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The designation of the oldest mosques in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old
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, ...
buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist. Note that the major regions, such as Africa and Eurasia, are sorted alphabetically, whereas the minor regions, such as, and Arabia and South Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are mentioned by name in the
Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
. To be listed here a site must: *be the oldest mosque in a country, large city (top 50), or oldest of its type (denomination, architectural, etc.); *be the oldest congregation of its type (denomination).


Mentioned in the Quran

The following are treated as the oldest mosques or
sanctuaries A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a saf ...
mentioned in the
Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
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Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...
, , , considered the oldest mosque, associated with Abraham , ''Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām'', Quran 2:144–217; Quran 5:2; Quran 8:34; Quran 9:7–28; Quran 17:1; Quran 22:25; Quran 48:25–27. the holiest sanctuary, containing the ''
Ka'bah The Kaaba (, ), also spelled Ka'bah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah ( ar, ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit=Honored Ka'bah, links=no, translit=al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah), is a building at the c ...
'', a site of the ''
Ḥajj The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...
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Pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...
'), the ''
Qibla The qibla ( ar, قِبْلَة, links=no, lit=direction, translit=qiblah) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the s ...
h'' (Direction of formal
prayers Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ...
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Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
s), and the first mosque in Islamic thought.''Mecca: From Before Genesis Until Now'', M. Lings, pg. 39, Archetype Rebuilt many times, notably 1571 by the
Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
, and the late 20th century by the Saudis, further enlargement under way since 2010. , - ,
Haram al-Sharif The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compou ...
, also known as the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound , , Jerusalem (old city) , {{flagcountry,
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, Considered the second oldest mosque in Islamic tradition,{{cite book , author=National Geographic Society (U.S.) , last2=de Blij , first2=H.J. , last3=Downs , first3=R. , author4=John Wiley & Sons , title=Wiley/National Geographic College Atlas of the World , publisher=Wiley , year=2007 , isbn=978-0-471-74117-6 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pPQ5AQAAIAAJ , access-date=2022-06-15 , page=49, quote=Al 'Aqsa is the second oldest mosque in Islam after the Kaaba in Mecca and is third in holiness after the mosques in Mecca and Medina. It holds up to 400,000 worshippers at one time. associated with Abraham. The
Dome of the Rock The Dome of the Rock ( ar, قبة الصخرة, Qubbat aṣ-Ṣakhra) is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, a site also known to Muslims as the ''al-Haram al-Sharif'' or the Al-Aqsa Compound. Its initial ...
was constructed in 692, the
Al-Aqsa Mosque Al-Aqsa Mosque (, ), also known as Jami' Al-Aqsa () or as the Qibli Mosque ( ar, المصلى القبلي, translit=al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī, label=none), and also is a congregational mosque located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is situate ...
in 705. , ''Al-Masjid al-Aqṣá'', the former ''Qiblah'', site of the significant event of ''Night Journey'' ''( Isra and Mi'raj){{Cite book , last=Buchanan , first=Allen , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bntCSupRlO4C&pg=PA192 , title=States, Nations, and Borders: The Ethics of Making Boundaries , publisher=Cambridge University Press , year=2004 , isbn=0-521-52575-6 , author-link=Allen Buchanan'', considered the third holiest site in Islam. The Qur'an does not specify the precise location of "the furthest place of prayer", and its meaning was debated by early Islamic scholars.{{cite journal , last=el-Khatib , first=Abdallah , date=1 May 2001 , title=Jerusalem in the Qur'ān , url=http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1353-0194&volume=28&issue=1&spage=25 , url-status=dead , journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies , volume=28 , issue=1 , pages=25–53 , doi=10.1080/13530190120034549 , archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209133352/http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1353-0194&volume=28&issue=1&spage=25 , archive-date=9 December 2012 , access-date=17 November 2006 , s2cid=159680405Khalek, N. (2011). ''Jerusalem in Medieval Islamic Tradition. Religion Compass, 5(10), 624–630.'' doi:10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00305.x. "One of the most pressing issues in both medieval and contemporary scholarship related to Jerusalem is weather the city is explicitly referenced in the text of the Qur'an. Sura 17, verse 1, which reads ..has been variously interpreted as referring to the miraculous Night Journey and Ascension of Muhammad, events recorded in medieval sources and known as the isra and miraj. As we will see, this association is a rather late and even a contested one. ..The earliest Muslim work on the Religious Merits of Jerusalem was the Fada'il Bayt al-Maqdis by al-Walid ibn Hammad al-Ramli (d. 912 CE), a text which is recoverable from later works. ..He relates the significance of Jerusalem vis-a-vis the Jewish Temple, conflating 'a collage of biblical narratives' and comments pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a practice which was controversial in later Muslim periods."{{cite book , author=Frederick S. Colby , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sasZCjcTisIC&pg=PA15 , title=Narrating Muhammad's Night Journey: Tracing the Development of the Ibn 'Abbas Ascension Discourse , date=6 August 2008 , publisher=SUNY Press , isbn=978-0-7914-7788-5 , page=15 , quote=If Muslims interpret the qur'anic phrase "the sacred place of prayer" in diverse ways, one encounters even more debate over the destination of the night journey, the "furthest place of prayer". From the earliest extant Muslim texts, it becomes clear that a group of Muslims from the beginning interpreted "furthest place of prayer" with the city of Jerusalem in general and its Herodian/Solomonic Temple in particular. It is equally clear that other early Muslims disputed this connection, identifying the "furthest place of prayer" instead as a reference to a site in the heavens. Eventually a general consensus formed around the idea that Muhammad's journey did indeed take him to Jerusalem. Even if the night journey verse were thought to refer first and foremost to the terrestrial portion of Muhammad's journey, nevertheless for centuries scholars and storytellers also continued to connect this verse with the idea of an ascent through the levels of the heavens. , access-date=14 March 2018 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715080148/https://books.google.com/books?id=sasZCjcTisIC&pg=PA15 , archive-date=15 July 2020 , url-status=live{{Cite journal , last=Grabar , first=Oleg , date=1959 , title=The Umayyad Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem , url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4629098 , journal=Ars Orientalis , volume=3 , pages=33–62 , issn=0571-1371 , jstor=4629098 , quote=Bevan has shown that among early traditionists there are many who do not accept the identification of the masjid al-aqsd, and among them are to be found such great names as al-Bukhari and Tabarl. Both Ibn Ishaq an al-Ya'qubi precede their accounts with expressions which indicate that these are stories which are not necessarily accepted as dogma. It was suggested by J. Horovitz that in the early period of Islam there is little justification for assuming that the Koranic expression in any way referred to Jerusalem. But while Horovitz thought that it referred to a place in heaven, A. Guillaume's careful analysis of the earliest texts (al-Waqidi and al-Azraqi, both in the later second century A.H.) has convincingly shown that the Koranic reference to the masjid al-aqsa applies specifically to al-Ji'ranah, near Mekkah, where there were two sanctuaries (masjid al-adnai and masjid al-aqsa), and where Muhammad so-journed in dha al-qa'dah of the eighth year after the Hijrah. Eventually, a consensus emerged its identification with the
Temple Mount The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compoun ...
in Jerusalem. The term Al-Aqsa properly refers to the whole Temple Mount compound (seen as a single mosque).{{#tag:ref, According to historian Oleg Grabar, "It is only at a relatively late date that the Muslim holy space in Jerusalem came to be referred to as al-haram al-sharif (literally, the Noble Sacred Precinct or Restricted Enclosure, often translated as the Noble Sanctuary and usually simply referred to as the Haram). While the exact early history of this term is unclear, we know that it only became common in Ottoman times, when administrative order was established over all matters pertaining to the organization of the Muslim faith and the supervision of the holy places, for which the Ottomans took financial and architectural responsibility. Before the Ottomans, the space was usually called ''al-masjid al-aqsa'' (the Farthest Mosque), a term now reserved to the covered congregational space on the Haram, or ''masjid bayt al-maqdis'' (Mosque of the Holy City) or, even, like Mecca's sanctuary, ''al-masjid al-ḥarâm'',", group=note The mosque compound should not be confused with the silver-domed congregational mosque or prayer hall facing Mecca, commonly referred to in English as Al-Aqsa Mosque, but otherwise known as Al-Qibli Mosque (see below). , - , The Sacred Monument , ,
Muzdalifah Muzdalifah ( ar, مُزْدَلِفَة) is an open and level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the ("Pilgrimage"). It lies just southeast of Mina, on the route between Mina and Arafat. Pilgrimage ...
