Al Kaaba
القبلة
Saudi Arabia
Al Kaaba (الكعبة) is the most sacred site in Islam, a cube-shaped building at the center of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the qibla, the direction nearly 2 billion Muslims face during the five daily prayers, and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage. The exact GPS coordinates make it possible to compute the qibla direction from anywhere on Earth.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 21.422487, 39.826206
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 21° 25′ 20.95″ N, 39° 49′ 34.34″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 21° 25.3492′ N, 39° 49.5724′ E
Al Masjid Al Aqsa
المسجد الأقصى
Palestine
Al Masjid Al Aqsa (المسجد الأقصى) in the Old City of Jerusalem is the third-holiest site in Islam and a place of profound importance to Jews and Christians as well. It marks the location of the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey (Isra and Mi'raj) and stands on the Temple Mount, sacred ground in Jewish tradition.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 31.776111, 35.235833
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 31° 46′ 34″ N, 35° 14′ 9″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 31° 46.5667′ N, 35° 14.15′ E
Al Masjid An Nabawi
المسجد النبوي
Saudi Arabia
Al Masjid An Nabawi (المسجد النبوي), the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, is the second-holiest site in Islam and the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad. Originally built by the Prophet himself in 622 CE, it has been expanded over centuries to accommodate millions of visitors during Hajj and Umrah seasons.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 24.467035, 39.610947
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 24° 28′ 01.33″ N, 39° 36′ 39.41″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 24° 28.0221′ N, 39° 36.6568′ E
Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque
مسجد أحمد قديروف
Russia
The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque, officially The Heart of Chechnya (Мечеть «Сердце Чечни»), is the central mosque of Grozny and one of the largest in Russia. Built in classic Ottoman style inspired by the architecture of Istanbul, it stands on the site of the former Presidential Palace destroyed during the First Chechen War, and was inaugurated on 16 October 2008 in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, son of the mosque's namesake Akhmad Kadyrov (the first president of the Republic of Chechnya). The central prayer hall is covered by a dome 16 metres in diameter and 32 metres high, spans 5,000 m² and can host more than 10,000 worshippers, with capacity for as many in the adjacent summer gallery; four 62-metre minarets, among the tallest in southern Russia, frame the building.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 43.317922, 45.693914
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 43° 19′ 04.52″ N, 45° 41′ 38.09″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 43° 19.0753′ N, 45° 41.6348′ E
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque
مسجد الفتاح العليم
Egypt
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque (مسجد الفتاح العليم) at the entrance of Egypt's New Administrative Capital was inaugurated on 6 January 2019 by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi alongside the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in a joint Christmas-Eve ceremony. Designed under the supervision of the Egyptian Armed Forces Engineering Authority and built by Arab Contractors, the complex covers around 106 feddans and accommodates 17,000 worshippers across its main hall, women's gallery, underground prayer space and outdoor courtyard. Its 33-meter, 44-meter-high central dome was the largest mosque dome in Egypt and Africa at the time of inauguration, surrounded by 21 secondary domes and four 95-meter minarets.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 30.019722, 31.602222
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 30° 01′ 11″ N, 31° 36′ 08″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 30° 1.1833′ N, 31° 36.1333′ E
Badshahi Mosque
بادشاہی مسجد
Pakistan
Badshahi Mosque (بادشاہی مسجد) in Lahore was commissioned by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and completed in 1673, making it the largest mosque ever built during the Mughal era. Its red sandstone walls inlaid with white marble enclose a courtyard that holds up to 95,000 worshippers, with another 55,000 inside the prayer hall. It stands directly opposite the Lahore Fort, both inscribed jointly by UNESCO in 1981.
