Masjid Al Haram , Mecca , Saudi Arabia
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid. The primary purpose of the mosque is to serve as a place where Muslims can come together for prayer. Nevertheless, mosques are known around the world nowadays for their general importance to the Muslim community as well as their demonstration of Islamic architecture.
Which one of these mosques you’ve ever visited?
Imam Mosque, Isfahan , Iran
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Grand Mosque, Rome, Italy
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Jamia mosque, Nairobi, Kenya
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Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca , Morocco
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Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Golden Mosque, Manila, Philippine
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Al Fateh Grand Mosque, Doha, Qatar
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Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
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Umayyad Mosque, Damascus , Syria
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Great mosque , Paris , France
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Khatam Al Ambiya Mosque, Beirut , Lebanon
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Jami Ul Alfar Mosque, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Great Mosque , Xi’an, China
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Canterbury Mosque, New Zealand
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The Great Mosque of Cordoba , Spain
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Masjid Ubudiah, Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia
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Qubba al Sakhrah and Al Aqsa Mosque , Jerusalem , Occupied Palestine
April 20, 2008 at 8:21 pm
These photos remind me that Islam really does live throughout the whole world, in peace and glory, at least here in these mosques, which are, indeed, the most beautiful in the world. I hope to visit some of them before my earthly life is over. I’ve seen Masjid al Haram, in Mecca, many times, and it is most beautiful. I ‘ve been blessed to have seen the Umayyid Mosque in Damascus, and the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. Thank you for collecting thse magnificent photos.
April 20, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I’ve visited Masjid al Haram, in Mecca, the Umayyid Mosque in Damascus, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul and the Great Mosque of Cordoba , Spain.
Beautiful pictures, great post.
April 20, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I wonder what is the state of heart/mind of the architects, workers, engineers who are involved in these projects. The sense of achievement must be much higher then usual.
My personal favorite is the great Qurtaba or Cordaba mosque of Spain. And the sad part is no Muslim is allowed to offer prayers in it.
@ Shahrzad
have you read Allama Iqbal’s famous poem on this mosque?
April 20, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Marahm, Welcome. You remind us a good point. Still there are many beautiful masjids that i didnt post. Sultan Ahmad mosque is in my list to do visit.
~W~, Thank you. Along with Umayyad, Masjid al Haram and Imam mosque, i visited Khatam Al Anbiya masjid in Beirut too. I wish i can travel to spain someday. Alot to see there.
aMmAr, Sure it is. That’s why in Islamic architecture, always masjid comes to be the most beautiful place. I’ve not heard that poem. Share with us here..
April 20, 2008 at 11:45 pm
To all, Plz check your Akismat box. I left many comments for all. But they go to akismat box.
April 21, 2008 at 1:37 am
Assalamu’alaikum
Great posting. I plan to visit King Hassan Mosque in Casablanca on my way back soon. I am from Malaysia, so I had visited Ubudiah Mosque in Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia.
Hope you continue your great posting Thank you
April 21, 2008 at 1:41 am
yes: you’re ending up in my Akismat at the moment.
I know you’re surprised but I haven’t been to the mosque at Cordoba yet. If you go to Spain we’ll go together! and to the Alhambra too. I didn’t know muslims aren’t allowed to pray there! That seems very weird. Just pretend you’re catholic! And drop your handbag, or something.
I love the blue mosque in Istanbul, and the Khatam al Ambiya in Beirut. and the masjid al Haram in Mecca.
April 21, 2008 at 6:40 am
That is a beautiful post. Thanks!
April 21, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Haha I couldn’t believe when I saw the Canterbury mosque there, that’s where I usually go for Friday prayers (well it is the only mosque here). It is very tiny, but how cool is it to have a mosque in a city called “Christchurch”.
Oh and you can add the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, it is very impressive in my opinion.
http://www.persian-carpet.info/assets/largestcarpet.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23187778@N03/sets/72157604652223814/
April 21, 2008 at 2:02 pm
mamadou, I would like to have a trip to morocco too.
Aafke, Ah i believe you. Just wait i take this netherland VISA. LOL
Achelois, Thank you.
Ali, Waw, what a mosque is Sultan Qabus. Is that in Oman? Its very beautiful. It has the largest carpet and largest chandelier in the world.
AnywayI know i lost many other beautiful mosques in my post.
I searched for a mosque in Australia. But i just found a historical prayer room. Is there any mosque in Australia? I would like to find a mosque in US too..
April 21, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Ali, those are awsome photos!
Shahrazad: I give you a link to this great photo of a mosque in Hollnad, nothing spectacular, but so weird: dutch houses, dutch cyclist, and an oriental building!
http://www.minbuza.nl/nl/reizenlanden/welkom/Nederland/fotoalbum,gal_samenleving.html?page=1&photo=detail
April 21, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Aafke, Waw its beautiful aafke. Interesting how they make mosque based on the common architecture of the region. Very interesting indeed. Like the mosque in China, is completely chinese style.
April 21, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Its good idea. every body has a link of mosque in his area, plz share with us. Thank you..
Links of above mosques in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Al-Haram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Xi%27an
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Mosque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Mosque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam_Mosque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_II_Mosque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque
Some other info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque
April 21, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Thanks for this beautiful post!
I had the utmost pleasure to see three of them …
1 – the “Imam Mosque” in Isfahan,
2 – the “Blue Mosque” in Istanbul, and
3 – the “Al Aqsa Mosque” as well as the “Dome of the Rock” in Jerusalem.
All of them are absolute FANTASTIC and of mindboggling beauty!
Are you upset if I clarify something? The picture you show is NOT the “Al Aqsa Mosque” in Jerusalem … it shows the magnificent “Dome of the Rock” or “Qubbat al Saccara”! (I did post once about it).