, {{flagcountry, Saudi Arabia , {{sort, 0, Unknown , ''Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām''{{Cite quran, 2, 129, t=y, s=ns a site of the Hajj.{{cite book , last=Long , first=David E. , title=The Hajj Today: A Survey of the Contemporary Pilgrimage to Makkah , chapter=2: The Rites of the Hajj , pages=11–24 , year=1979 , quote=With thousands of Hajjis, most of them in motor vehicles, rushing headlong for Muzdalifah, the potential is there for one of ... There is special grace for praying at the roofless mosque in Muzdalifah called al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the Sacred Grove) ... , chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Uk3Gh6xrUUC , isbn=978-0-8739-5382-5{{cite book , author=Danarto , title=A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca , year=1989 , page=27 , quote=It was still dark when we arrived at Muzdalifah, four miles away. The Koran instructs us to spend the night at al-Mash'ar al-Haram. the Sacred Grove at Muzdalifah, as one of the conditions for the hajj . We scrambled out of the bus and looked ... , url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16885565?q&versionId=19820365 , isbn=978-0-8674-6939-4{{cite encyclopedia , last=Jones , first=Lindsay , title=Encyclopedia of religion , publisher=
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, page=7159 , volume=10 , year=2005 , quote=The Qur'an admonishes: "When you hurry from Arafat, remember God at the Sacred Grove (al-mash' ar al-haram)," that is, at Muzdalifah (2:198). Today a mosque marks the place in Muzdalifah where pilgrims gather to perform the special saldt ... , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjQOAQAAMAAJ , isbn=978-0-0286-5743-1
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Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...
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, {{flagcountry, Saudi Arabia , {{sort, 0622, 622 , The first mosque built by
Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
in the 7th century CE, possibly mentioned as the "Mosque founded on piety since the first day"{{Cite quran, 9, 108, t=y, s=ns in the Quran.{{Citation needed, date=January 2019 Largely rebuilt in the late 20th century. {{Characters and names in the Quran


Africa

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Northeast Africa Northeast Africa, or ''Northeastern Africa'' or Northern East Africa as it was known in the past, is a geographic regional term used to refer to the countries of Africa situated in and around the Red Sea. The region is intermediate between North ...
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Masjid al-Qiblatayn The Masjid al-Qiblatayn ( ar, مسجد القبلتين, lit=Mosque of the Two Qiblas), also spelt Masjid al-Qiblatain, is a mosque in Medina believed by Muslims to be the place where the final Islamic prophet, Muhammad, received the command to ...
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Zeila Zeila ( so, Saylac, ar, زيلع, Zayla), also known as Zaila or Zayla, is a historical port town in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. In the Middle Ages, the Jewish traveller Benjamin of Tudela identified Zeila (or Hawilah) with the Bibli ...
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Zeila Zeila ( so, Saylac, ar, زيلع, Zayla), also known as Zaila or Zayla, is a historical port town in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. In the Middle Ages, the Jewish traveller Benjamin of Tudela identified Zeila (or Hawilah) with the Bibli ...
, shortly after the ''hijrah''; known to be one of the oldest mosques in the world and possibly the oldest in Africa. , - , Korijib Masjid , ,
Tadjoura Tadjoura ( aa, Tagórri; ar, تاجوراء ''Tağūrah''; so, Tajuura) is one of the oldest towns in Djibouti and the capital of the Tadjourah Region. The town evolved into an early Islamic center with the arrival of Muslims shortly after the ...
, {{flagcountry, Djibouti , {{sort, 0620, 630–640 , , Possible the oldest mosque in the country. , - , {{Interlanguage link multi, Sadat Quraish Mosque, ar, 3=مسجد سادات قريش , ,
Bilbeis Belbeis ( ar, بلبيس  ; Bohairic cop, Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲉⲥ/Ⲫⲉⲗⲃⲏⲥ ' is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile delta in Egypt, the site of the Ancient city and former bishopric of Phelbes and a Latin ...
, {{flagcountry, Egypt , {{sort, 0639, 639 , , Oldest mosque in
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Mosque of Amr ibn al-As The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As ( ar, جامع عمرو بن العاص), or Taj al-Jawame' ( ar, تاج الجوامِع, lit=Crown of Mosques), or Masjid Ahl ar-Rayah ( ar, مسجد اهل الرّاية, lit=Mosque of the Banner Bearers), or Ja ...
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Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
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'Amr ibn al-'As ( ar, عمرو بن العاص السهمي; 664) was the Arab commander who led the Muslim conquest of Egypt and served as its governor in 640–646 and 658–664. The son of a wealthy Qurayshite, Amr embraced Islam in and was assigned import ...
, commander of the
Muslim conquest of Egypt The Muslim conquest of Egypt, led by the army of 'Amr ibn al-'As, took place between 639 and 646 AD and was overseen by the Rashidun Caliphate. It ended the seven-century-long period of Roman Egypt, Roman reign over Egypt that began in 30 BC. ...
, by order of Caliph
Umar ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...
. Built as the centre of
Fustat Fusṭāṭ ( ar, الفُسطاط ''al-Fusṭāṭ''), also Al-Fusṭāṭ and Fosṭāṭ, was the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule, and the historical centre of modern Cairo. It was built adjacent to what is now known as Old Cairo by ...
(the newly founded capital of Egypt) in 673–642 CE, and rebuilt in 1179 and in 1875. , - , Mosque of the Companions , ,
Massawa Massawa ( ; ti, ምጽዋዕ, məṣṣəwaʿ; gez, ምጽዋ; ar, مصوع; it, Massaua; pt, Maçuá) is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak ...
, {{flagcountry, Eritrea , {{sort, 0610, 613 , , Believed to be the first mosque on the
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
n continent and the first mosque in the world built by the companions of prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.{{cite book , last=Reid , first=Richard J. , title=A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present , publisher=
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Al Nejashi Mosque The Al Nejashi Mosque is a mosque in Negash, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. History The mosque was established in the 7th century. In 2018, the mosque was renovated with funds from Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency. Accommodations, visito ...
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Negash Negash is a village in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, which straddles the Adigrat to Mekelle road north of Wukro. It is located in Wukro woreda. History Negash is considered to be the earliest Muslim settlement in Africa; a cemetery from ...
, {{flagcountry, Ethiopia , {{sort, 0620, 614, No citation or Citation needed , , Built in the 7th century in
Negash Negash is a village in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, which straddles the Adigrat to Mekelle road north of Wukro. It is located in Wukro woreda. History Negash is considered to be the earliest Muslim settlement in Africa; a cemetery from ...