Y.58806, 74.30944
Y° 35′ 17.02″ N, 74° 18′ 33.98″ E
Y° 35.2836′ N, 74° 18.5664′ E
Baitul Islam Mosque
بيت الإسلام
Canada
The Baitul Islam Mosque (House of Islam) in Maple, in the Greater Toronto Area, is the national headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada. Inaugurated on 17 October 1992 in the presence of Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya community, it anchors the surrounding Peace Village development of nearly 3,000 Ahmadi homes built on a 100-acre site, the largest planned Ahmadi community in North America.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 43.864861, -79.542917
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 43° 51′ 53.50″ N, 79° 32′ 34.50″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 43° 51.8917′ N, 79° 32.5750′ W
Bibi-Khanym Mosque
بیبی خانم
Uzbekistan
The Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand was commissioned between 1399 and 1404 by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) as a memorial to his senior wife, Saray Mulk Khanum. Once one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world, its 167-by-109-meter courtyard is dominated by a 40-meter central dome flanked by minarets over 50 meters high, all clad in vivid blue tiles. It is a defining monument of the Timurid Renaissance and part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Samarkand.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 39.660556, 66.979167
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 39° 39′ 38″ N, 66° 58′ 45″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 39° 39.6334′ N, 66° 58.75′ E
Cologne Central Mosque
مسجد كولونيا الكبير
Germany
The Cologne Central Mosque (DITIB-Zentralmoschee Köln) in the Ehrenfeld district is the largest mosque in Germany, with a capacity of around 4,000 worshippers. Commissioned by the German branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union (DITIB) and designed by architect Paul Böhm, the building was completed in 2017 and inaugurated in September 2018. Its glass walls, two minarets and Neo-Ottoman dome make it a defining example of contemporary mosque architecture in Europe.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 50.945556, 6.928333
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 50° 56′ 44″ N, 6° 55′ 42″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 50° 56.7334′ N, 6° 55.7′ E
Mezquita de Cordoba
مسجد قرطبة
Spain
The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba) in Andalusia, Spain, is one of the most accomplished monuments of Moorish architecture. The Great Mosque was built in 785 CE on the orders of Umayyad emir Abd ar-Rahman I, with major expansions under Abd ar-Rahman II, Al-Hakam II and Al-Mansur in 987-988; today around 856 columns of marble, granite, jasper and onyx (many reused from Roman and Visigothic structures) support its two-tiered horseshoe arches whose voussoirs alternate red brick and white stone. After King Ferdinand III of Castile conquered Cordoba in 1236 during the Reconquista, the mosque was consecrated as a Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and in the 16th century a Renaissance nave was inserted into its centre. UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984, it remains one of the most visited monuments in Spain.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 37.879026, -4.779453
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 37° 52′ 44.49″ N, 4° 46′ 46.03″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 37° 52.7416′ N, 4° 46.7672′ W
Crystal Mosque
مسجد الكريستال
Malaysia
The Crystal Mosque (Masjid Kristal) on Wan Man Island in Kuala Terengganu was constructed between 2006 and 2008 and inaugurated on 8 February 2008 by Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, then the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Built within the Islamic Heritage Park, its frame of steel, glass and reflective crystal panels is unique among the world's major mosques and lights up the Terengganu River at night.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 5.322224, 103.120571
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 5° 19′ 20.01″ N, 103° 07′ 14.06″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 5° 19.3334′ N, 103° 7.2343′ E
Umayyad Mosque
الجامع الأموي
Syria
The Umayyad Mosque (الجامع الأموي), or Great Mosque of Damascus, was completed between 706 and 715 CE under Caliph al-Walid I on the site of a Roman Temple of Jupiter and a Byzantine cathedral. It is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world and houses a shrine traditionally said to contain the head of John the Baptist (Yahya). The site survived the Syrian civil war, with Syria's General Directorate of Antiquities restoring damaged mosaic panels in 2013 and 2014.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 33.511706, 36.306594
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 33° 30′ 42.14″ N, 36° 18′ 23.74″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 33° 30.7024′ N, 36° 18.3956′ E
Great Mosque of Djenne
مسجد جينيه الكبير
Mali
The Great Mosque of Djenne (مسجد جينيه الكبير) on the flood plain of the Bani River is the largest mud-brick (banco) building in the world and the most celebrated example of Sudano-Sahelian architecture. The first mosque on the site dates from the 13th century, while the current structure was rebuilt in 1907 under master mason Ismaila Traoré. Each spring the people of Djenne gather for the Crepissage, a community festival that re-plasters the entire mosque with fresh mud. Inscribed by UNESCO in 1988 with the Old Towns of Djenne.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 13.905109, -4.555331
