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Top 18 Largest Mosques of the WorldBy: Syed Naeemuddin GilaniEmail: [email protected]

1. Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaMasjid al-Haram is the largest masjid in the world. Located in the city of Mecca, it surrounds the Kaaba, theplace which Muslims worldwide turn towards while offering daily prayers and is Islams holiest place. Thecurrent structure covers an area of 4,008,020 square metres (990.40 acres) including the outdoor and indoorpraying spaces and can accommodate up to four million Muslim worshippers during the Hajj period, one of thelargest annual gatherings of people in the world.
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2. Al-Masjid al-NabawiAl-Masjid al-Nabawi Masjid of the Prophet), often called the Prophets Mosque, is a mosque situated in the cityof Medina. As the final resting place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, it is considered the second holiest sitein Islam by both Shia and Sunni Muslims (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca) and is the secondlargest mosque in the world.


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3. Imam Reza ShrineImam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imm Ridha, the eighthImam of Twelver Shiites and known as third largest masjid of the world. Also contained within the complexinclude: the Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, four seminaries, a cemetery, the Razavi University ofIslamic Sciences, a dining hall for pilgrims, vast prayer halls, and other buildings.


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4. Isi!lal MasjidIstiqlal Masjid, or Masjid Istiqlal, in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia in term ofcapacity to accommodate people. However in term of building structure and land coverage, Istiqlal is the largestin Southeast Asia and fourth largest in the world. This national mosque of Indonesia was built to commemorateIndonesian independence, as nations gratitude for Allah Pak Rabbul Alamins blessings; the independence ofIndonesia. Therefore the national mosque of Indonesia was named Istiqlal, an Arabic word for Independence.


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". #he Hassan II MasjidLocated in Casablanca is the largest masjid in Moroccoand the fifth largest mosque in the world. Designed bythe French architect Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues. [1] It stands on a promontory looking out to theAtlantic, which can be seen through a gigantic glass floor with room for 25,000 worshippers. A further 80,000can be accommodated in the mosques adjoining grounds for a total of 105,000 worshippers present at any giventime at the Hassan II mosque. Its minaret is the worlds tallest at 210 m (689 ft).


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$. %aisal Masjid, Islamabad, &a'isan

The Faisal Masjid in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the sixth largest mosque inthe world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when overtaken in size by the completionof the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram of Mecca andthe Al-Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth place interms of size. Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan. It has a covered area of 5,000 m 2

(54,000 sq ft) and has a capacity to accommodate approximately 300,000 worshippers (100,000 in its main

prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds).


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(. )adshahi Masjid, *ah+re, &a'isanThe Badshahi Masjid or the Emperor Mosque in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and SouthAsia and the seventh largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughalera, it is Lahores most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. Capable of accommodating 10,000worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largestmosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of theFaisal Mosque in Islamabad.Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and thefifth largest mosque in the world.


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. Shei'h aed MasjidSheikh Zayed Masjid in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largestmosque in the world. It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first Presidentof the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there. The mosque was officially opened in the Islamic monthof Ramadan in 2007.


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/. 0ama Masjid, elhi, IndiaJama Masjid, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India.Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, and completed in the year 1656AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India and ninth largest mosque in the world. It lies at the originof a very busy central street of Old Delhi, Chandni Chowk. The later name, Jama Masjid, is a reference to theweekly Friday noon congregation prayers of Muslims, Jummah, which are usually done at a mosque, thecongregational mosque. The courtyard of the mosque can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshipers.


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1. )aiul Mu'arram, )anladeshBaitul Mukarram is the national masjid of Bangladesh.Located at the heart of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, themosque was founded during the 1960s. The mosque has a capacity of 30,000, giving it the respectable positionof being the 10th biggest mosque in the world. However the mosque is constantly getting overcrowded. Thisespecially occurs during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which has resulted in the Bangladeshi government

having to add extensions to the mosque, thus increasing the capacity to at least 40,000.


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11. Sulan ab++s 5rand Masjid, 6manIn 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Masjid. A competition for itsdesign took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in 1995. Buildingwork, which was undertaken by Carillion Alawi LLC took six years and four months. The Mosque is built from300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone and eleventh largest mosque in the world. The main musalla (prayer hall) issquare (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above thefloor. The dome and the main minaret (90 metres) and four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the mosqueschief visual features.