, the mosque in Negash, by tradition burial site of several followers of Mohammad who, during his lifetime, fled to the
Aksumite Kingdom The Kingdom of Aksum ( gez, መንግሥተ አክሱም, ), also known as the Kingdom of Axum or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom centered in Northeast Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages. Based primarily in wha ...
to escape persecution in Mecca. It was recently renovated by TIKA, a Turkish cooperation organization.{{cite web , title=Negash Āmedīn Mesgīd , url=https://madainproject.com/negash_amedin_mesgid , website=Madain Project , access-date=30 May 2019 , - ,
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As (Damietta) The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As ( ar, جامع عمرو بن العاص), or Taj al-Jawame' ( ar, تاج الجوامِع, lit=Crown of Mosques), or Masjid Ahl ar-Rayah ( ar, مسجد اهل الرّاية, lit=Mosque of the Banner Bearers), or Ja ...
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Damietta Damietta ( arz, دمياط ' ; cop, ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ, Tamiati) is a port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt, a former bishopric and present multiple Catholic titular see. It is located at the Damietta branch, an easter ...
, {{flagcountry, Egypt , {{sort, 0642, 642 , , The third oldest mosque in Egypt. , - ,
Mosque of Ibn Tulun The Mosque of Ibn Tulun ( ar, مسجد إبن طولون, Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of the oldest mosques in Egypt as well as the whole of Africa surviving in its full original form, and is the largest mosque in ...
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Al-Hakim Mosque The Mosque of al-Hakim ( ar, مسجد الحاكم بأمر الله, Masjid al-Ḥākim bi Amr Allāh), nicknamed al-Anwar ( ar, الانور, lit=the Illuminated), is a historic mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It is named after Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (9 ...
, , Cairo , {{flagcountry, Egypt , {{sort, 0928, 928 , , , - , Fakr ad-Din Mosque , , Mogadishu , {{flagcountry, Somalia , 969 , Sunni , Mosque built by Sultan Fakr ad-Din of the
Sultanate of Mogadishu The Sultanate of Mogadishu ( so, Saldanadda Muqdisho, ar, سلطنة مقديشو) (fl.9th- 13th centuries), also known as the Kingdom of Magadazo, was a medieval Somali sultanate centered in southern Somalia. It rose as one of the pre-eminent po ...
(9th century – 13th century). , - ,
Al-Azhar Mosque Al-Azhar Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزهر, al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit=The Resplendent Congregational Mosque, arz, جامع الأزهر, Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the histori ...
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Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
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Arba'a Rukun Mosque The Arba'a Rukun Mosque ( ar, أربع روكون), also known as Arba Rucun, is a mosque in the medieval district Shangani, Mogadishu, Somalia. Overview The masjid is one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in the Mogadishu capital. It was ...
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Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
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Northwest Africa The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...
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Great Mosque of Kairouan The Great Mosque of Kairouan ( ar, جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia and is one of the most impressive and largest Islamic mo ...
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Kairouan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by th ...
, {{flagcountry, Tunisia , {{sort, 0670, 670 , Sunni , Believed to be the first mosque in the
Maghreb The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...
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Sidi Ghanim Mosque ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( ar, سيدي, Sayyīdī, Sīdī (dialectal) "milord") is an Arabic masculine title of respect. ''Sidi'' is used often to mean "saint" or "my master" in Maghrebi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. Wit ...
, , Mila , {{flagcountry, Algeria , {{sort, 0678, 678 , Sunni , The oldest Mosque in Algeria built by
Abu al-Muhajir Dinar Abu al-Muhajir Dinar ( ar, أبو المهاجر دينار) was a governor of Ifriqiya under the Umayyad Caliphate and lead the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. He died in Tabuda after the Battle of Vescera in 683. Biography His biography is c ...
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Sidi Okba Mosque Sidi Okba Mosque ( ar, مسجد سيدي عقبة, ''Masjid Sīdī ʻUqbah'') is the oldest surviving mosque in Algeria. The mosque was first established as the mausoleum in 686 dedicated to ʻUqbah ibn Nāfiʻ, a Companion of the Prophet and on ...
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Sidi Okba Sidi Okba ( ar, سيدي عقبة) is a commune in the Biskra Province, Algeria. It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683 AD. The nearest big city is Biskra which is located 18 km away. Sidi Okba sits on an o ...
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Al-Zaytuna Mosque Al-Zaytuna Mosque, also known as Ez-Zitouna Mosque, and El-Zituna Mosque ( ar, جامع الزيتونة, literally meaning ''the Mosque of Olive''), is a major mosque at the center of the Medina of Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia. The mosque is the o ...
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Great Mosque of Sfax The Great Mosque of Sfax ( ar, الجامع الكبير بصفاقس) is the first mosque established in the historic city of Sfax, Tunisia. It dates back to the same year of the construction of the city wall which is in 849. It was built durin ...
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Sfax Sfax (; ar, صفاقس, Ṣafāqis ) is a city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Berber Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014), and a Mediterrane ...
, {{flagcountry, Tunisia , {{sort, 0850, 850Great Mosque of Sfax.
''Museum with No Frontiers''. Retrieved 8-2-2017.
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Great Mosque of Sousse The Great Mosque of Sousse ( ar, الجامع الكبير بسوسة) is a historical mosque in the coastal city of Sousse, Tunisia. The construction dates back to 851 during the rule of Aghlabid Dynasty, a vassal of the Abbasid Caliphate, and i ...
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Sousse Sousse or Soussa ( ar, سوسة, ; Berber:''Susa'') is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf ...
, {{flagcountry, Tunisia , {{sort, 0851, 851Great Mosque of Sousse.
''Museum with No Frontiers''. Retrieved 8-1-2017.
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Southeast Africa Southeast Africa or Southeastern Africa is an African region that is intermediate between East Africa and Southern Africa. It comprises the countries Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania ...
(including nearby islands of the
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
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Shanga, Pate Island Shanga is an archaeological site located in Pate Island off the Eastern Coast of Africa. The site covers about . Shanga was excavated during an eight-year period in which archaeologists examined Swahili people, Swahili origins. The archaeological ...
, {{flagcountry, Kenya , {{sort, 0830, 830 (approximate){{rp, 97, , Foundation discovered, with coins attesting dates, during the 1980s excavations. The earliest concrete evidence of Muslims in East Africa.{{cite book, last1=Westerlund, first1=David , last2=Svanberg, first2=Ingvar , title=Islam Outside the Arab World, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DH9wZky30EC, year=1999, publisher=Psychology Press, isbn=978-0-7007-1124-6{{rp, 97 , - , Great Mosque of Kilwa , , Kilwa Kisiwani , {{flagcountry, Tanzania , 1000–1100 , , , - ,
Kizimkazi Mosque The Kizimkazi Dimbani Mosque (''Misikiti wa kale wa Kizimkazi Dimbani'' in Swahili) is a mosque Located in the town of Dimbani, Kusini District of Unguja South Region in Tanzania. It is situated on the southern tip of the island of Zanzibar in ...
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Dimbani Dimbani - officially Kizimkazi Dimbani - is a village on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, part of Zanzibar. It is one of a pair of villages located close to the southern tip of the west coast, the other being Kizimkazi Mtendeni (commonly known simp ...
, {{flagcountry, Tanzania , {{sort, 1107 (according to an inscription){{cite web , url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7832 , title=Kizimkazi Mosque , access-date=2010-09-04 , work=ArchNet , publisher=
Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
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Tsingoni Mosque The Tsingoni Mosque (french: Mosquée de Tsingoni) is a mosque in Tsingoni, Mayotte. It is considered the earliest established mosque in France. History The exact date of the establishment of the mosque is subject to dispute. One source places ...