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 13° 54′ 18.39″ N, 4° 33′ 19.19″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 13° 54.3065′ N, 4° 33.3199′ W
Eyup Sultan Mosque
جامع أبي أيوب الأنصاري
Turkey
The Eyup Sultan Mosque (جامع أبي أيوب الأنصاري) on the Golden Horn was the first imperial mosque built by the Ottomans after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, completed in 1458 under Mehmed II and rebuilt in 1800. It stands beside the tomb traditionally attributed to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the standard-bearer of the Prophet Muhammad who fell during the first Arab siege of the city in 674-678 CE. It remains one of the most important Islamic pilgrimage sites in Turkey.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 41.047878, 28.933634
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 41° 02′ 52.36″ N, 28° 56′ 01.08″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 41° 2.8727′ N, 28° 56.0180′ E
Faisal Mosque
مسجد فيصل
Pakistan
Faisal Mosque (مسجد فيصل) in Islamabad, Pakistan, is named after the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia who funded it. Its angular, tent-like main hall, designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay, replaces the traditional dome and references Bedouin desert architecture.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 33.730556, 73.037222
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 33° 43′ 50.00″ N, 73° 02′ 14.00″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 33° 43.8334′ N, 73° 02.2333′ E
Grande Mosquee de Paris
مسجد باريس الكبير
France
The Grand Mosque of Paris (Grande Mosquée de Paris) in the 5th arrondissement was inaugurated on 16 July 1926 by French President Gaston Doumergue and Sultan Yusef of Morocco. Funded by the French state as a tribute to the Muslim soldiers who fell on the Western Front in the First World War, the building draws on North African Islamic architecture: the courtyard, horseshoe arches and green-tiled roofs echo the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fez, while its 33-metre minaret was modelled on the Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis. The complex includes prayer halls, an Andalusian-style garden, a hammam, a tea salon, a library and a restaurant. It remains the oldest mosque in metropolitan France.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 48.842071, 2.355103
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 48° 50′ 31.46″ N, 2° 21′ 18.37″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 48° 50.5243′ N, 2° 21.3062′ E
Ibn Tulun Mosque
مسجد ابن طولون
Egypt
The Mosque of Ibn Tulun (مسجد ابن طولون) in Islamic Cairo, completed in 879 CE under Ahmad ibn Tulun, is the oldest mosque in Egypt to survive in its original form. Its design echoes the Abbasid architecture of Samarra, including a distinctive minaret with an external spiral staircase modelled on the Malwiya. Spanning more than 6 acres around a vast central courtyard, it remains one of the largest mosques in the world by area.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 30.028706, 31.249592
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 30° 01′ 43.34″ N, 31° 14′ 58.53″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 30° 1.7224′ N, 31° 14.9755′ E
Imam Ali Shrine
حرم الإمام علي
Iraq
The Imam Ali Shrine (حرم الإمام علي) in Najaf is built over the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Sunni Rashid Caliph. The original golden-domed structure was commissioned in 786 CE by Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid; the present complex grew over centuries through Safavid, Ottoman and modern expansions. It is the fourth holiest site in Shia Islam after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem and a major pilgrimage destination, especially during Arba'een.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 31.995816, 44.314583
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 31° 59′ 44.94″ N, 44° 18′ 52.5″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 31° 59.749′ N, 44° 18.875′ E
Imam Husayn Shrine
حرم الإمام الحسين
Iraq
The Imam Husayn Shrine (حرم الإمام الحسين) in Karbala stands at the burial place of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. Originally enshrined in 684 CE and rebuilt many times since, it is one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam and the focus of the Arba'een pilgrimage, which draws tens of millions of mourners to Karbala each year, making it among the largest annual gatherings on Earth.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 32.616423, 44.032337
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 32° 36′ 59.12″ N, 44° 01′ 56.41″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 32° 36.9854′ N, 44° 1.9402′ E
Imam Reza Shrine
حرم إمام الرضا
Iran
The Imam Reza Shrine (حرم إمام الرضا) in Mashhad, Iran, is the largest mosque complex in the world by area, covering nearly 600,000 square meters across the shrine and its seven courtyards. It enshrines the eighth Shia Imam, Ali al-Rida (Imam Reza), and welcomes around 30 million pilgrims annually, making it the most visited Islamic pilgrimage site outside Mecca and Medina. The complex includes the historic Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, four seminaries, and Razavi University.
