A partial list of famous mosques :
Al-Aqsa , in Jerusalem Al-Azhar , the great mosque of Cairo , Egypt , whose university is the foremost school of Sunni Islam Al-Hakim Mosque, one of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo , Egypt Ar-Rifaye Mosque, in Cairo , Egypt Babri Mosque in Ayodhya , India , now destroyed, and a site of recent violence between Muslims and HindusBadshahi Mosque in Lahore , Pakistan Bajrakli mosque in Belgrade , Serbia , burnt in 2004 , after ethnic violence during the Unrest in Kosovo Dome of the Rock ,( or Masjid Al Sakhrah, in Jerusalem (Not Actually a Mosque but a shrine)Faisal Mosque in Islamabad , Pakistan Ferhadija mosque in Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina , destroyed in 1993Great Mosque of Djenné in Djenné, Mali Hagia Sophia in Istanbul , Turkey (was a mosque from 1453 until 1934 and is now a museum)Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca , Morocco Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar , People's Republic of China Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf , Iraq , the holiest Shi'ite mosqueIsabey Mosque in near Izmir , TurkeyIstiqlal Mosque in Jakarta , Indonesia , the largest mosque in Southeast Asia .Masjid al Haram in Mecca , Saudi Arabia , the "Great Mosque", holiest in Islam Masjid al Nabawi in Medina , Saudi Arabia The Mezquita in Córdoba, Spain (now a Catholic cathedral) Masjid al-Quba , just outside Medina , Saudi Arabia , whose foundation stone was laid by the Prophet Mohammad himself.Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, in Cairo , Egypt Mosque of Ibn Tulun, in Cairo , Egypt Mosque of Mohammed Ali at the Citadel, Cairo , Egypt Selimiye Mosque in Edirne , Turkey Suleiman Mosque (Süleymaniye Mosque) in Istanbul , Turkey Sultan Ahmed Mosque ("the Blue Mosque") in Istanbul , Turkey Tsar's Mosque in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina See also : Islamic architecture
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Mosque - Wikinfo (1567 words)
A mosque is a worship space for a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. The first mosque was the house of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina, a city north of Mecca to which the followers of Muhammad had withdrawn in 622. Because Islamic prayer must be preceded by ritual purification, mosques have in their entryways or courtyards, fountains or other facilities for washing.
Embassy of Sudan in South Africa - The People | Culture (621 words)
Following is a list of some of the big and well-known mosques in Khartoum together with some brief information about some of them. Sheikh El Dareer built this mosque in 1916 to hold prayers as well as serving as a place for religious, theology and hadith lessons to be held. A descendant of Sheikh El Badawi built the mosque in the seventies according to his wishes, he is buried in a tomb at the mosque .
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