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12. Id 7ah Masjid, 8hinaThe Id Kah Masjid is a mosque located in Kashgar, Xinjiang, in the western Peoples Republic of China. It is thelargest mosque in China and twelfth largest mosque in the world. Every Friday, it houses nearly 10,000worshippers and may accommodate up to 20,000. The mosque was built by Saqsiz Mirza in ca. 1442 (althoughit incorporated older structures dating back to 996) and covers 16,800 square meters.


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13. Masjid Neara, MalasiaThe Masjid Negara is the national mosque of Malaysia,located in Kuala Lumpur. It has a capacity of 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres (53,000 m2)of beautiful gardens. The original structure was designed by a three-person team from the Public WorksDepartment UK architect Howard Ashley, and Malaysians Hisham Albakri and Baharuddin Kassim. Originallybuilt in 1965, it is a bold and modern approach in reinforced concrete, symbolic of the aspirations of a thennewly-independent Malaysia. Its key features are a 73-metre-high minaret and an 18-pointed star concrete mainroof. The umbrella, synonymous with the tropics, is featured conspicuously the main roof is reminiscent of an

open umbrella, the minarets cap a folded one. The folded plates of the concrete main roof is a creative solutionto achieving the larger spans required in the main gathering hall. Reflecting pools and fountains spreadthroughout the compound. Masjid Negara known as thirteenth largest mosque in the world.


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14. 5r+zn 8enral +me MasjidAkhmad Kadyrov Grozny Central Dome Masjid is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, and bears thename of Akhmad Kadyrov. The mosque design is based on the Blue Mosque in stanbul. On October 16,2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke andwas with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. This mosque is one of the biggest in Europe. In this mosqueten thousand Muslims can pray at a time and its minarets reach 60m high and is sixteenth largest mosque in theworld.


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1". Sulan Ahmed Masjid, IsanbulThe Sultan Ahmed Masjid is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of theOttoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tilesadorning the walls of its interior. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like manyother mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. While still used as a mosque,the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction. Sultan Ahmed Mosque is known asseventeenth largest mosque in the world.


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16. Al %aeh Masjid 9)ahrain 5rand M+s!ue:The Al-Fateh Masjid also known as Al-Fateh Islamic Center & Al Fateh Grand Mosque is eighteenth of thelargest mosques in the world, capable of accommodating over 7,000 worshippers at a time. he mosque is thelargest place of worship in Bahrain. It is located next to the King Faisal Highway in Juffair, which is a townlocated in the capital city of Manama. The mosque very close to the Royal Bahraini Palace, the residence of theking of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah. The huge dome built on top of the Al-Fatih Mosque is made ofpure fiberglass.


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1(. Masjid e #++ba 95+l Masjid:,7arachi, &a'isanMasjid e Tooba or Tooba Mosque is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Locally, it is also known as the GolMasjid. Masjid e Tooba was built in 1969 in Defense Housing Society, Karachi is nineteenth largest mosque inthe world. It is located just off main Korangi Road. Masjid e Tooba is often claimed to be the largest singledome mosque in the world. It is also major tourist attraction in Karachi. Masjid e Tooba is built with pure whitemarble. The dome of the Masjid e Tooba is 72 meters (236 feet) in diameter, and is balanced on a lowsurrounding wall with no central pillars. Masjid e Tooba has a single minaret standing 70 meters high. Thecentral prayer hall has a capacity of 5,000 people. It has been built keeping acoustics in mind. A person

speaking inside one end of the dome can be heard at the other end. This mosque was designed by Pakistaniarchitect Dr Babar Hamid Chauhan.


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1. Al-A!sa Masjid, 0erusalemAl-Aqsa Masjid also known as al-Aqsa, is an Islamic holyplace in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site that includes the mosque (along with the Dome of the Rock) is alsoreferred to as al-Haram ash-Sharif or Sacred Noble Sanctuary, a site also known as the Temple Mount, theholiest site in Judaism, the place where the First and Second Temples are generally accepted to have stood.Widely considered as the third holiest site in Islam, Muslims believe that the prophet Saiyeedul MursaleenImamul mursaleen Khwatamun Nabiyeen, Noor-i-Mujassam, Habibullah Huzur-i-Pak Swall-Allahu Alaihi WaSallam was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey. Islamic

tradition holds that Akhiri Rasul, Noor-e-Mujassam, Habeebullah, Huzur Pak Swallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam ledprayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when Allah Pak Rabbul Alaminordered him to turn towards the Kaaba.

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