Both are located only some (I’m bad in guessing) 100 meters apart on the “Temple Mount” or “Haram as Sharif”!
April 21, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Karin, Thank you for clarifying. I knew that Ghubba Al Sakhrah is not a mosque. But i just like its architecture more than Al Aqsa mosque which is almost next to it. I would like to visit both of them someday insha’allah.
April 21, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Hehe unfortunately we can’t with our passport Shahrzad, at least not in this time and age.
Oh and the Grand Mosque is in Muscat, Oman.. it’s actually very close to my house
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) both records have been since surpassed by Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Zayed_Mosque
It looks amazing , I only saw it from far away and that was while it was still under construction.
Oh and for a list of mosques in NZ: http://www.fianz.co.nz/islamiccentres_content.php#chc
(couldn’t really find good pictures of the mosques)
April 21, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Sorry for double post, I forgot to add this link for Sheikh Zayed Mosque:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563029590aChQfa
April 21, 2008 at 5:53 pm
oh you must include the grand mosque at PutraJaya!
April 21, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Beautiful Mosques sharzad. I might take a picture of our local mosque and link it here when i get round to it!
April 21, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Ali, Where you can not travel with your passport? Australia you mean, or Palestine?
Thank you so much for links. I like Zayed mosque too.
Haleem, I know that mosque. My uncle sent me some fotos of that. Amazing.
Here the link: http://www.shajasa.com.my/travel/images/putrajaya_mosque_night.jpg
Abdul, waiting to see your skillful fotos of the local mosque.
April 21, 2008 at 9:48 pm
these mosques r all so gorgeous! mashallah
April 21, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Nooo … the “Dome of the Rock IS(!) a mosque and MANY people go there for prayer … I mean those who are allowed by the IOF! It is an intolerable situations …
I wish we could go together one day … I’d love to!
April 21, 2008 at 9:55 pm
M&M, Indeed
Karin, From what i read, the whole area is considered as a place for prayer. Qubba Al Sakhrah, Masjid Al Aqsa and the yard..Do you remember Imam Mosque in Isfahan? It has a place for telling Adhan and the dome works as a loudspeaker. Very amazing.
April 21, 2008 at 9:55 pm
here are the few links that you might find useful;
http://members.aol.com/javaidk809/qurtaba/qurtaba1.htm
http://real-politique.blogspot.com/2008/01/masjid-e-qurtaba-by-allama-mohammad.html
April 21, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Ah aMmAr, Thank you so much for these links. The fotos there are very high quality.
April 21, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Been to the mosques in Pakistan – Lahore. Nowhere else really
April 21, 2008 at 11:59 pm
How beautiful! I would love to visit these to experience being there in person especially al Aqsa – I love it.
April 22, 2008 at 4:55 am
Visited only one, But the best Masjid Al-Haram, Mecca.
I remember my first time, I saw Haram. It was way beyond words…. !!!
April 22, 2008 at 6:00 am
lovely pictures, shahzarad…truly beautiful…your blog is always a delightful experience…thank you for being here…
peace unto you…
April 22, 2008 at 7:25 am
lovely and next time i kunjungi tempat itu
April 24, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Asalam well done my brothers and sisters, nice to see the spirit of ISLAM live and well around the world.
April 24, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Architecturally, the Blue Mosque is my favorite. The one I would most like to see in person is Al Aqsa though. I dig how many of the mosques retain much of the look and feel of the countries that they are in, especially the Chinese one. Wonderful collage of pictures Shahzarad. You certainly bring the World to your readers with posts such as these.
April 25, 2008 at 9:20 am
Hay !!
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Where is Aleppo….?! plus our Umayyad Mosjid is way too beautiful than Damascus, I’m talking for real
April 25, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I’ve been to the mosques mentioned in Palestine, Syria, France, Spain, Turkey, Morocco and Lebanon. My favourite it is al Aksa Mosque in Al Quds. It is interesting, but many think the Dome of the Rock is al Aksa Mosque, but it isnt. Al Aksa Mosque is a small mosque near it.
April 26, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I have visited Masjidil Haram, it’s surely the best place to be in
Strangely but I still havent been in the Ubudiah mosque in Malaysia (because it’s in a state I only went twice).. but we do have many other beautiful mosques around here.
April 27, 2008 at 2:04 am
I have visited Badshahi mosque in Lahore Pakistan. It is the most beautiful mosque i’ve personally been to in my life, and the only one i’ve gone to out of the United States. There are so many of them I would love to visit. the pictures are breathtaking and thanks for sharing.
‘Asma Bibi
April 27, 2008 at 2:18 am
BismillaharRahmanirRahim
as-salaamu ‘alaikum. masjid al-faisal, is just scary, that one looks like something out of a bad dream rather than jannat.
-Saifuddin
April 27, 2008 at 7:48 am
I can’t believe this thread is lacking pictures from Dubai. Excellent post, none the less!
April 28, 2008 at 7:44 pm
These all look very beautiful. Thanks for sharing them.
April 30, 2008 at 7:08 am
One of the most beautiful mosques that I visited in my life is Madrassat Al Sultan Hassan in Egypt. When I walked in, it felt really peaceful. I just wanted to sit down and reflect on everything. Here are some pictures but the pictures don’t do justice
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/hassanmosque.htm
I really want to visit Iran and see the mosques there, especially in Esfahan.
May 1, 2008 at 12:40 am
salam
I just found your blog while googling around at 2 am while experiencing sort of insomnia
Great looking homepage
I’ll check later, if I don’t forget your URL
May 15, 2008 at 8:44 pm
what a great pictures which are not seen before.I love these pictures
May 20, 2008 at 7:43 pm
beautiful pics, you’ve got one from my country too (Sri Lanka) yay!!!!