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^° 17′ 16.8″ N, 59° 36′ 56.52″ E
^° 17.28′ N, 59° 36.942′ E
Islamic Center of America
المركز الإسلامي الأمريكي
United States
The Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, is the largest mosque in North America, with around 120,000 square feet (11,000 m²) of religious space and a main prayer hall that holds about 1,000 worshippers. Founded in 1962 by Imam Mohamad Jawad Chirri to serve the Detroit area's large Lebanese Shia community, the center moved to its current Ford Road location in 2005. It anchors what is widely considered the most concentrated Arab-American Muslim community in the United States.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 42.330556, -83.229444
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 42° 19′ 50.00″ N, 83° 13′ 46.00″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 42° 19.8334′ N, 83° 13.7666′ W
Jama Masjid
जामा मस्जिद
India
The Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as Jama Masjid, is the principal Mughal mosque of Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad), commissioned by emperor Shah Jahan and built between 1644 and 1656. Its red sandstone and white marble courtyard accommodates around 25,000 worshippers and faces the Red Fort just across Chandni Chowk. The mosque served as the imperial place of prayer of the Mughal Empire until 1857 and remains the largest mosque in India by congregation.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 28.650722, 77.233469
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 28° 39′ 02.60″ N, 77° 14′ 00.49″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 28° 39.0433′ N, 77° 14.0081′ E
Jamia Al Azhar
جامع الأزهر
Egypt
Al-Azhar Mosque (جامع الأزهر) in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 970 CE, is one of the oldest continuously operating universities in the world and the foremost institution of Sunni Islamic learning. Its architecture blends Fatimid, Mamluk, and Ottoman influences across more than a millennium.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 30.045709, 31.262683
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 30° 02′ 44.55″ N, 31° 15′ 45.66″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 30° 2.7425′ N, 31° 15.761′ E
Karaouiyne Mosque
جامع القرويين
Morocco
The Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque (جامع القرويين) in Fes was founded in 857-859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri, a young migrant from Kairouan whose endowment created what UNESCO and the Guinness World Records recognize as the oldest continuously operating, degree-awarding educational institution on Earth. The mosque sits at the spiritual heart of the medieval Medina of Fez (UNESCO 1981) and was integrated into the modern Moroccan state university system in 1963 as the University of Al Quaraouiyine.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 34.064444, -4.973333
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 34° 03′ 52″ N, 4° 58′ 24″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 34° 3.8666′ N, 4° 58.4′ W
Jamia Al Koutoubia
جامع الكتبية
Morocco
Koutoubia Mosque (جامع الكتبية) in Marrakech, Morocco, has anchored the city's skyline since the 12th century. Its 77-meter minaret served as the architectural model for both the Giralda in Seville and Hassan Tower in Rabat.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 31.623611, -7.993611
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 31° 37′ 25.00″ N, 7° 59′ 37.00″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 31° 37.4167′ N, 7° 59.6167′ W
Jamia El Djazaïr
جامع الجزائر
Algeria
Djamaa El Djazaïr (جامع الجزائر), the Great Mosque of Algiers, was officially inaugurated on 25 February 2024 ahead of Ramadan and features the world's tallest minaret at 265 meters. It is the third-largest mosque in the world after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina, and the largest in Africa, with a prayer hall capable of holding 120,000 worshippers.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 36.734756, 3.140784