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Tsingoni Tsingoni () is a commune in the French overseas department of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean. Mosque Tsingoni Mosque, originally built in 1538, is the oldest active mosque in France. It is a listed monument Cultural heritage management (CHM) ...
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Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loc ...
, {{flagcountry, France , 1538{{cite web , language=fr , first1=Martial , last1=Pauly , date=10 February 2011 , access-date=10 June 2017 , url=http://archeologiemayotte.over-blog.com/article-la-mosquee-de-tsingoni-la-plus-ancienne-mosquee-en-activite-de-france-66838631.html , title=La mosquée de Tsingoni, la plus ancienne mosquée en activité de France (Tsingoni Mosque, the oldest active mosque in France) , website=Archeologie Mayotte, Océan Indien , , , - , Al-Fatah Mosque (Green Mosque) , ,
Kigali Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
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German East Africa German East Africa (GEA; german: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozam ...
) , 1913{{cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0FC40EQujwC&q=first+mosque+uganda&pg=PA39 , title=Culture and Customs of Rwanda , access-date=15 March 2015, isbn=9780313331770 , last1=Adekunle , first1=Julius , year=2007 , , Founded by coastal Swahili-speaking
Tanzanian Muslim Islam in Tanzania is the second largest religion in the country behind Christianity. According to a 2020 estimate by Pew research center, Muslims represent 34.1% of the total population. The faith was introduced by merchants visiting the Swahili ...
s who came to Rwanda to work in the German administration. {, class="wikitable sortable" , +
West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...
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Larabanga Mosque The Larabanga Mosque () is a mosque built in the Sudanese architectural style in the village of Larabanga, Ghana. It is the oldest mosque in the country and one of the oldest in West Africa, and has been referred to as the "Mecca of West Afr ...
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Larabanga Larabanga ( ar, لارابانجا) is a village in West Gonja district, a district in northwestern Northern Region of Ghana. It is known for its whitewashed adobe Sahelian mosque, said to date from 1421, and which, having been built at the heig ...
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Great Mosque of Kano The Great Mosque of Kano ( ar, الجامع الكبير في كانو) is a general Jumaat mosque in Kano, the capital city of Kano State and the second most populous city in Nigeria. The mosque is situated at around the Heart of the city around ...
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Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria * Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State **Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries **Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
, {{flagcountry, Nigeria , 15th century , , Built in for
Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...
Muhammad Rumfa Muhammad Dan Yakubu, known as Muhammad Rumfa was the Sultan of Kano from 1463 until 1499. His reign was characterized by wealth and opulence and signaled the rise of the Sultanate's commercial dominance in the region. Under the guidance of famed ...
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Agadez Mosque Agadez Mosque ( ar, مسجد أغاديز) is a prominent mosque in Agadez, Tchirozerine Department, Niger. It was made of clay and is the tallest mud-brick structure in the world. The Agadez mosque is the most prominent religious center located ...
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Agadez Agadez ( Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, ''Agadaz''), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of Agadez Region, it lies in the Sahara desert, and is also ...
, {{flagcountry, Niger, 1515 , 1515 , , Niger's oldest mosque. , - , Grand Mosque, Sokodé , ,
Sokodé Sokodé is the second largest city in Togo and seat of the Tchaoudjo and Centrale Region in the center of the country, north of Lomé. With a population of 86,500 (2004), currently at around 189,000, the city is situated between the Mo and Mono ...
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Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...
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Auwal Mosque The Auwal Mosque, alternatively spelled Awwal, Owal or Owwal, is a mosque in the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa, recognised as the first mosque established in the country. It was constructed in 1794 during the first British oc ...
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Cape Colony The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when i ...
, {{flagcountry, South Africa (then Cape Colony) , 1798{{cite book , first=Abdulkader , last=Tayob , title=Islam in South Africa: Mosques, Imams, and Sermons , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHB8G1c4PLUC&pg=PA24 , date= 1999 , publisher=University Press of Florida , isbn=978-0-8130-2485-1 , pages=24– , , Recognised as the first mosque established in the country. , - , Palm Tree Mosque , , Cape Colony , {{flagcountry, South Africa (then Cape Colony) , 1807 , , Building constructed in {{Start date and age, 1788, paren=yes, and established as a mosque in {{Start date and age, 1807, paren=yes. , - , Masjid al-Qudama , ,
Uitenhage Uitenhage ( ; ), officially renamed Kariega, is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. Along with the city of Port El ...
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Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
, {{flagcountry, South Africa , 1849{{cite journal , first=Schalk , last=le Roux , date=June 2007 , title=The First Mosque: Caledon Street, Uitenhage , url=http://www.repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/5330/LeRoux_First(2007).pdf , journal=Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Kultuurgeskiedenis (South African Journal of Cultural History) , volume=21 , issue=1 , page=34, hdl=2263/5330 , , It has been deduced that the mosque was a completed building by March 1849 , - , Grey Street Mosque (Juma Mosque) , ,
Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...
{{citation , work=Sa-venues.com , title=Visit the Juma Masjid Mosque , url=https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/kwazulunatal/visit-the-juma-masjid-mosque/ , year=1999–2018 , access-date=2018-05-15 , {{flagcountry, South Africa , 1881 , , , - , Soofie Masjid , , Butha Buthe , {{flagcountry, Lesotho , 1900 (approximate){{rp, 115 , , Founded by Soofie Saheb at the turn of the century; the community is described as African Muslim yet speaking an Indian language.{{rp, 115 , - , Habibia Soofie Saheb Jamia Masjid , , Rylands,
Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
, {{flagcountry, South Africa , 1905 , , , - , Lobatse Masjid , ,
Lobatse Lobatse is a town in south-eastern Botswana, 70 kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone and close to the border with South Africa. Lobatse has a population of 29,772 as of 2022. The town is an ...
, {{flagcountry, Botswana , 1960s{{cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ah9BAQAAIAAJ , title=Historical Abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1450–1914 , last=Boehm , first=Eric H. , date=2000-01-01 , publisher=American Bibliographical Center, CLIO , page=71 , language=en , , Founded by
Indian Muslim Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, approximately 172.2 million people identifying as adherents of Islam in 2011 Census. India is also the country with the second or third largest number of Muslim ...
s who were brought over during the
British colonial The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...
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Ezulwini Mosque The Ezulwini Mosque is a mosque in Lobamba, Hhohho Region, Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. ...
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Americas

{{See also, List of mosques in the Americas, List of mosques in Mexico, List of mosques in Brazil {, class="wikitable sortable" , +
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , , , , {{flagcountry, Suriname (then a colony of the Netherlands) , 1906 , , Built by immigrant Javanese rice farmers.{{cite book , author1=Arabian American Oil Company , author2=Saudi Aramco , author3=Aramco Services , title=Aramco world , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvASAQAAMAAJ , publisher=Aramco , page=67 , year=1987 , access-date=5 July 2012 – ''Then, in 1902, Indonesian Muslims from Java arrived to cultivate Suriname's coastal rice fields, and four years later, the country's first mosque was built at Wanica.'' , - ,
Mesquita Brasil Mesquita Brasil (Mosque Brazil) is a mosque located in Cambuci, central district of São Paulo city, Brazil. It was first founded in 1929 by the Muslim Beneficent Society of São Paulo. Mesquita Brasil is the oldest mosque in Brazil and one of t ...
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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, {{flagcountry, Brazil , 1929 , , Previous site built in 1929;{{cite book , author1=J. Gordon Melton , author2=Martin Baumann , title=Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA395 , access-date=5 July 2012 , date=21 September 2010 , publisher=ABC-CLIO , isbn=978-1-59884-204-3 , pages=395– current building inaugurated in 1952. First known mosque in Brazil.Mesquita Brasil: Nossa História
in Portuguese.
