rotunda was converted to a mosque by the Ottomans who added a minaret.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
Region : Kos
City / Town : Kos Town
|
 |
The Ottoman style Kos Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Plaza Monastiraki
Site / Event : Museum of Traditional Greece Ceramics
|
 |
The museum is set in the Ottoman Mosque of Tzistarakis, built in 1759.
|
2014 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Old Delhi
Site / Event : Jami Masjid
|
 |
The entrance to the Jami Masjid ("Friday Mosque"), the Great Mosque.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Old Delhi
Site / Event : Jami Masjid
|
 |
The mosque was completed in 1658 by the fifth Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Old Delhi
Site / Event : Jami Masjid
|
 |
The mosque is surrounded by a fort like wall.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Old Delhi
Site / Event : Jami Masjid
|
 |
The grounds hold 25,000 people making it the largest mosque in India.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Old Delhi
Site / Event : Jami Masjid
|
 |
The mosque was built in 1658 by Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan (who later built the Taj Mahal in Agra).
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Old Delhi
Site / Event : Jami Masjid
|
 |
View of the mosque from the minaret.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Old Delhi
Site / Event : Jami Masjid
|
 |
The mosque is a fine example of Moghul architecture.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Red Fort
|
 |
The Pearl Mosque was built by the sixth Moghul Emperor, Aurangzeb.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Red Fort
|
 |
The Pearl Mosque dates from 1659.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Lodhi Gardens
|
 |
Bara Gumbad and Mosque.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
Site / Event : Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
|
 |
The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
Site / Event : Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
|
 |
The mosque is the first to be built in North India.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
Site / Event : Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was constructed in 1193 using columns from 27 Hindu and Jain temples.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
Site / Event : Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
|
 |
A couple at the mosque.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
 |
The Pearl Mosque dates from 1653.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
 |
The Pearl Mosque is made of marble and was constructed by the fifth Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Taj Mahal
|
 |
The Taj Mahal is flanked by a pair of sandstone mosques.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Taj Mahal
|
 |
The Taj Mahal viewed from one of the two mosques that flank it.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
|
 |
View of the Dargar Mosque.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
|
 |
The Persian style Jami Masjid is said to be a copy of a mosque at Mecca.
|
1983 |