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 36° 44′ 05.12″ N, 3° 08′ 26.82″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 36° 44.0854′ N, 3° 08.4470′ E
Jamia Sheikh Zayed
جامع الشيخ زايد
United Arab Emirates
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (جامع الشيخ زايد) in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and one of the largest in the world, with an official total capacity of around 55,000 worshippers. Its 82 white-marble domes, four 107-meter minarets, and the world's largest hand-knotted carpet (5,627 m²) make it instantly recognizable.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 24.412539, 54.474195
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 24° 24′ 45.14″ N, 54° 28′ 27.10″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 24° 24.7523′ N, 54° 28.4517′ E
Great Mosque of Kairouan
جامع عقبة بن نافع
Tunisia
The Great Mosque of Kairouan (جامع عقبة بن نافع), also called the Mosque of Uqba, was founded in 50 AH (670-671 CE) by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi at the founding of Kairouan, Tunisia. One of the oldest places of worship in the Islamic world and the architectural model for every later Maghrebi mosque, it is widely regarded as the fourth holiest site in Sunni Islam after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. The Medina of Kairouan was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 35.681369, 10.104165
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 35° 40′ 52.93″ N, 10° 06′ 14.99″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 35° 40.8821′ N, 10° 6.2499′ E
London Central Mosque
مسجد لندن المركزي
United Kingdom
The London Central Mosque (also known as Regent's Park Mosque) on Park Road, Westminster, was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd and completed in 1977 at a cost of £6.5 million. Its golden dome and 44-meter minaret rise above the northwest edge of Regent's Park and shelter a main prayer hall capable of holding more than 5,000 worshippers, making it one of the most prominent mosques in the United Kingdom and the seat of the Islamic Cultural Centre.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 51.529167, -0.165278
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 51° 31′ 45″ N, 0° 09′ 55″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 51° 31.75′ N, 0° 9.9167′ W
Masjid Al Qiblatain
مسجد القبلتين
Saudi Arabia
Masjid Al-Qiblatain (مسجد القبلتين), the 'Mosque of the Two Qiblas' in Medina, marks the spot where the qibla, the direction of Muslim prayer, was changed from Jerusalem to Mecca in 624 CE during a single prayer led by the Prophet Muhammad.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 24.484167, 39.578889
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 24° 29′ 03.00″ N, 39° 34′ 44.00″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 24° 29.0500′ N, 39° 34.7333′ E
Masjid Hassan II
مسجد الحسن الثاني
Morocco
Hassan II Mosque (مسجد الحسن الثاني) in Casablanca, Morocco, is one of the largest mosques in Africa. Its 210-meter minaret was the tallest in the world from inauguration in 1993 until 2024, when Algeria's Djamaa El Djazaïr opened with a 265-meter minaret. Partially built over the Atlantic Ocean, the Casablanca mosque accommodates 105,000 worshippers between its prayer hall and outdoor courtyard.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 33.608635, -7.632555
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 33° 36′ 31.09″ N, 7° 37′ 57.20″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 33° 36.5181′ N, 7° 37.9533′ W
Masjid Istiqlal
مسجد الاستقلال
Indonesia
Istiqlal Mosque (Masjid Istiqlal) in Jakarta is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, with a capacity of more than 120,000 worshippers spread across a 91,629 m² site. Opened on 22 February 1978, its name means Independence and commemorates Indonesia's freedom from colonial rule; it stands across the street from the Jakarta Cathedral as a symbol of religious coexistence.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- -6.170278, 106.831944
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 6° 10′ 13.00″ S, 106° 49′ 55.00″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 6° 10.2167′ S, 106° 49.9166′ E
Masjid Misr