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Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...
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Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
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At-Tauhid Mosque The At-Tauhid Mosque ( es, 1=Mezquita At-Tauhid) is an Islamic house of worship in Floresta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the oldest mosque in the country, having been inaugurated in October 1983 by the Shia community of Buenos A ...
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Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, {{flagcountry, Argentina , 1983 ,
Shi'ite Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most n ...
, Opened in October 1983 by the
Shi'ite Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most n ...
community of Buenos Aires and with the support of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Argentina. It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.{{cite web , url=http://www.turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/es/article/circuitos-halal , title=Circuitos Halal , publisher=City of Buenos Aires , access-date=November 15, 2015 , date=2013-10-29 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226020915/https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/es/article/circuitos-halal , archive-date=December 26, 2018 , url-status=dead , - , Mezquita as-Salam , ,
Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
, {{flagcountry, Chile , 1995{{cite book, author=Florian Pohl, title=Modern Muslim Societies, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4Eye4ilLVkC&pg=PA374, access-date=5 July 2012, date=1 September 2010, publisher=Marshall Cavendish, isbn=978-0-7614-7927-7, pages=374– , , Commissioned 1989, inaugurated in 1995. {{see also, List of mosques in Canada, List of mosques in the United States {, class="wikitable sortable" , +
North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
(including
Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
and island-states of the
Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
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Al-Sadiq Mosque The Al Sadiq Mosque (or Wabash Mosque) was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago. The Al-Sadiq Mosque is one of America's earliest built mosques and the oldest standing mosque in the country today. This mosque ...
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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...
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Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...
, Oldest extant mosque in the Americas. , - , Mother Mosque of America
(Moslem Temple) , , Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa , {{flagcountry, United States, 1929 , 1934 , , Oldest extant purpose-built mosque in the United States , - , Al-Rashid Mosque , , Edmonton, Alberta , {{flagcountry, Canada , 1938 , , First purpose-built mosque in Canada. , - , , , Westmoreland, Jamaica, Westmoreland and Spanish Town, Jamaica, Spanish Town , {{flagcountry, Jamaica , 1950s , , Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which was founded in 1950. , - , City Mosque, Bridgetown Mosque , , Bridgetown, Barbados, Bridgetown , {{flagcountry, Barbados , 1957 , , First purpose-built mosque in Barbados. , - , Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque , , Willemstad , {{flagcountry, Curaçao , 1965 , , , - , , , , {{flagcountry, Haiti , 1985{{cite web , url=http://www.nycreligion.info/?p=2044 , title=Faith facts about Haitian New Yorkers , work=A Journey through NYC religions , access-date=15 March 2015 , , Converted private residence. , - , Suraya Mosque , , Torreón , {{flagcountry, Mexico , 1989 ,
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, Built by the immigrants from the Middle East living in Torreón. , - , Omar Mosque , , San José, Costa Rica, San José , {{flagcountry, Costa Rica , 1995 , Sunni , Founded by the Islamic Cultural Association of Costa Rica. , - , , , Belize CityMuslim community officially opens Belize City Mosque
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Asia

{{See also, List of mosques in Asia} {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Arabian Peninsula (including the island-state of Bahrain) ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Al-Masjid al-Nabawi , , Medina , {{flagcountry, Saudi Arabia , {{sort, 0622, 622 , , Second holiest site in Islam (after Al-Haram Mosque) and Muhammad's mosque, which houses his tomb in what was initially his and his wife Aisha's house. Largely rebuilt and greatly enlarged in the late 20th century, whilst retaining at its heart the earlier construction of the
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, and landmark green dome atop the prophet's mausoleum. , - , Masjid al-Qiblatain , , Medina , {{flagcountry, Saudi Arabia , {{sort, 0623, 623 , , Mosque originally with two Qiblah walls: One facing Jerusalem, the first Qiblah and another facing Mecca , - , Jawatha Mosque , , Al-Kilabiyah , {{flagcountry, Saudi Arabia , {{sort, 0629/0639, 629/639{{citation , author=Abdul-Ali , url=http://www.jafariyanews.com/2k5_news/aug/24jawatha_mosque.htm , title=Jawatha Mosque in danger of going down , publisher=Jafariya News , location=Al-Ahsa , date=August 24, 2005{{cite book , work=Saudi Arabia: Idārat al-Āthār wa-al-Matāḥif , author=Roger Wood , title=An introduction to Saudi Arabian antiquities , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5d4JAQAAIAAJ&q=jawatha , access-date=18 October 2010 , year=1975 , publisher=Department of Antiquities and Museums, Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia), Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , page=151 , , Has recently been renovated{{Citation needed, date=January 2019 and prayers are still held in this mosque.{{citation , last=John , first=Lawton , url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199106/the.arab.heartland.htm , title=The Arab Heartland , publisher=Saudi Aramco World , year=1991 , volume=42 , issue=6 , - , Great Mosque of Sana'a , , Sana'a , {{flagcountry, Yemen , 7th century , , Possibly the oldest mosque in the country. , - , Al-Asha'ir Mosque , , Zabid , {{flagcountry, Yemen , {{sort, 0629, 629 , , A part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Town of Zabid.611.
