Mosque Baitul Mukarram, Dhaka, Bangladesh
This Mosque is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located in the
heart of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque was founded in the
1960s.
It has a capacity of 30,000 people, a 10 largest mosque in the world, but still get the mosque was to
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan
Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Indonesia and
South Asia and the fourth largest mosque in the world. It is the largest
mosque in the world in 1986-1993 when defeated size by the completion
of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. After the expansion of
the Masjid Al-Haram
(Grand Mosque) of Mecca and Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia in the 1990s,
Mosque Faisal Mosque to fourth place in the world.
Sultan Mosque, Singapore
Sultan Mosque, located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road in
Kampong Glam Rochor District Planning Area in Singapore. The mosque is
considered one of the most important mosques in Singapore. Prayer hall
and domes highlight the mosque features star.
Sultan Mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, only
with improvements made to the main hall in 1960 and annex added in 1993.
He was assigned as a national monument on March 14, 1975.
Baiturrahman, Bandar Aceh, Indonesia
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is a mosque located in the center of Banda
Aceh. The mosque was formerly a mosque of the Sultanate of Aceh.
When the Dutch attacked the city of Banda Aceh in 1873, the mosque was
burned, and in 1875 the Netherlands rebuild a mosque as his successor.
This single-domed mosque, and can be completed on December 27, 1883.
Further Mosque was expanded to 3 dome in 1935. Last expanded again to 5
dome (1959-1968).
This mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesia, which has
the form of a sweet, carving an attractive, spacious courtyard and was
very cool to be in the room when the mosque.
Taj’ul Masjid, Bhopal, India
Taj-ul-Masajid, is a mosque situated in Bhopal, India. This is one of
the largest mosques in Asia. The mosque is also used as a madrasah
(Islamic school) during the day.
Omar Ali Saifuddin, Brunei
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is a royal Islamic mosque located in
Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei. The mosque
is classified as one of the most spectacular mosques in the Asia
Pacific region and become a major attraction for tourists. Sultan Omar
Ali Saifuddin Mosque is considered amongst the people of Brunei as a
landmark of the country.
Zahir Mosque, Kedah, Malaysia
The mosque was built in 1912, an effort that expensed late Tunku Ibni
Sultan Mahmud Shah Tajuddin Mukarram. This site is the mosque is the
tomb of Kedah warriors who had died while maintaining Kedah from Siam in
1821. The architecture of the mosque was inspired by Azizi mosque in
Langkat town in northern Sumatra. The mosque is enhanced with five prime
large domes symbolizing the five Islamic principles.
Masjid Al Aqsa, Jerusalem, Israel (Palestine)
Al-Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الاقصى, “the farthest mosque”), also
known as the Al-Aqsa, is an Islamic holy sites in the Old City of
Jerusalem. In the mosque itself is part of the Al-Haram ash-Sharif or
“Sacred Noble Sanctuary” (along with the Dome of the Rock), a site also
known as the Temple Mount and the sites holiest site in Judaism, as it
is believed to be a temple Jerusalem once stood. is widely regarded as
the third holiest site in Islam, Muslims believe that the prophet
Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa
during the Night Journey. Islamic tradition states that Muhammad led
prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the
emigration, when God ordered him to turn towards the Ka’aba.
In the Al-Aqsa Mosque was originally a small prayer house built by the
Rashidun caliph Umar, but it has been built and developed by the Ummayad
caliph Abd al-Malik and finished by his son al-Walid in 705 CE. After
an earthquake in 746, the mosque was completely destroyed and built by
the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur in 754, and again by his successor al-Mahdi
in 780. Another earthquake destroyed the earth at the al-Aqsa in 1033,
but two years later the Fatimid caliph Ali az-Zahir built another mosque
which has stood to the present-day. During the periodic renovations
done, the various ruling dynasties of the Islamic Caliphate constructed
addition to the mosque and surrounding areas, such as the dome, vision,
and minbar, minarets and the interior structure. When the Crusaders
captured Jerusalem in 1099, they used the mosque as a palace and church,
but its function as a mosque was restored once again by Saladin. Again
renovations, improvements and additions made in later centuries by the
Ayyubids, Today, the Old City under Israeli control, but still below the
mosque administration of the Palestinian-led Islamic waqf.
Masjid Al Nabawi, Madina, Saudi Arabia
In the Prophet’s Mosque (or Prophet’s Mosque) (Arabic: المسجد
النبوي), in Medina, is the second holiest mosque in Islam, and the
second largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
This is the final place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. The mosque is
considered the second holiest mosque by both Shia and Sunni, while the
Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is the third holiest site.
One of the most important features of the site that Green Dome over the
center of the mosque, where the tomb of Muhammad is located. It is not
really known when the green dome was constructed but manuscripts dating
to the early 12th century to explain the dome. This is known as the Dome
Prophet or the Green Dome. Islam after the government greatly expanded
and decorated it. Early Muslim leaders Abu Bakr and Umar are buried in
an area around the mosque.
The site was originally Muhammad’s house, he settled there after the
Hijra (emigration) to Medina, later building a mosque on the grounds. He
himself shared in the heavy construction work. Original mosque was an
open-air building. Basic plan of the building has been adopted in the
building mosques elsewhere in the world.
The mosque is also used as a community center, a court, and a religious
school. There is a platform to raise the people who taught the Qur’an.
Masjid Al Haram, Makkahm, Saudi Arabia
Al-Masjid Al-Haram (المسجد الحرام) is the largest mosque in the
world. Located in the city of Mecca, he was around the Kaaba, the place
which Muslims turn towards while offering daily prayers and is
considered the holiest place on Earth by Muslims.
The mosque is also known as the Grand Mosque.
Current structure covers an area of 400,800 square meters (99.0 acres)
including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up
to 4 million during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual
gatherings of the world.