مسجد مصر الكبير
Egypt
Masjid Misr (مسجد مصر الكبير), officially Egypt's Islamic Cultural Center and informally the Grand Mosque of Egypt, was inaugurated in March 2023 in the New Administrative Capital east of Cairo. Spanning 467,000 m² with a capacity of 137,000 worshippers, it is the largest mosque in Egypt and ranks among the largest in the world. The mosque holds three Guinness World Records: the largest hand-crafted wooden pulpit (16.6 meters tall), the largest mosque chandelier (22 meters in diameter), and the heaviest chandelier (around 50 short tons, with 107 lanterns). Its 30-meter, 500-ton dome and twin 148-meter minarets dominate the skyline of the new capital.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 30.000897, 31.753973
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 30° 00′ 03.23″ N, 31° 45′ 14.3″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 30° 0.0538′ N, 31° 45.2384′ E
Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddin
مسجد عمر علي سيف الدين
Brunei
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, is the country's national mosque and a striking example of modern Islamic architecture, featuring a 52-meter golden dome and a ceremonial barge replica.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 4.889694, 114.939453
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 4° 53′ 22.90″ N, 114° 56′ 22.03″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 4° 53.3816′ N, 114° 56.3672′ E
Masjid Quba
مسجد قباء
Saudi Arabia
Quba Mosque (مسجد قباء) in Medina, Saudi Arabia, is recognized as the first mosque ever built, its foundations laid by the Prophet Muhammad himself upon his arrival from Mecca in 622 CE. A prayer offered here is said to carry the reward of an Umrah.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 24.439722, 39.617222
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 24° 26′ 23.00″ N, 39° 37′ 02.00″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 24° 26.3833′ N, 39° 37.0333′ E
Muhammad Ali Mosque
مسجد محمد علي
Egypt
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali (مسجد محمد علي), also known as the Alabaster Mosque, sits atop the Citadel of Saladin in Cairo and was built between 1832 and 1857 for Ottoman governor Muhammad Ali Pasha. Designed by Istanbul architect Yusuf Bushnak after the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, its 21-meter central dome rises 52 meters and is flanked by two 82-meter Turkish-style minarets. The building accommodates around 10,000 worshippers and contains the tomb of Muhammad Ali himself.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 30.028611, 31.259722
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 30° 01′ 43″ N, 31° 15′ 35″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 30° 1.7167′ N, 31° 15.5833′ E
Nigerian National Mosque
المسجد الوطني النيجيري
Nigeria
The Nigerian National Mosque in Abuja, opened in 1984, serves as the country's principal Islamic place of worship and a symbol of Nigeria's substantial Muslim population. Its golden dome and twin minarets are visible from much of the capital.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 9.060195, 7.489641
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 9° 03′ 36.7″ N, 7° 29′ 22.71″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 9° 3.6117′ N, 7° 29.3785′ E
Putra Mosque
مسجد بوترا
Malaysia
The Putra Mosque (Masjid Putra) is the principal mosque of Putrajaya, the federal administrative capital of Malaysia. Built between 1997 and 1999 with the first congregational prayers held on 25 June 1999, its rose-tinted granite walls and pink dome have earned it the nickname Pink Mosque. Set on the man-made Putrajaya Lake next to the Prime Minister's office complex of Perdana Putra, it accommodates around 15,000 worshippers.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 2.936078, 101.688683
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 2° 56′ 09.88″ N, 101° 41′ 19.26″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 2° 56.1647′ N, 101° 41.321′ E
Registan Square
میدان ریگستان
Uzbekistan