PS what abt Masjidun Nabwi?
May 25, 2008 at 9:02 am
salam alikum my name is muhammed from Afghanistan i have been to Imam mosque
June 6, 2008 at 7:33 pm
what abt masjid al nabwi and mosques in the uae>
http://www.safiyyah.geloo.co.uk/images/Madina.jpg
http://bp1.blogger.com/_TSVfBuidS6A/Rl0XyXjZveI/AAAAAAAAAQM/uwTCiTU1b8E/s1600-h/Mosque+001_Edit.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/31443293.ikvHujCB.abudhabi090.jpg
the 2nd one looks beautiful at night..
June 19, 2008 at 8:46 am
Allhamdulilah, very beautiful architecture. Looking at the variation of the architectural style of the diff mosques makes me wonder of the influence. Circular structures being of an eastern influence, Square being of a western one. Regardless of what the mosque may look like, its what goes on inside that is important. In my humble opinion the true mosque should be in the heart not in a man made structure.
June 26, 2008 at 8:33 am
Allahu Akbar…
Allahu Akbar…
Allahu Akbar…!!!
June 26, 2008 at 8:36 am
http://cokiehti.wordpress.com/category/artikel/subhannallahmasjidil-haram-berkilauan-dari-udara/
June 30, 2008 at 10:15 am
ASSALAMU ALAYKUM
MOST BEAUTIFUL PICS. I LIKE ALL. AND LOOKING FOR MORE PICTURES.
THANKS
July 6, 2008 at 5:48 am
well i love all mosques. all mosques have their own style and all are beautifull. i think of course mecca is the most important and greatest mosque in the world. the mosque of prophet muhammad sas in al madina is also great. but the al aqsa mosque and the dome of rock are also wonderfull and very traditional. muhammad sas went to the heavens from the dome of rock.. from the modern mosques i really like the Hassan 2. mosque in morocco al maghrib.. it’s known as the second largest mosque in the world after mecca and it’s minarett is 210 meters high. it was build over the atlantic ocean. It stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic, which can be seen through a gigantic glass floor. Built on reclaimed land, almost half of the surface of the mosque lies over the Atlantic water. This was inspired by the verse of the Qur’an that states “the throne of God was built on the water”. Part of floor of this facility is glass so worshippers can kneel directly over the sea; above, spotlights shine at night from the top of the minaret toward Mecca. if u take a look at the pics from wikipedia from inside and outside that it’s a bit suprising that allmost all muslims here on this thread do not recognize what a great and wonderfull mosque it is mashallah.
July 6, 2008 at 5:53 am
by the was i forgott the to post the link where u can see pics of the great mosque in Al-Dar al-Bayda or how non arabs use to say casablanca..
Al-Dar al-Bayda
jazakallah khair
salam wa aleikum
July 8, 2008 at 2:44 pm
subhanallah.. ck ck ck
July 17, 2008 at 5:53 am
it was nice to go through all your pc and posting !
I hope to read more here!
July 20, 2008 at 6:22 pm
ALLAHU AKBAR , IS A VERY SHAMEFUL TO US MUSLIMS THAT PRAYERS WHERE NOT PERTISIPATING IN THAT MOSQUE OF SPAIN
July 21, 2008 at 12:34 pm
to the owner of this page. i would like to ask is that all most beautiful mosque in the world?? what about the Jame’Asr Hassanil Mosque that located in Borneo Island in Brunei Darussalam? what do you think?? anyone.. please give a respond.. thank you…
July 21, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I was surprised and pleased to see Trinidad & Tobago on the list. That mosque is in La Joya, right on the Eastern Main Road, so I see it all the time, and it really is a beauty. I love to see all of the mosques on your list though, they’re gorgeous.
July 22, 2008 at 7:50 am
Can you post this picture plz: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkaarriimm/386731384/
This is 1 of beautiful mosques in Russia.
July 25, 2008 at 5:25 am
[...] under Uncategorized OK it’s an old post, but it was new to me; Shahrzad has a post about the most beautiful mosques in the World and the images are breathtaking. I don’t even know if I could pick a favourite [...]
July 28, 2008 at 9:48 pm
SubahanAllah! its so beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! I proud to be a Muslim..
To sharzad, do you agree that islam culture dont come from human hand but its come from “dust from heaven”?
August 4, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I am so proudly in islam. since we are not seeing out of the world which was situated the holy mosques and now we can see that all over the mosques
I hope that shahrzaad.wordpress.com will be successfully in the future to open all of muslim world….
August 4, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing these with us! I hope one day to visit many of these mosques. I only have been to a few.
Thank you
August 15, 2008 at 8:46 pm
So where is The Masid Alnabi in Medinna?
August 16, 2008 at 10:58 pm
salam its very nice pics of mosque
August 16, 2008 at 11:05 pm
very beautiful. tnx
August 18, 2008 at 7:06 pm
tq for sharing it with us all.. and it’s great to see that you have pictures of mosque from my country,Malaysia.. i would like to tell you that i’m gonna used some of the pictures for my work.. jazakallah..
August 19, 2008 at 10:12 am
Good very Good Butt as early as possible you can add Masque -E – NABVI( PBUH). I am very happy to see this picture. we must be share with each other this things for the muslim publisity. People know about the muslim heritage.
August 20, 2008 at 6:04 am
The Golden Mosque in Manila does not look like the one in the picture. The Picture might be another mosque in the Philippines, but it certainly is not the one in Manila.
August 21, 2008 at 10:35 am
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August 21, 2008 at 10:46 am
merc
August 22, 2008 at 1:55 am
Beautiful tx
August 23, 2008 at 11:02 am
“Imam Mosque, Isfahan , Iran” is the best mosque in world
August 27, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Thanks for this beautiful photos. but why isn’t masjed al nabi in medina in your list??????
