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The Khamis Masjid is believed to be the first Masjid
in Bahrain, built during the era of the Umayyad caliph
Umar II.
The identical twin minarets of this ancient Islamic
monument make it easily noticeable as one drives along
the
Shaikh Salman Road in Khamis. It is considered to be
one of the oldest relics of Islam in the region,
and the foundation of this Masjid is believed to have
been laid as early as 692 AD.
An inscription found on the site, however, suggests
a foundation date sometimes
during the 11th Century. It has since been rebuilt twice
in both 14th & 15th centuries, when the
minarets were constructed. The Khamis Masjid has been
partially restored recently.
Star Masjid, locally known as Tara Masjid is a Masjid
located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is situated at the
Armanitola area of the old part of the city. The mosuqe
has ornate designs and is decorated
with motifs of blue stars. It was built in the first
half of the 19th century by one Mirza Golam Pir.
The Id Kah Masjid is a Masjid located in Kashgar, Xinjiang,
in the western People's Republic of China.
It is the largest Masjid in China. Every Friday, it
houses nearly 10,000 worshippers.
The Masjid was built by Shakesimirzha in 1422 (although
it included
older structures dating back to the 8th century) and
covers
16,800 square meters. The Masjid was started in 996.
It
was at the center of a sharp rise in tension between
the Muslim Uyghurs
and the ruling Han Chinese in Xinjiang in 2003, when
developers razed a rose garden
on the Masjid site and built an enclosed market nearby.
Istiqlal Masjid (Independence Masjid) in Jakarta, Indonesia
is the largest Masjid in Southeast Asia. The government
of Indonesia constructed the national Masjid in 1984.
More than 120,000 people can congregate at the Masjid
at one time.
Masjid Istiqlal, Jakarta, IndonesiaThe rectangular main
prayer hall building is covered by a 45 meter diameter
central spherical dome. The dome is supported by twelve
round columns and the prayer hall lined by rectangular
piers carrying four levels of balcony. Staircases at
the corners of the building give access to all floors.
The main hall is reached through an entrance covered
by a dome 10 meters in diameter. The latter structure
is directly connected to the arcades which run around
the large courtyard. The Masjid also provides facilities
for social and cultural activities, including lectures,
exhibitions, seminars, conferences, bazaars and programmes
for women, youth and children.
The al-Nabi Masjid (Masjed al-Nabi in Persian) also
known as Masjed e Soltani is a famous Masjid in Qazvin.
The Masjid has an area of about 14,000m². Inscriptions
indicate Fath Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty to be the
founder of the Masjid, however sources indicate the
Masjid to have been existing since the Safavid period.
In particular, it is now believed that the architect
of the structure was Ustad Mirza Shirazi with the date
1787 as date of construction.
The
Sherif Halil Pasha Mosque, more commonly known as the
Tombul (or Tumbul) Mosque , located in Shumen,
is the largest mosque in Bulgaria and the second largest
in the Balkans.
The
Grande Mosquée de Paris ("Paris Great Mosque"),
located in the Ve arrondissement, was founded after
World War I as a sign of France's gratefullness to the
Muslim tirailleurs from the colonies who had fought
against Germany. The Mosque was built following the
mudéjar style, and its minaret is 33 meter high.
President Gaston Doumergue inaugurated it on July 15,
1926. It is now lead by mufti Dalil Boubakeur, who is
also president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith,
created in 2002.
The King Abdullah I Masjid, built between 1982 and 1989
in Amman, Jordan. It is capped by a
magnificent blue mosaic dome beneath which 3,000 Muslims
may offer prayer.
Masjid Jamek is one of the oldest Masjids in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. It is located at the confluence of the Klang
and Gombak River
and was designed by Arthur Benison Hubback. The then
Sultan of Selangor officially opened the Masjid in 1909,
two years after construction was completed. The Masjid
was built on the first Malay burial ground in the city.
Baitul Mukarram is the national Masjid of Bangladesh.
Located at the heart of Dhaka,
capital of Bangladesh, this Masjid was founded in the
1960s.
Interior of the Mezquita, a hypostyle Masjid with
columns arranged in grid pattern, in Córdoba,
Spain
The prayer hall, or musalla, in a Turkish Masjid, with
a minbar
The ruins of Menüçehr Camii near Kars,
Turkey, believed to be the oldest Seljuk Masjid in Anatolia.
The
Great, "Friday Mosque" of Chinguetti is an
ancient center of worship created by the founders of
the oasis city of Chinguetti in the Adrar region of
Mauritania sometime in the Thirteenth Century. The
minaret of this ancient structure is supposed to be
the second oldest in continuous use anywhere in the
Muslim world.
The Ulugh Beg Madrassa, which includes a Masjid, in
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Babri Masjid, India destroyed by Hindu extremists in
December 1992
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