The Registan (Registon, "place of sand") in Samarkand is a historic public square framed by three monumental Islamic madrasas. The Ulugh Beg Madrasa (1417-1420), built under the Timurid prince and astronomer Ulugh Beg, was one of the foremost centres of learning in 15th-century Central Asia. Two later madrasas were added under the Janid dynasty by the Uzbek regent Yalangtoʻsh Bakhodir: the Sher-Dor (1619-1636), famed for its tiger-and-rising-sun mosaics on the iwan that depart from the Islamic convention against figural imagery, and the Tilya-Kori (1646-1660, "gold-covered"), whose fully gilded prayer hall houses a working mosque. Inscribed by UNESCO in 2001 as part of the Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures World Heritage property.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 39.654778, 66.975758
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 39° 39′ 17.2″ N, 66° 58′ 32.73″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 39° 39.2867′ N, 66° 58.5455′ E
Selimiye Mosque
جامع السليمية
Turkey
The Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, commissioned by Sultan Selim II and built by chief architect Mimar Sinan between 1568 and 1575, is widely regarded as the crowning masterpiece of classical Ottoman architecture and Sinan's personal magnum opus. Its 31.3-meter dome, slightly wider than that of Hagia Sophia, rests on an octagonal substructure and appears almost weightless above the prayer hall. The mosque and its surrounding kulliye were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 41.678139, 26.559341
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 41° 40′ 41.3″ N, 26° 33′ 33.63″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 41° 40.6883′ N, 26° 33.5605′ E
Shah Mosque
مسجد الشاه
Iran
The Shah Mosque (مسجد الشاه), officially renamed Imam Mosque after 1979, anchors the south side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan. Commissioned by Shah Abbas the Great in 1611 and completed around 1630, this Safavid masterpiece is faced with about 475,000 polychrome tiles set across some 18 million bricks. Its 52-meter dome and twin 42-meter minarets are framed by a vast forecourt within the UNESCO-listed Meidan Emam ensemble (1979).
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 32.654359, 51.677686
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 32° 39′ 15.69″ N, 51° 40′ 39.67″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 32° 39.2615′ N, 51° 40.6612′ E
Sixty Dome Mosque
ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ
Bangladesh
The Sixty Dome Mosque (Shat Gambuj Mosque, ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ) in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, was built between 1442 and 1459 by the Sufi saint-general Khan Jahan Ali in the heart of the Sundarbans mangrove region. Despite its name, the oblong prayer hall (45 by 31 meters) is actually crowned by 77 brick domes supported by 60 stone pillars, and it remains the largest medieval mosque in Bangladesh. It is the centerpiece of the UNESCO-listed Mosque City of Bagerhat (1985).
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 22.674501, 89.741822
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 22° 40′ 28.2″ N, 89° 44′ 30.56″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 22° 40.4701′ N, 89° 44.5093′ E
Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
مسجد شیخ لطف الله
Iran
The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (مسجد شیخ لطف الله) on the eastern side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan was commissioned by Shah Abbas the Great and built between 1603 and 1619 by chief architect Muhammad Reza. Designed as a private oratory for the royal court (not for the public), it has no courtyard, no interior iwans and no minarets, and was reportedly accessible to the women of the harem through an underground passage from Ali Qapu Palace across the square. Its tiled café-au-lait dome shifts hue with the daylight, while the interior is famed for a network of lemon-shaped compartments converging on a peacock motif at the apex. A masterpiece of Safavid architecture restored by Reza Shah Pahlavi in the 1920s on the advice of Arthur Upham Pope, it is part of the UNESCO Meidan Emam, Esfahan ensemble (inscribed 1979).