August 28, 2008 at 10:47 am
hello . They are beautiful . I can not tell any thing T all of theme are great .
August 30, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Alslam alikom to all of the mulims of the world.
I think this mosque are the majesty points of Islam and I really enjoyed. but still think that no mosque can compete masjid al haram. god bless you.
August 31, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Isn’t the 6th mosque suppose to be the Jami-Asri Mosque from Brunei not philippines? How do I know? Cause I see it nearly everyday. heheh, please correct.
September 2, 2008 at 11:40 am
LOVELY THESE PICTURES ARE I LOVE ALL OF THEM. CAN YOU PUT ONE OF AFGHANISTAN, OUR MOST FAMOUS IS MAZIR SHARIF MOSQUE, I FEEL LEFT OUT.
September 9, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Masha-Allah
They are all magnificient!!!
September 14, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Mosque no. 7 is not in Manila or anywhere in the Philippines. It’s in Brunei Darussalam, a wealthy country located in Borneo Island. Also there’s another mosque in Brunei Darussalam named ‘Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien’. It’s considered one of the most magnificent mosques in the WORLD. Anyway, thank you for posting such great pictures of Mosques! I’m proud to be a Muslim too. May Allah bless us all borthers and sister in Islam.
September 14, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I mean, brothers not borthers. Sorry for the typo. Salam~
September 17, 2008 at 2:54 pm
WoW !! I would love to visit all of these mosques someday… so far ive only been to one… and i cant believe ive been in Qatar for a whole year and never heard of Al Fateh Grand Mosque! it looks so beautiful on top of the water….
Did u no that the mosque in Cordoba has a great history… it actually started as a mosque then became a church then returned to a mosque…. if u look at the towers you can see the change in the architectural design…. from arabic to european to arabic…. its quite intense!!!
September 26, 2008 at 1:13 am
plz send me sum good and islamic things jazakalallah…
September 30, 2008 at 11:19 am
Thanks for all the great pictures of mosques. They are really excellent.
October 2, 2008 at 10:03 pm
It would be lovely if you could include the Jumu’ah Masjid in South Africa. It’s more than a 100 years old and is the largest mosque in the Southern Hemisphere, takes up to 5000 people
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you have a lovely and informative blog……great going!
))
October 6, 2008 at 7:54 pm
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooooooow thy r sooo beautiiiiful! this shows what great architects muslims r! i wish i could visit all of them
October 18, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Shahrzad,
I see that we have posted a common subject with similar pictures! I received them through an email. But anyway, good luck!
October 18, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Parsin, It was my post that had been emailed to you. Bcs my post had been linked in Balatarin.com and later several sites and weblogs linked to it. Suddenly i got an explosion in my Stat. This post is related to April and has had 20’000 visitors till now.. I’d picked fotos one by one by own in the net and different websites by searching name of the mosques..
October 19, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Shahrzad,
It was taken care of.
I gave the credit to you in that post!!
Cheers!
October 19, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Thank you Parsin.
November 18, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Dear Shahrzad,
I think it is a great job you have done and collect very nice pictures of Moques, I am sure you are aware that we do have more nice pictures too, Herat Mosque in Afghanistan, Ahlul Kahf Mosque in Jordan, Musala in Tehran, Iran. can you please hadd some pictures from above mentioned places too.
I can contribte some pictures if you want.
if you want let me know through my email.
thanks
November 18, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Abdul Mujeeb, Thank you for your comment. Actually there are many many masajid that i could not mention all of them in one post. I thought it’s better way everyone add links of mosques he knows here.
If you have links of those masajid you metioned, add them in a comment here to the post.
November 22, 2008 at 12:19 am
Where is masjid al nabi from saudi arabia, madinah
November 22, 2008 at 12:20 am
apart from that masaallah it beautful
November 25, 2008 at 9:45 am
Dear Shahrazaad
I like very much that you gathered such beatufil photos from of Mosques, and the fact that they come from all over the Muslim world …
I had an idea a while ago to spread the Muslim culture and make us all feel united to have an album of pictures from the muslim world.
I have a web album on Picasa (a service from google)
and if you download Google screen saver you can point it to this album so such mice photos will be shown …
And the beautiful things is that if you computer is on the internet it will check for new photos as added ; so you screen saver will always show new photos.
So , I am interested in copying the pics of Mosques you provided here … but thier resolution is too small. Can you tell me where is the source of them on the web.
_
P.S. the address of my photo feed is
http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/iymanb?alt=rss&kind=album&hl=en_US
Regards
iymanb @ msn . com
November 29, 2008 at 9:19 pm
AL SALAMO ALIKOM WA RHMAT ALLAH WI BRAKATO.
VERY NICE PICTURES FOR GREAT MASJEDS ALL OVER THE WORLD,BUT WHERE IS AL MASJED AL NABWI IN MADINA PHOTO ?
I THINK IT HAS TO BE NUBER 2 IN THIS COLLECTION.
THANK YOU AND MY BEST REGARDS TO YOU.
(U HAVE A VERY NICE BLOG,I ENJOYED IT)
November 30, 2008 at 8:08 am
asalamu alikum thank you for the great pictures may allah bless you with a house in jannah insha allah
December 2, 2008 at 8:07 pm
great pictures, brought back so many memories, I hope to add Iran to those memories soon Insha-Allah, cant wait!!
My favourite it Masjid Al Aqsa, the most tranquil feeling to pray there. Ive visited three harams Sultan Ahmet, Ummayad, mosques in Doha, Morrocco, Syria. I think the chinese masjid is simply beautiful, showing how religion and culture blend so well.