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Established by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, a sahabi. , - , Masjid Mazin , , Samail , {{flagcountry, Oman , {{sort, 0600, 600s , , Founded by Mazin Ben Ghadooba, who is considered to be the first Omani to adopt Islam during Muhammad's lifetime.{{cite book, last=Darke, first=Diane, author-link=Diana Darke, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6QKSXYG5tYC&q=oldest+mosque+oman+sumail&pg=PA189, title=Oman: The Brad Travel Guide, publisher=Bradt Travel Guides, year=2010, access-date=15 March 2015, isbn=9781841623320 , - , Al-Hadi Mosque , , Sa'dah , {{flagcountry, Yemen , {{sort, 0897, 897 , , , - , Khamis Mosque , , Khamis, Bahrain, Khamis, Manama , {{flagcountry, Bahrain , 1000–1200 (approximate){{cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hcebK67IRhkC&q=%22suq+al-Khamis+mosque%22+founded&pg=PA31, title=Dictionary of Islamic Architecture, access-date=15 March 2015, isbn=9780203203873, last1=Petersen, first1=Andrew, date=2002-03-11 , , Though most of the structure is dated to the 11th or 12th century, it is popularly believed to have been founded by the Caliph Omar in the 600s. , - , Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque#History, Mosque in Al-Ain , , Al Ain , {{flagcountry, United Arab Emirates , 1000s (Islamic Golden Age) , , Possible the oldest mosque in the country.{{cite news , work=The National (Abu Dhabi), The National , title=Remains of 1,000-year-old mosque reveal a rich past , publisher=Emirates 24/7 , url=https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/remains-of-1-000-year-old-mosque-reveal-a-rich-past-2018-09-10-1.673063 , date=2018-09-10 , access-date=2018-10-10{{cite news , last=Power , first=Timothy , title=How a 1,000-year-old mosque in Al Ain anchors the UAE in human history , newspaper=The National (Abu Dhabi), The National , url=https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/how-a-1-000-year-old-mosque-in-al-ain-anchors-the-uae-in-human-history-1.770075 , date=2018-09-13 , access-date=2018-10-10 , - , Al Badiyah Mosque , , Fujairah , {{flagcountry, United Arab Emirates , 1400s , , Some much earlier estimates have been proposed. {{see also, List of mosques in China, List of mosques in Taiwan {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Greater China ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Huaisheng Mosque , , Guangzhou , {{flagcountry, China , {{sort, 0627, 627 , , The Huaisheng Mosque is the main mosque of Guangzhou. It has been rebuilt many times over its history. According to tradition it was originally built over 1,300 years ago in 627 CE by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who was an uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was named in memory of Muhammad. , - , Xianxian Mosque , , Guangzhou City , {{flagcountry, China , {{sort, 0629, 629 , , The mosque was originally built in 629 during the Tang dynasty. , - , Great Mosque of Xi'an , , Xi'an, Shaanxi , {{flagcountry, China , {{sort, 0742, 742 , , Although the oldest stones date from the 18th century, the mosque was founded in 742 Built in 742, but oldest mosque in China is the Beacon Tower mosque of Guangzhou being built in 627.{{cite book, title=The Geography of China: Sacred and Historic Places, author1=Britannica Educational Publishing, author2=Kenneth Pletcher, date=2010, publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing, isbn=9781615301829, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-P_u2AIzbEC, page=181, access-date=2014-10-18 , - , Jamia Mosque (Hong Kong), Jamia Mosque , , {{flagcountry, Hong Kong, 1890 (then British Hong Kong) , {{flagcountry, China , 1890 , , , - , Taipei Grand Mosque , , Taipei , {{flagcountry, Taiwan, 1947 , 1947 , , Oldest and most famous mosque in Taiwan. Original building was firstly used in 1947, then relocated to a new site where it was reconstructed in 1960. , - , Kaohsiung Mosque , , Taipei , {{flagcountry, Taiwan, 1949 , 1949 , , The second oldest mosque in Taiwan. The original building was built in 1949, then moved to a new location where the second building was built in 1951, and the third and final building built in 1992. , - , Macau Mosque and Cemetery, Macau Mosque , , {{flagcountry, Macau, 1980 (then Portuguese Macau) , {{flagcountry, China , 1980 , , The first and only mosque in Macau. {, class="wikitable sortable" , + East Asia (excluding Greater China) ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Kobe Mosque , , Kobe , {{flagcountry, Japan , 1935{{cite book , last=Farah , first=Caesar E. , title=Islam: Beliefs and Observances , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAlDjVO7SowC&pg=PA291 , date=1 February 2003 , access-date=5 July 2012 , publisher=Barron's Educational Series , isbn=978-0-7641-2226-2 , pages=291– , , Designed in the Turkish style by a Czech architect, confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943, and later returned. , - , Seoul Central Mosque , , Seoul , {{flagcountry, South Korea , 1976{{cite book , author=Heon Choul Kim , title=The Nature and Role of Sufism in Contemporary Islam: A Case Study of the Life, Thought and Teachings of Fethullah Gulen , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wP1Nz5Y8-voC&pg=PA1 , year=2008 , access-date=5 July 2012 , isbn=978-0-549-70579-6 , pages=1– , , {{see also, List of mosques in India, List of mosques in Bangladesh, List of mosques in Pakistan {, class="wikitable sortable" , + South Asia ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Barwada mosque
, , Ghogha, Gujarat , India , Before 623 , , Built by Arab traders at ancient port of Ghogha, Bhavnagar district in the state of Gujarat. The qibla (direction to be faced while offering namaaz) of the mosque is faced to Bait al Mukaddas (Jerusalem). The mosque is abandoned by devotees after the qibla was changed to Makkah in AD 623 and another mosque constructed at the same time. , - , Cheraman Juma Masjid , , Kodungallur , {{flagcountry, India , {{sort, 0629, 629 , , Built by Malik Deenar, Malik bin Dinar, companion of Muhammad, Prophet Muhammad, on orders of Cheraman Perumal, then King of modern-day Kerala, it is the oldest mosque in the Indian subcontinent. , - , unnamed Ramjapur Masjid , , Lalmonirhat, Rangpur Division, Rangpur , {{flagcountry, Bangladesh , Muhammad, Prophet's lifetime , Sunni , Possibly the earliest mosque in South Asia is under excavation in northern Bangladesh, indicating the presence of Muslims in the area around the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad. , - , Palaiya Jumma Palli , , Kilakarai , {{flagcountry, India , {{sort, 0630, 630 , Sunni , Considered to be the first mosque to be built in Tamil Nadu, and the second mosque in India. Constructed by Yemeni merchants and trade settlers in the Pandiya Kingdom and ordered by Bazan ibn Sasan, Governor of Yemen at the time of Muhammad.Gibb & Beckingham 1994, pp. 814–815 Vol. 4. , - , Masjid Al Abrar, Beruwala, Masjid Al-Abrar , , Beruwala, Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western Province , {{flagcountry, Sri Lanka , First century in the Hijri calendar , , The date has been carved in its stone pillars. It is situated in western province of Sri Lanka. , - , Haji Piyada , , Balkh , {{flagcountry, Afghanistan , Second half of the 9th century , , Considered to be the oldest Islamic building in Afghanistan.{{cite web , url=https://whc.unesco.org/pg_friendly_email.cfm?cid=326&id=1928& , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216195049/https://whc.unesco.org/pg_friendly_email.cfm?cid=326&id=1928& , archive-date=2007-02-16 , url-status=dead , title=City of Balkh (antique Bactria) – UNESCO World Heritage Centre , access-date=2014-10-18 , - , Jamia Masjid, Banbhore , , Banbhore, Sindh , {{flagcountry, Pakistan , {{sort, 0727, 727 , , This is the oldest mosque of Pakistan which is located in Bhambore. Also believed to be the first mosque in South Asia. Built after the conquest of Sindh. , - , Kazimar Big Mosque , , Madurai , {{flagcountry, India , 1284 , Sunni, Hanafi, Shadhili , First mosque in Madurai. , - , Chaqchan Mosque , , Khaplu, Gilgit Baltistan , {{flagcountry, Pakistan , 1370 , , This is the oldest mosque of Gilgit Baltistan located in Khaplu. , - , Sixty Dome Mosque , , Bagerhat Sadar Upazila, Bagerhat , {{flagcountry, Bangladesh , 1450 , , Built by Khan Jahan Ali, it is considered to be the second-oldest mosque in Bangladesh. The fortified structure contains eighty-one domes, sixty stone pillars and eleven mihrabs. , - , Neevin Mosque , , Lahore , {{flagcountry, Pakistan , 1460 , , {{see also, List of mosques in Indonesia, List of mosques in Malaysia, List of mosques in the Philippines, List of mosques in Singapore, List of mosques in Thailand {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Southeast Asia ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque , , Tubig Indangan, Simunul island, Bangsamoro , {{flagcountry, Philippines , 1380{{cite book , author1=Erich Kolig , author2=Vivienne S. m. Angeles , author3=Sam Wong , title=Identity in Crossroad Civilisations: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Globalism in Asia , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_Jkjk2Tec4C&pg=PA201 , date=1 March 2010 , access-date=5 July 2012 , publisher=Amsterdam University Press , isbn=978-90-8964-127-4 , pages=201– , , Founded by Makhdum Karim, who introduced Islam to the Philippines. This is the oldest mosque in Southesast Asia. , - , Wapauwe Old Mosque , , Kaitetu, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku (province), Maluku , {{flagcountry, Indonesia , 1414 , , The oldest surviving mosque in Indonesia. , - , Ampel Mosque , , Ampel, Surabaya, East Java , {{flagcountry, Indonesia , 1421 , , The oldest surviving mosque in Java, and second oldest in Indonesia. , - , Masjid Sultan Sharif Ali , , Brunei , {{flagcountry, Brunei , 1430 (approximate) , , Built under the direction of Sharif Ali ("Sultan Berkat"), who reigned 1425–1432. , - , Demak Great Mosque, Great Mosque of Demak , , Demak, Indonesia, Demak, Central Java , {{flagcountry, Indonesia , 15th century , , Oldest mosque in Central Java and second oldest in Java.{{cite book , last=Florida , first=Nancy K. , title=Babad Jaka Tingkir: Writing the past, inscribing the future: history as prophesy in colonial Java , location=Durham, North Carolina, Durham, N. C. , publisher=Duke University Press , year=1995 , chapter=5: The Demak Mosque: A Construction of Authority , isbn=978-0-8223-1622-0 , - , 300 Years Mosque , , Narathiwat , {{flagcountry, Thailand , 17th century , , It is at least one of the oldest known mosques in Thailand.{{cite web , title=300 Years Mosque , url=http://www.culture.go.th/culturemap/index.php?action=listdistrict&pid=94&did=94120&pnum=1 , access-date=2018-05-09 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129024551/http://www.culture.go.th/culturemap/index.php?action=listdistrict&pid=94&did=94120&pnum=1 , archive-date=2014-11-29 , url-status=dead , - , Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka , , Central Area, Singapore, Central Area , {{flagcountry, Singapore , 1820 , , Originally a wooden structure built by Arab merchant Syed Omar Ali Aljunied.


