most beautiful mosques in the world

Built in 1912 in the city of Alor Setar, capital of the Malaysian state, Kedah, the Zahir mosque has been voted among the top ten most beautiful mosques in the world. We just don

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Now pay attention because this was originally a Christian church built by the Visigoths possibly somewhere around 400 AD but then sometime in the Middle Ages it was made into an Islamic mosque and then later, after the Reconquista, which is about 800 years of stuff happening in the Iberian Peninsula

The Bursa Mosque is built with twenty domes and has one of the finest examples of Islamic calligraphy anywhere in the world. It

Somehow, you tend not to connect Islam and barbecued lobster on the beach. It may come as a surprise then (or maybe not), to hear that the first mosque in Australia was built in Marree, South Australia, possibly as early as 1861. It has a certain Australian feel to it.

Built in the 16th century the Qolsarif mosque was the largest mosque in Russia for about twenty minutes until it was destroyed by Ivan the Terrible during the storming of Kazan in the 16th century. In 1996 though, it was rebuilt. So take that, Mr. Terrible! It

Built in 2008 out of steel, glass, and crystal, the Crystal Mosque is on the small side for Islamic houses of worship, and only holds around 1500 people. By church standards, though, it

Located in Regent

Founded in 742 it is the oldest and possibly best known mosque in all of China. Unlike most of the mosques listed here, apart from that one in Australia, the Great Mosque is unique in that it is completely Chinese in its architecture and design. Although a popular tourist stop, it is still actively used as a place of worship by Chinese Muslims

Sure, you can say your prayers in this mosque, worship according to Islam, face Mecca and all that good stuff, but if you