December 5, 2008 at 11:38 am
Assalamu Alaikkum. Allahu Akbar. ALLAH is Greatest. Beautiful architecture. Looking at the variation of the architectural style of the mosques makes me wonder of the influence. I wonder what is the state of heart/mind of the architects, workers, engineers who are involved in these projects. The sense of achievement must be much higher then usual. My personal favorite is the great mosque Jami Ul Alfar Mosque, Colombo, Sri Lanka
December 8, 2008 at 9:08 am
Definitely the work ppl put into these would definitely help other feel inspired and bow before God.
December 10, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Allah does not exist.
December 14, 2008 at 7:43 am
well, it was great to can expression my felling about mosqoue which we know it is used to pray to Alloh s.w.t as the holiest Alloh house. and know wee see many beautiful and luxirious mosque but the people whos pray for hisself too little than before, and little by little their Iman was abrasive by the modern and become mosqoue as a symbolic, that is not good, thegreat mosque is if all of the human being always come and keep in pray there not be admiring it.
December 22, 2008 at 5:56 am
thank u 4 such beautitiful pics
i ‘ll also remind the world that “they r in the lead but dont worry palestine will be ours soon inshaallah”
January 4, 2009 at 4:14 am
Asalamu alaykom to all muslims who can read this message.
let us invoke Allah to help us from this endless chaos that happen between muslims countries and yahodi(la’nahumullah).And let us strength our faith and ask for forgiveness.
UHIBBUKUM FILLAH…
pHILIPINNES.
January 4, 2009 at 9:29 pm
god bless u
January 9, 2009 at 12:40 am
Salam,
Dear you have perhaps forgotten one of the very very important MOSQUE. that is MASJID E NABWI.
January 11, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Allah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!is a world who comes in my heart beat
January 15, 2009 at 8:24 am
the last picture is the picture of al sakhrah mosque.
not al aqsa. why caption it with 2 different names?
January 23, 2009 at 2:14 pm
am nigerian am very greatiful for seeing the holy mosque of al aeqsa occupied by the muslim of palestine, also what of nation mosque of nigeria. thank for more concern. may ALLAH reward us with aljannah,,,,, AMIN
January 24, 2009 at 9:47 pm
A wonderful information and amazing pictures
Blessings to you
May Allah The Almighty shower his blessings on you
Uma Maheswar Nakka
January 29, 2009 at 7:36 am
I saw one from Trinidad.I could not control the pleasure I felt.I was born in Trinidad and did not even know that this mosque existed.I feel proud to be a muslim.
February 22, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I am not a Muslim, but I am utterly fascinated by Islamic architecture. It really pulls my soul, heart, and mind…
I have not been to any masjid in person, but hope to some time before my time on Earth has expired.
Thank you for your posts!!!!!!
February 25, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Very beautiful pictures Shahrzad….thank you for sharing.
~ Mythos
http://mindofmythos.wordpress.com/
February 26, 2009 at 8:35 am
Masha-Allah, a great work by posting pictures of the required thoughts when one logs-in to the internet for mosque pictures. Full marks to you. It is indeed a bliss of work what you have done, may allah influence you with exuberant energy to offer requirment in spreading islam in all forms of modernity too. Am indeed thankful that you have created a webpage. Am actually lost for words you are much more apprecative and importantly we must be thankful for your perseverence in the intrests of islam.
February 26, 2009 at 8:42 pm
A very pretty mosque in Romania, would like share with you and visitors here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dancretu/3263887738/
February 27, 2009 at 11:07 am
Now that is an interesting mosque Karim.
~ Mythos
http://mindofmythos.wordpress.com/
March 1, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Excellent.
Thanks for such a post.
March 2, 2009 at 11:52 am
I want to make one correction; the golden mosque do not belong to Philippine but it is belong to Brunei Darussalam in Borneo. How i know? Because i lived in that country. Pls make correction. Thanks
March 3, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Wonderful work.
the wonderful latest Holy Mosque in Muscat at Sultanate Of Oman is the latest one and is really a splendor to the Eyes and Heart. The please gives real divine, holy and pleasant condition to the body and mind.
Apologies if my writting is not in islamic standard, because I am a Hindu, BUT HONORS AND RESPECTS ALL RELIGIONS Thanks.
My blessings to you
May the blessings of The Almighty Allah shower on you
Uma Maheswar Nakka
March 8, 2009 at 6:49 pm
these are good mosques.
March 24, 2009 at 9:13 am
Correctiön for the Golden Mosque. . . Actually it located in Brunei Darussalam not in Philipines named Masjid Jame’ Asr’ Hassanal Bolkiah. .
March 30, 2009 at 10:46 am
I’ve visited Masjid in Madinnah and in Mecca
great posting dear sis
salam from Indonesia
April 17, 2009 at 8:52 pm
i cannot believe you left out the blue mosque in Mazar, Northern Afghanistan.
http://integrator.hanscom.af.mil/2005/April/04282005/Blue%20Mosque%20at%20Mazar-e-Sharif.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1041/862560329_a9bcba7deb.jpg
http://media.nowpublic.net/images/4b/c/4bcce4aaca4cddf09a2c31d8ea9550d1.jpg
but all these mosques are magnificant!
May 14, 2009 at 2:41 am
All magnificant Mosques, however one glaring error! The Mosque labelled as being in the Philippines is actually Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Wadullah Mosque, in Bandar Seri Begawan, BRUNEI DARUSALLAM. Have been in it and also have been to Manila and am positive this is correct!!!
May 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
i think islamabad is most beautiful masjid
May 30, 2009 at 2:16 am
This is not El Aqsa and originally this was not a mosque.