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 32.657371, 51.678654
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 32° 39′ 26.54″ N, 51° 40′ 43.15″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 32° 39.4423′ N, 51° 40.7192′ E
Suleymaniye Mosque
جامع السليمانية
Turkey
The Suleymaniye Mosque crowns Istanbul's Third Hill on the European side of the Bosphorus. Commissioned by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and built by the architect Mimar Sinan between 1550 and 1557, it is widely considered Sinan's masterpiece in the imperial city. The 53-meter dome spans a near-square prayer hall, and the surrounding kulliye includes the tombs of Suleiman and Hurrem Sultan, four madrasas, a hospital, and a public kitchen. Part of the UNESCO Historic Areas of Istanbul since 1985.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 41.016111, 28.963889
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 41° 00′ 58″ N, 28° 57′ 50″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 41° 0.9667′ N, 28° 57.8333′ E
Sultan Hassan Mosque
مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن
Egypt
The Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan (مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن) on Salah al-Din Square at the foot of the Cairo Citadel was built between 1356 and 1363 under Bahri Mamluk Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. Its monumental cruciform plan groups four iwans and four madrasas around a central courtyard, and its surviving southern minaret rises 84 meters, the tallest ever built in the Mamluk era. It remains one of the most celebrated examples of medieval Islamic architecture in Cairo.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 30.031925, 31.256889
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 30° 01′ 54.93″ N, 31° 15′ 24.80″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 30° 1.9155′ N, 31° 15.4133′ E
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque
Sultanahmet Camii
Turkey
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii), commonly known as the Blue Mosque, was built between 1609 and 1616 during the reign of Sultan Ahmed I. It is distinguished by its six minarets and its interior decorated with more than 20,000 hand-painted İznik tiles. It stands in the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, directly facing the Hagia Sophia, originally constructed in 537 CE as a Byzantine cathedral. Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque in 1453, transformed into a museum in 1934, and reconverted into an active mosque in 2020, a status it still holds as of 2026. Both monuments are part of the UNESCO World Heritage property known as the Historic Areas of Istanbul, inscribed in 1985, which includes several major landmarks in the city's historic peninsula.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 41.005384, 28.976853
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 41° 00′ 19.38″ N, 28° 58′ 36.67″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 41° 0.323′ N, 28° 58.6112′ E
Tinmel Mosque
مسجد تينمل
Morocco
The Tinmel Mosque in the High Atlas mountains, about 100 km south of Marrakesh, was built around 1156 over the tomb of Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad movement. It is one of the few preserved examples of Almohad religious architecture in the western Maghreb and was on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The mosque suffered severe damage during the September 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake, with restoration work led by the Moroccan Ministry of Culture currently underway.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 30.984722, -8.228611
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 30° 59′ 05.00″ N, 8° 13′ 43.00″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 30° 59.0833′ N, 8° 13.7167′ W
Great Mosque of Touba
مسجد توبا الكبير
Senegal
The Great Mosque of Touba is the spiritual heart of the Mouride Sufi brotherhood. Founded by Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba in 1887, it was completed only in 1963 long after his death in 1927; he is interred inside the mosque, which has been controlled by his family ever since. The building measures 100 by 80 metres and has seven minarets (the central Lamp Fall minaret reaches 96 metres), three large domes and eleven smaller domes. It is the site of the annual Grand Magal of Touba, one of the largest pilgrimages in Africa, and was one of the largest mosques on the continent until the 2019 inauguration of the Massalikoul Djinane in Dakar.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 14.863056, -15.875556
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 14° 51′ 47″ N, 15° 52′ 32″ W
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 14° 51.7834′ N, 15° 52.5334′ W
Wazir Khan Mosque
مسجد وزیر خان
Pakistan
The Wazir Khan Mosque (مسجد وزیر خان) in the Walled City of Lahore was built between 1634 and 1641 by Wazir Khan, governor of Punjab under Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. It is famous worldwide for its kashi-kari faience tile work and its interior surfaces almost entirely covered in painted frescoes in magenta, deep green and ochre. On the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, it is widely considered the most ornately decorated Mughal mosque ever built.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 31.583056, 74.323333
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 31° 34′ 59″ N, 74° 19′ 24″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 31° 34.9834′ N, 74° 19.4′ E
Zitouna Mosque
جامع الزيتونة
Tunisia
The Zitouna Mosque (جامع الزيتونة), or Mosque of the Olive, is the oldest mosque of Tunis, originally built in 732 CE on the site of a Roman basilica in the medina. Its current architecture mostly dates from a 9th-century Aghlabid reconstruction, with antique columns reused from Carthage and 184 Greco-Roman pillars supporting the prayer hall. From the 13th century onwards it became one of the leading centers of Islamic learning in the Maghreb, the precursor of today's Ez-Zitouna University.
- Decimal Degrees (DD)
- 36.797406, 10.171244
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
- 36° 47′ 50.66″ N, 10° 10′ 16.48″ E
- Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM)
- 36° 47.8444′ N, 10° 10.2746′ E