World's Largest Mosques
This article lists mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any Islamic schools and branches, Islamic school or branch, that can accommodate at least 15,000 worshippers in all available Prayer in Islam, prayer ( or ) spaces such as prayer halls, courtyards () and porticoes. All the mosques in this list are also Jama Masjids – a type of mosque that hosts the Friday prayer (known as ) in congregation. List of mosques See also * Islamic architecture * Holiest sites in Islam * Lists of mosques * List of the oldest mosques References

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Mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, including outdoor courtyards. The first mosques were simple places of prayer for Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than buildings. In the first stage of Islamic architecture, 650-750 CE, early mosques comprised open and closed covered spaces enclosed by walls, often with minarets from which calls to prayer were issued. Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche ('' mihrab'') set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (''qiblah''), Wudu, ablution facilities. The pulpit (''minbar''), from which the Friday (jumu'ah) sermon (''khutba'') is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smaller mosques. Mosques typically have Islam and gender se ...
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