Built by Omar over the stone where Abraham intended to sacrifice his son.El Aqsa is about 200 meters to the east and not so attractive. Kind Abdalla of Jordan (the great grandfather) was assassinated there during Friday prayer.
June 6, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Very magnificent mosques really enjoyed looking at all the different from around the world.
June 9, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Just wanted to tell you that you labelled one of the pictures wrongly. It’s not the golden mosque in manila philippines. That mosque is actually in Brunei. It’s called Jame ‘Asr. I think there’s a longer name tho.
July 1, 2009 at 4:58 pm
They are all beautiful. I love the architecture of both mosques and churches. I have so many pictures of mosques in the different countries I’ve visited. The Blue Mosque in Istanbul (Istanbul has so many amazing mosques!!), the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and the Imam Mosque in Isfahan are all amazing. Egypt also has some beautiful mosques (some that I went to I don’t remember the names of, but the Muhammed Ali Mosque in the Cairo is quite grand).
I found your blog in the winter, actually, and really enjoyed reading your posts. Unfortunately I haven’t been keeping up with it the past couple of months due to some recent travels (I’m also WAY behind on my own blog).
July 5, 2009 at 7:01 am
S/A Shahrzad
i noticed that u didnt mention any word or post any photo about great mosques in Egypt !!!!!!, i wish u might post a pics about mosques in Egypt next time
July 24, 2009 at 5:11 pm
assalamualaikum
I am from INDONESIA, subhanallah…Islam is universal religion and RAHMATALLILALAMIN, there’s no race..theres no country…no matter who you are..we are ONE..,THERE’S NO GOD BUT ALLAH
July 25, 2009 at 3:42 pm
MashaALLAH they r very Beautiful Masjids which i had never seen before…………………..
August 14, 2009 at 7:40 am
Very beautiful. I often spend hours looking at mosques on the internet and you chose a lot of my favorites, but also one of the most beautiful mosques is the Grand Mosque of Touba (my home country of Senegal) Islam is beautiful and inspires beauty in art and in actions. Thank you for this.
August 20, 2009 at 10:31 am
my favourite mosque is qabba
September 2, 2009 at 2:04 am
the last one is not al aqsa its the dome of rock that is NOT AL AQSA
September 15, 2009 at 9:20 am
Dear All !
Mosques are always beautifu if they are small or big but most important is this that we have to full fill these GOD Places 5 Days in a day . Than these will look more beautiful .
May god help us all to offer prayes .
Azhar Abbas
October 7, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Sultanahmet was great and I definitely want to return at sultanahmet in my life—I have to buy that Turkish rug.
October 7, 2009 at 5:59 pm
i have visited every single of the msajid over there mshallah plz do dua for me dat i continue the work of tabligh all around the world
October 7, 2009 at 8:31 pm
These are really very nice Masques. Jis ko dekh kar Iman taza ho jata hai.
October 25, 2009 at 4:47 pm
MashaAllah..
If i’d given the chance, i would love to travel n visit all these mosques!
Allahuakbar.. Muslims do live throughout the world..
October 28, 2009 at 9:35 am
Beautiful and splended mosque of the world. Which show muslims great religion sites.
October 29, 2009 at 3:38 am
Shahzaad are award of the Kuwait. Mosquee for Lahore
Pakistan I am against this? Why Allah says. The mosquee
can be in the garden. We are the mosque so why spend
close to Billion on Mosquee. This my opinion and the copy
cat demeanor. Al Aim is building 70 mosquee in Pakistan
this. To much for me: Al Saud is anticipating a Malik Khalid
masijid in Moltun. Pakistan needs a strong economic
stable government. Shahzaad Oman just open the state
mosquee now. A lager Jummah mosque central Oman.
Shahzaad capcity of 180,000. Style Pesian Fathim influence
by Iran and Central Asia. I say madrass is what the Ummah
needs not all. These mosquee the purpose of mosquee.
Madrass to educated aware Ummah! Not to glorify the
ruler ishallah. Shall make the Ummah aware of the misdeads.
November 11, 2009 at 9:20 am
really very very nice masques Allah hmko namaz parne ki tofik ata farmaye or dunia k har muslman ko khana kaba jane ki tofik ata farmye(Ameen)
November 12, 2009 at 10:55 am
Asalam O Alium
These are very nice and good work plz pray for me Tanks
November 13, 2009 at 10:15 pm
ur realy great and u did great effort
i am realy thankful to you due to this effort i pray for ur long life
November 16, 2009 at 5:00 pm
great pics, hope next time you will show some more beautiful pics
November 16, 2009 at 5:03 pm
mashallah
November 18, 2009 at 5:25 am
you forget about mosque in INDONESIA as largest Moslem country in the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Istiqlal
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesjid_Agung_Demak —> traditional Indonesian mosque (Mesjid in indonesia)
http://veronica-ris.fotografer.net/foto.php?id=774632 –> mosque in East Indonesia region
http://priyadi.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/dian-almahri10.jpg –> Indonesian west java like mosque
and more…
November 23, 2009 at 8:59 pm
subhanallah….all the pictures of the mosques are very beautiful…..but for your information AL-FATEH GRAND MOSQUE is in JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA……………and the correct spelling for MECCA is MAKKAH………
THANKU……..
November 24, 2009 at 5:07 pm
woow what a beautiful pictures i have never seen this much beautiful pictures in the world.i have visited masjide nabwi and masjide haram hey hey i forgot what bout masjidea nabwwi thak you shahrzad……………
November 27, 2009 at 9:04 pm
These mosques are very nice, especially the Dome of the rock mosque in Jeruselam and the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain and it’s funny that there is Islam in Italy and China, I live in Sri Lanka. I’m going to visit the Jami Ul Alfar mosque someday.