{{see also, List of mosques in Cyprus {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Levant (for Cyprus and Greater Syria) ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Al-Omari Grand Mosque , , Beirut , Lebanon , 635 , Sunni , The mihrab is the oldest part of the mosque, dating back to the Caliphate of Umar. , - , Masjid Ibrahim Al-Khalil/ Masjid Al Qalaa (The citadel mosque) , , Baalbek , Lebanon , 635 , , It was built behind the temple of Bacchus, its Mihrab also dates back to the caliphate of Umar. , - , Al-Qibli Mosque (al-Jami' al-Aqsa) , , Jerusalem (old city) , {{flagcountry, State of Palestine (disputed by Israel) , {{sort, 0637, 637 , , A Muslim Musalla, prayer hall with a silver-colored lead dome located in the southern part of Temple Mount, Al-Aqsa Mosque (Temple Mount), built by the Rashidun caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab. , - , Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque , , Aleppo , {{flagcountry, Syria , {{sort, 0637, 637 , , , - , Ibrahimi Mosque , , Hebron , {{flagcountry, State of Palestine , {{sort, 0637, 637{{cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ws4uAQAAIAAJ, title=This is Israel: pictorial guide & souvenir, first=Sylvia, last=Mann, date=January 1, 1983, publisher=Palphot Ltd., isbn=9789652800008, via=Google Books , , , - , Great Mosque of Aleppo , , Aleppo , {{flagcountry, Syria , {{sort, 0715, 715 , , , - , Umayyad Mosque , , Damascus , {{flagcountry, Syria , {{sort, 0715, 715 , Sunni , Fourth holiest site and the national mosque of Syria. It was originally built after the Muslim conquest of the city in 634. The current structure dates to 715. , - , White Mosque, Ramla, White Mosque , , Ramla , {{flagcountry, Israel , 720 , , , , - , Al-Omari Mosque (Bosra), Al-Omari Mosque , , Bosra , {{flagcountry, Syria , {{sort, 0721, 721 , , , - , Great Mosque of Raqqa , , Raqqa , {{flagcountry, Syria , {{sort, 0772, 772 , , , - , Arab Ahmet Mosque , , Arab Ahmet, Nicosia, Arab Ahmet quarter of Nicosia , {{flagcountry, Cyprus , Late 16th century , , The mosque is named after a commander of the 1571 Ottoman army who made an expedition in 1571.The Arabahmet Mosque, Nicosia, North Cyprus
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/ref> {{see also, List of mosques in Iran, List of mosques in Turkey {, class="wikitable sortable" , + West Asia, Southwest Asia (excluding the Arabian peninsula, Caucasus, and Syrian region) ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Ayasofya Mosque (Hagia Sophia) , , Istanbul , {{flagcountry, Turkey , 1453 (537) , , Built in 537 as a Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox cathedral, converted to a mosque in 1453, and then a museum in 1931. In 2020, it was again converted into a mosque by order of a Turkish court. , - , Great Mosque of Kufa , , Kufa , {{flagcountry, Iraq , {{sort, 0639, 639 , Shia , The mosque, built in the 7th century, contains the remains of Muslim ibn Aqeel – first cousin of Husayn ibn Ali, his companion Hani ibn Urwa, and the revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. , - , Imam Husayn Shrine, Maqam al-Imam al-Husayn Mosque , , Karbala , {{flagcountry, Iraq , {{sort, 0680, 680 , Shia , Reconstructed several times, including in 1016. , - , Jameh Mosque of Ferdows , , Ferdows , {{flagcountry, Iran , 7th century (possibly) , , , - , Al-Hisn Mosque , , Mopsuestia, Adana Province , {{flagcountry, Turkey , {{sort, 0717, 717-720 , , Built by the Umayyad caliph Umar II, as part of his conversion of the city into a military base to shield Antioch from a potential Greek attack. The building fell into ruin during the reign of Al-Mu'tasim, approximately 120 years later. , - , Jameh Mosque of Isfahan , , Isfahan , {{flagcountry, Iran , {{sort, 0771, 771 , , , - , Jameh Mosque of Fahraj , , Fahraj , {{flagcountry, Iran , {{sort, 0700, 700sFriday Mosque
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, , , - , Tarikhaneh Mosque , , Damghan , {{flagcountry, Iran , 8th century , , , - , Great Mosque of Samarra , , Samarra , {{flagcountry, Iraq , {{sort, 0848, 848 , , , - , Al-Askari Shrine, Al-Askari Mosque , , Samarra , {{flagcountry, Iraq , {{sort, 0944, 944 , Shia (Twelver) , Shrine of the 10th and 11th Twelver Shi'ite Imams: Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari. , - , Imam Ali Mosque , , Najaf , {{flagcountry, Iraq , {{sort, 0977, 977 , Shia, Sunni , Houses the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad's cousin and fourth Caliph, and the first person of the Shia Imamate (Shi'a), Imamate. , - , Great Mosque of Diyarbakır , , Diyarbakır , {{flagcountry, Turkey , 1092 , Sunni , One of the oldest known mosques in modern Turkey. , - , Yivliminare Mosque (Alaeddin Mosque) , , Antalya , {{flagcountry, Turkey , 1230 , , , - , Aslanhane Mosque , , Ankara , {{flagcountry, Turkey , 1290 , , {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Central Asia ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Po-i-Kalyan , , Bukhara , {{flagcountry, Uzbekistan , {{sort, 0713, 713 , , Since 713 here, several edifices of main cathedral mosque were built then razed, restored after fires and wars, and moved from place to place. {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Transcaucasia ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Juma Mosque, Shamakhi, Juma Mosque , , Shamakhi , {{flagcountry, Azerbaijan , {{sort, 0734, 743-744 , , Built in 743–744, set on fire by Armenian units of "Dashnaktsutiun" in 1918, reconstructed in 2009. , - , Blue Mosque, Yerevan, Blue Mosque , , Yerevan , {{flagcountry, Armenia , Mid-18th century , ,


Europe

{{see also, List of mosques in Europe {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Iberian Peninsula ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, Great Mosque of Cordoba (Mezquita) , , Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalusia , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Emirate of Córdoba) , {{sort, 0784, 785{{cite book, author1=Kathryn Petras, author2=Ross Petras, title=World Access: The Handbook for Citizens of the Earth, url=https://archive.org/details/worldaccesshandb00petr, url-access=registration, access-date=5 July 2012, date=11 June 1996, publisher=Simon and Schuster, isbn=978-0-684-81016-4, page
