Famous mosques
- Masjid al-Haram; Mecca, Saudi Arabia - holiest site in Islam[61]
- Masjid al-Nabawi; Medina, Saudi Arabia - second-holiest site in Islam[62]
- Al-Aqsa Mosque; Jerusalem, Israel/Palestinian territories (disputed) - third-holiest site in Islam[63]
- Al-Azhar Mosque; Cairo, Egypt
- Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque; Damascus, Syria - Tomb of Zaynab bint Ali
- Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque; Damascus, Syria - Tomb of Fatimah the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali
- Umayyad Mosque; Damascus, Syria
- Imam Ali Mosque; Najaf, Iraq - Tomb of the First Shī`a Imām, 'Ali ibn Abī Tālib
- Imam Husayn Mosque; Karbala, Iraq - Tomb of the Third - Twelver Shī`a Imām, Husayn ibn Ali
- Al Kadhimiya Mosque; Kadhimayn, Iraq - Tomb of the Seventh Shī`a Imām, Musa al-Kadhim and the Ninth Shī`a Imām, Muhammad at-Taqi
- Al Askari Mosque; Samarra, Iraq - Tomb of the Tenth Shī`a Imām, `Alī an-Naqi and the Eleventh Shī`a Imām, Hasan al-`Askarī
- Imam Ridha Mosque; Mashad, Iran - Tomb of the Eighth Shī`a Imām, 'Ali ar-Ridha
- Fatimah al-Ma'sumah Mosque; Qom, Iran - Tomb of Fatimah al-Ma'sūmah, sister of the Eighth Shī`a Imām, 'Ali ar-Ridha
- Hacı Bayram Mosque; Ankara, Turkey [1]
- Faisal Mosque; Islamabad, Pakistan - largest mosque in the world, in area[64]
- Badshahi Masjid; Lahore, Pakistan - largest Mughal Empire mosque
- Mezquita; Córdoba, Spain - tenth century Moorish place of worship, now a Roman Catholic cathedral
- Hagia Sophia; Istanbul, Turkey - former cathedral; mosque from 1453 to 1935[65]
- Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque); Istanbul, Turkey - built across from the Hagia Sophia
- Shah Mosque; Isfahan, Iran - commissioned by Shah Abbas I
- Jama Masjid; Delhi, India - one of India's largest mosques[66]
- Mother Mosque of America; Cedar Rapids, Iowa - the oldest mosque in North America
- Huaisheng Mosque Over 1,300 years old, one of the oldest mosques in China.
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Mosque with the world second largest Carpet and Chandelier (Sheikh Zayed Mosque now holds these records)
- Istiqlal Mosque; Jakarta the largest mosque in Southeast Asia
- Masjid Agung Demak, the first mosque in Java, Demak, Central Java
- Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco, contains the world's largest minaret.