November 30, 2009 at 10:41 pm
The Golden Mosque not in Manila Philippines.
The right place is in Brunei (the wealth country in South East Asia). That Mosque also know as Sultan Ali Saifuddien Mosque made from Gold.
December 11, 2009 at 5:37 am
http://www.majestad.wordpress.com –> nice masjid around the world
December 27, 2009 at 10:54 am
Assalammu’alaikum,
I’m from Indonesia, thanks for posting, wow..they are all beautiful!!! Allah Maha Besar! I have visited Masjidil Haram in Mecca, and Masjid Nabawi in Medina, masya Allah! no words can express how I felt, hope to visit them again someday..and also wish I could visit some of the beautiful mosques you posted above before I die..
Wassalammu’alaikum wr.wb
January 7, 2010 at 9:57 am
correction… the mosque no 7 is not Golden Mosque, Manila, Philippine.. the right name is Jame’Asr Hassanil Mosque in Brunei Darussalam.. tq.
January 9, 2010 at 4:02 am
Askm, you would find the most beautiful mosque in Malaysia at rahmanhariri.fotopages.com. It is only about 10 km from Masjid Ubudiah Kuala Kangsar which is featured in your blog.
Great entry.
January 26, 2010 at 8:39 pm
i m impreased to see all pic
February 7, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Assalam o Alakum to all who have visited and are still visiting this page. The grandeur of Islam can be seen its simplicity and natural approach to life and the architecture of Islam is slpendid. I have one point to mention here about these pictures of mosque that these have not been taken in a professional way and these picture to most of the extent fail to show the exact glory of these buildings.
February 10, 2010 at 7:21 am
I M IMPREASED TO SEE ALL PIC
February 21, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Very beautiful picx goog
Jazakallah
February 26, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Beautiful Mosques sharzad. I might take a picture of our local mosque and link it here when i get round to it!
March 4, 2010 at 11:27 am
Dear Areeb Siddique,
Kindly information for u. go through the link n see Masjid e Nabvi Pictures. http://ff.im/gTmop
She didn’t forgot to upload.
March 6, 2010 at 7:34 pm
golden maque in brunei its not in manila pilipine .golden masqe kairong brunei.
March 7, 2010 at 9:53 am
good collection of beautiful masjid . pls include more collection of beautiful masjid in the work.
March 23, 2010 at 2:08 pm
As an african, i was suprised to see such a magnificient mosque in italy so i wondered y the christians and the moslems in Nigeria keep fighting when where the source of these two religions surface complete tolerance!
March 26, 2010 at 3:03 am
What About in Afghanistan
April 7, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Assalam o Alakum to all0.
i want to see some photo about the mosques in USA
think you
April 12, 2010 at 3:31 am
Hello friends …. assalamualaiqum…. its very good attempt …. and i think its help me a lot to design a mosque…. plz pray 4 me…
April 14, 2010 at 12:05 pm
masha Allah
May 3, 2010 at 7:27 pm
i am surprised we rock these masjids aare nice very beutiful
and i have visited makkah and madinah millions of time i saw masjide nabwi and masjide haram because i live in saudia arab.these two mosques are very vety nice very big 3 lAKH PEOPLE CAN PRAY INSIDE
i love these pictures thank you shahrzaad for collecting these holy pictures
May 21, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Salam. I just found out about this page and I’m sorry that would like to make a correction on one of the picture I just saw, that the Golden Mosque is actually in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, and not in Manila Philippine. Thank you.
May 21, 2010 at 9:27 pm
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May 23, 2010 at 3:05 am
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May 27, 2010 at 5:06 pm
i live is islamabad and i pray prayer so many time in faisal mosque, and also is badshahi mosque lahore
June 11, 2010 at 3:49 pm
salam to all the muslims in the world iamproud to be a muslimin ths world.mashaallaha i hav seen my mosque and i hav dicided to visit ths mosqu in my lifeeeeeeeeee one dayyy
July 9, 2010 at 7:46 pm
beautifull, awsome, These words are less expressive for the dignity of these mosques
August 10, 2010 at 6:19 am
Subhanalloh, however when I saw the mosque, they will feel beautiful and comfortable
August 17, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Assalam o Alakum yah i love all beautiful mosques
September 5, 2010 at 2:15 pm
The architecture of mosques varies from region to region. This makes the mosques attreactive places for visitors/ tourists. I would love to visit the Grand Mosque, Rome, Italy.
September 8, 2010 at 4:54 am
There’s a mistake in your naming. The golden mosque of manilla, phillipines is wrong. Its not in the phillipines, its in brunei. Its suppose to be – Masjid Asr’ Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei Darussalam.
September 8, 2010 at 11:40 am
Nice collection.
I have intention to produce a pictorial and informative book on historical mosques of the world and for this purpose i have done photography of Masjid-e-Nabvi (Medina-SA), Masjid-e-Qurtaba (Cordoba-Spain), Blue Mosque (Astanbul-Turkey), Jamea Al-Azher ( Cairo- Egypt) Badshahi Masjid (Lahore-Pakistan) and many more. My next visit is Iran and Central Asia.
If anybody interested in sharing information and images of beautiful mosques, can contact me, my email is: alikhanzahid@yahoo.com
Link of my collection of mosque images is as follow:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zak24/collections/72157600572126654/
October 29, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Its Very Nice Pics I Like Sooo Much,Thanks fr Ths Site, God Bless U Always
November 6, 2010 at 2:52 am
i love the masjid haram …and masjid nabvi …
got high rate for me 
faisal masjid in pakistan and then morroco one …..and istanbol one
November 24, 2010 at 1:12 pm
عكس هاي مسجد جالب و ديدني بودند
باتشكر
December 24, 2010 at 11:56 am
Mashaallah great job, may allah reward you for this beautiful collection of Mosques.
