Vitaly Friedman May 13th, 2010

40 Most Beautiful Mosques In The World

Mosque is a Holy place for Muslims. It refers to its Arabic name – Masjid. A Mosque is a place for worship for all the followers of Islam. Mosques all around the world are well known for the general importance to Muslims as well as for Islamic architecture and representation of Islamic culture. Although Mosque is the place where all the Muslims of the community come together and have their prayers, Mosque can also be the place of beautiful architecture that is famous all around the world.

Beautiful Mosques Photography

Masjid al-Haram (The Holy Mosque) - Saudi Arabia

Masjid Nabawi - Saudi Arabia

Hyderabad - Pakistan

Putrajaya Mosque on Water - Malaysia

The Umayyad Mosque - Damascus

Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan - Malaysia

Faisal Mosque - Pakistan

Dome and Garlands of a Mosque -Uzbekistan

Al Alfar Mosque (Red Mosque) - Sri Lanka

The Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia

Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi

Turkey - Brand New Day over The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii) in Istanbul

The Mohammad al-Amin mosque in Beirut

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque - Oman

Sultan Salahudin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque - Malaysia

Sehzade Mosque (Istanbul) Turkey

Muttrah Corniche Mosque - Oman

Island Mosque in Jeddah

Masjid Kota Iskandar - Malaysia

Putra Mosque - Malaysia

Buyuk Mecidiye Mosque - Istanbul

The Blue Mosque - Istanbul

Wilayah Mosque - Malaysia

Masjid Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu - Malaysia

Pogung Raya Masjid - Indonesia

A mosque in kumrat valley swat - Pakistan

Bhong Mosque - Pakistan

Badshahi Mosque

Agha Bozorg Mosque - Iran

Masjid Al-Fairuz Pekalongan - Indonesia

The Shah Mosque - Iran

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque - Iran

Masjid Sultan (Sultan Mosque) Singapore

Hagia Sophia - Turkey

Ashrafi Esfehani Mosque - Iran

Wazir khan Mosque - Pakistan

Al-Aqsa Mosque - Jeruzalem

Sharjah Mosque - UAE

Ilorin Central Mosque - Nigeria

The Mosque - Yemen

723 comments

  1. I don’t know what it is, but I don’t like the look of the buildings with a modern twist like ‘Faisal Mosque – Pakistan’.

    1. actually its not your fault u guys have problem with all the Muslim community…! and also if you don’t know about that better u keep quite!

      1. It seems to me that he was not commenting on the Muslim community at all, just the architectural look of a few of the mosques pictured above. We could just as easily be examining a collection of pictures of Christian churches or palaces or Soviet monuments and say that we didn’t like some of them as much as the others. Please don’t be overly sensitive when no insult was intended.

      2. It’s guy like you, Hamza, that get us all this negative clichés and ideas about Muslims!

        “Dutch Designer” never said anything about the muslim community, he just said that he didn’t like the architectural look of one of the mosques, that’s all!

      3. Mary there is a well known saying that you should think before you speak before fanatically jumping down peoples throats with half baked facts. You need to knock on the door of Secular Western Governments who top the charts by gazillion miles when it comes to unleashing organized violence with weapons of mass destruction on innocent civilians for political ends, before and after 9/11 – not religion (one example would suffice, who created the Arab/Israeli conflict, it was Secular British politicians for political ends, need I mention that occupied Palestine has a Secular form of government not Jewish). But I guess thinking is an oddity for some people especially those who are part of twitter generation who are use to expressing themselves in a handful of words and absorb without questioning everything that is thrown at them from biased news media. Having said that that is not true of everyone as there are many Westerners who are now openly questioning whether or not their own governments were complicit in 9/11, 7/7, etc…

      4. Hamza – I think Dutch Designer was only stating his architectural preference and nothing to do with Muslims or Islam from the wording of his statement.

    2. Well every person has their own taste, I personally really love Faisal Masjid Building, Islamabad ,Pakistan.
      I been to that building if you go and look at the building then you will realise how beautiful it is, its not just outside inside and from far away (mountains view) its a piece of beauty.
      I think you are judging the book from its cover !
      the person who designed this building, designer even won the price as well.

    3. I agree with You, There is some significance behind the Doom & Minarets. the latest architects are showing there creativity in wrong place.The traditional mosque design are the best.

  2. Very good collection. But hoped to see some mosque from Bangladesh too. Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, has many many mosque. Dhaka is known as ‘City of Mosque’ for this reason. Thanks for the nice collection.

      1. That is very bad Aamir, Islam doesn’t allow any sort of discrimination,
        Well Its Shame on us Muslim who don’t have unity!
        You shouldn’t see who is bagali or Pakistani or Indian, All Muslim are brother /sister.

        I am sure you meant as joke but try to Love every Muslim nation, without taking piss on others, every person makes difference.

        Salaam
        Khan

      2. I agree with Fas Khan, aamir stop being so arrogant, very rude and unnecessary and will get you nowhere in life.

    1. Dome of the Rock is not Al-Aqsa Mosque. Both are actually very near each-other and every time Al-Aqsa Mosque is mentioned in the media they keep showing Dome of the Rock and that is why, I think, even Muslims confuse it these days.

      Thanks for this breathtaking collection Noupe!

    1. U r right,
      These collection are superb and awesom.
      Thanx a lot.
      Please share other information reagrding Muslim background.

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