January 14, 2011 at 8:14 am
i love masjid haram and masjid nabvi
February 10, 2011 at 5:24 pm
in the picture of the golden mosque is actually not in manila , philippines . it actually located in Brunei Darussalam . the name of the mosque is jame’ asr hassanil bolkiah.
March 7, 2011 at 9:30 pm
wounderful picturez of muslmz Masjids and also mindblowing.all of the masjids r so bautiful
March 16, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Subhanallah… i love them all…
April 1, 2011 at 6:31 am
I LOVE ALL MOSQUES..PLEASE NO WAR BECAUSE HOW MANY DAYS U LIVE ON THE WORLD
April 17, 2011 at 2:45 pm
The Manila mosque is an error. Its actually the Jame’ Asr Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolqiah mosque in Brunei.
April 17, 2011 at 3:00 pm
1 more thing,you all should check out the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque,its located in the heart of the capital of Brunei,Bandar Seri Begawan. it was built in 1958 as the biggest and most modern mosque at the time. The 18 K golden dome mosque is equipped with modern escalator, carved with artistic calligraphy. The materials used are a collection from various countries, the floor are made of marble from italy, the carpets came from many countries-Japan,Saudi etc.it was self designed by the late sultan of Brunei himself.The mosque is located at the edge of the world’s largest water village,the kampong ayer or better known by the west as “venice of the east”. Its such a wonderful mosque. i would personally say that its the most beautiful mosque. check it out here!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Omar_Ali_Saifuddin_Mosque
April 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Subhanallah KYA KAHNA Subhanallah………..
May 2, 2011 at 12:19 pm
You didn’t mention the name of Taj-Ul-Masjid,Bhopal…the Largest in Asia.
May 18, 2011 at 2:31 am
So….lets hope the much vaunted Canterbury “mosque”,”study centre” is not like so many of these Islamic “places of worship”…They are well known in”over liberal” England for their preaching of death, destruction and hate against the country that feeds,houses and apparently offered the incumbents citizenship!!!…take a look at the internet site..”.UNDERCOVER MOSQUE “if you want proof……What have the liberal, self- styled intelligentsia that run this country unleashed upon our population and their children.
June 6, 2011 at 3:01 pm
alhamdolillah………… I love all these mosque
June 30, 2011 at 8:53 am
im proud to be a muslim
June 30, 2011 at 8:57 am
i loved islam teaching and proud of itbeing the origin of true messenger of true God ALLAH…
July 1, 2011 at 2:45 am
i like all of them
July 9, 2011 at 9:21 pm
great list but missing masjid nabvi, in madina or I may overlook. anyway, all massajids are great not only look but spritually blessed and most peacefull place in the universe, anyway please keep them populated the only way to achieve greatness of akhatat…
July 17, 2011 at 5:09 pm
wow !!! This mosques are very beautiful……..I feel proud that I am a muslim.
July 24, 2011 at 9:21 pm
i stumbled into this webpage by looking for most beautiful mosques in the world. And mashallah these pictures i’ve seen some of them are beyond amazing…you can wonder how mosque will be in Jannah. But also glad to see muslims getting together and sharing their interests and spirit to share something which is common in their world but unique to others. Great Post. Wish to see more of them…
August 6, 2011 at 4:16 pm
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September 24, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Assalam oalaikum
Brother this is very good job. Allah will bless you keep it up and go ahead.
Thanks
October 10, 2011 at 11:00 am
i am very happy that you done a great work for the all people because all the people when saw your site work and saw the mosques they give you prayers. i like your all mosques pictures. you have really a good job. please keep it up. have a nice day.
October 19, 2011 at 10:07 am
Correction, the Golden Mosque is not in Philippine, but it in our country Brunei Darussalam which is called Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque.
October 19, 2011 at 10:19 am
For all the readers, if you interested to see the Golden Mosque a.k.a Jame Asr Mosque in Brunei you can contact me through email or facebook. I can bring you to that mosque with inside visit and also can bring you to other mosque which also known as Mini Taj Mahal in South East Asia which is belong to our late 28th Sultan of Brunei, first Brunei Modern Architect. Here is my email: chai_86@hotmail / chai@seriasc.com. Happy reading.
October 30, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Maashaallah………….Allah is great. I’m really proud to be a muslim and people realize what is islam.
October 31, 2011 at 1:44 am
ماشا الله this is very beautiful!!!!!!
November 20, 2011 at 5:22 pm
subhanallah, so nice to see the different mosques all around the WORLD! i mean who would’ve thought…CHINA! we shouild all thank allah swt for this great blessing and make an effort to spread the religion.
November 25, 2011 at 6:21 pm
proud 2 be a muslim . . . !!!
MA$HA ALLAH !!!
November 28, 2011 at 1:13 am
Golden Mosque is in Manila, I have searched many sites and also include in my own blog Top 10 Mostbeautiful Masjids . Why are you guys guiding wrong.
November 28, 2011 at 10:46 pm
Wonderful pictures and shows that Islam and Muslims are everywhere in the world.I appreciate your work.
January 8, 2012 at 1:39 pm
im proud to be a muslim really it is the biggest gift of allah that allah give me islam
January 26, 2012 at 2:06 pm
MASHAALLAH great job………..i like these all pictures.all of the masjids r so bautiful and i am proud………..THAT i am MUSLAM…..Thanks
February 7, 2012 at 9:23 pm
This is really beautiful to put all beautiful mosques pictures together. This is a great effort.
February 13, 2012 at 4:12 pm
I was going to do a similar post and then I found your blog while looking for famous mosques in the world.
im reblogging this !
February 13, 2012 at 4:13 pm
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March 1, 2012 at 12:43 am
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