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, , It was built on the main (Visigothic) church of the city after the site was being divided and shared between Muslims and Christians for around seven decades. The great mosque was built by Abd al-Rahman I, the first Muslim ruler of Spain in 785,{{citation , author=L. M. , title=La basílica de San Vicente Mártir, la primacía de lo cristiano , work=ABC (newspaper), ABC , url=http://sevilla.abc.es/cordoba/20140227/sevi-basilica-vicente-martir-primacia-201402262131.html , date=February 27, 2014 it underwent successive extensions in the 9th and 10th centuries and was concluded in the 10th century under the command of Almanzor. After the Christian reconquest of Cordoba in 1236, Ferdinand III of Castile converted the mosque into a cathedral, the current Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. With {{convert, 23,400, m2, ha, lk=in, it was the second largest mosque in the world on the surface, after Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, only later replaced in this respect by the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul in 1588. , - , Small Royal Mosque inside Aljafería Palace , , Zaragoza, Spain, Zaragoza, Aragon , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Caliphate of Córdoba) , {{sort, 0784, 1046 , , Small mosque for the monarch and his courtiers inside the Aljafería. It is accessed through a portal that ends in a horseshoe arch inspired by the Mosque of Córdoba but with S-shaped springers, a novelty that will imitate the Almoravid art and Nasrid art. The front of the mihrab is conformed by a very traditional horseshoe arch. The arch of the portal, an alfiz framed its back, in whose curved triangles two mirrored rosettes are recessed, as is the dome of the interior of the mihrab. In 2001, the original restored structures of the Aljafería were included in the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon, a World Heritage Site. , - , Mosque of Medina Azahara , , Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba, Andalusia , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Caliphate of Córdoba) , {{sort, 0784, 940 , , Aljama Mosque in Madinat al-Zahara, a vast, fortified Moorish palace-city built by Abd-ar-Rahman III (912–961). The marbled, jeweled complex was plundered & destroyed first by Muslims, then by Christians when civil war ended Caliphate of Córdoba. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2018. , - , Mosque of Cristo de la Luz , , Toledo, Spain, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Caliphate of Córdoba) , {{sort, 0784, 999 (completed) , , Built in 999 in Toledo, this building is a rarity in that it is in much the same state as it was when it was originally built.Pareja, Antonio. ''Mezquita de Bab al Mardum, Cristo de la Luz, Toledo 999-1999''. [Spain]:Fundacíon Cultura y Deporte Castilla-La Mancha, Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 1999. The building is a small square structure. It measures roughly 8 m × 8 m. Four columns capped with Visigothic art and architecture, Visigothic capitals divide the interior into nine compartments. Covering each of these bays is a vault that has a distinctive design that is unique unto itself. Some of the designs are more rectilinear while others embrace the curved forms of the vault more prominently. Within each one is a piece of their culture and tradition of building in the Islamic art manner. The influence of the caliphate of Córdoba can be seen in the brickwork on the facade of the building which resembles those seen at the Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba. Both Mosque of Cristo de la Luz with Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba are the oldest examples of the Islamic culture at Spain. , - , Mosque of las Tornerías , , Toledo, Castile-La Mancha , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Taifa of Toledo) , {{sort, 0784, mid-11th-century (completed) , , ar, الـمـسـتـمـيـم, al-Mustimim was built in the middle of the 11th century on the foundations of Ancient Roman architecture, Roman architecture, located in the old Muslim neighborhood Arrabal de Francos. The building continued maintaining the Islamic faith in Spain well beyond the reconquista of the city by the Christian troops of Alfonso VI of León and Castile in 1085, until the period of 1498–1505, when it was desacralizated by the Catholic Monarchs. , - , Ribat of Arrifana Archaeological site , , Aljezur, Algarve , {{flagcountry, Portugal (then the Almoravid dynasty) , {{sort, 0784, 1130 , , Probably constructed by Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi, governor of Taifa of Silves, Silves and a rebel leader against the Almoravid dynasty. These are the only ruins of such Muslim fortress to have been identified in Portugal, excavated by Portuguese archaeologists since 2001. , - , Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação , , Mértola, Alentejo , {{flagcountry, Portugal (then the Almohad Caliphate) , {{sort, 0784, Second-half of the 12th century{{citation , url=http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=741 , title=Igreja Paroquial de Mértola/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Anunciação (IPA.00000741/PT040209040002) , publisher=SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico , editor=SIPA , location=Lisbon, Portugal , language=pt , first1=Isabel , last1=Mendonça , first2=Rosário , last2=Gordalina , year=2007 , access-date=17 April 2017 , , Unique and most identifiable former mosque in Portugal, although a mixture of Almohad and Manueline post-Gothic architecture. Rebuilt in the second half of the 12th century with some elements from the 9th century. , - , Giralda , , Seville, Andalusia , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Almohad Caliphate) , 1248 , , Only the minaret remains. Mosque comparable in size to Great mosque of Cordoba, mostly destroyed by earthquake in 1365. Minaret used as a church bell tower was built higher in the 16th century. , - , São Clemente (Loulé), Church of São Clemente , , Tavira, Algarve , {{flagcountry, Portugal (then the Kingdom of Portugal) , {{sort, 0784, Second-half of the 13th century , , Only parts of the original minaret remain, incorporated in the church bell tower. It's 22.7 metres tall and 4.2 metres across. Across it lies an old Muslim cemetery of Jardim dos Amuados. , - , Mosque of Tórtoles , , Tarazona, Aragon , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Crown of Aragon) , {{sort, 0784, 15th-century (completed) , , Almost unaltered in the later centuries. , - , San Sebastian Minaret (Alminar De San Sebastian) , , Ronda, Andalusia , {{flagcountry, Spain (then the Almohad Caliphate) , Only minaret of the medium-size mosque in Plaza Abul Beka neighborhood remains. Minaret was expanded and used as a bell tower. The mosque was converted to a church but destroyed in the 1600s during Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–71), Morisco Revolts. Ronda was a Muslim city for 700 years. The city had 7 or 8 mosques, none survive today.{{Cite web, url=http://www.rondatoday.com/san-sebastian-minaret-alminar-de-san-sebastian/, title=San Sebastian Minaret, website=rondatoday.com, access-date=28 September 2018 , , - , Alminar de San Juan (Minaret of San Juan) , {, class="wikitable sortable" , + {{flagcountry, Russia ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Dzhuma Mosque , , Derbent, Dagestan (then part of the Abbasid Caliphate) , {{sort, 0700, 700-900 (approximate) , , {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Eastern Europe (excluding the Caucasus, European Russia and Nordic countries) ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , (Ahmed) Al-Aga Mosque (1268), Al-Agha Mosque , , Dragaš , {{flagcountry, Kosovo , 1268 , , Built by Muslims who migrated from Aleppo, in Syria, to Kosovo. However, the mosque is today a ruin.{{cite journal , last=Sharr , first=KBI , title=Këshilli me xhaminë më të vjetër në rajon , journal=DITURIA ISLAME, Revistë Mujore, Fetare, Kulturore e Shkencore , date=March 2007 , volume=Nr. 200 , issue=xhamitë nëpër këshillat e Kosovës , page=50 , - , Dzhumaya Mosque , , Plovdiv , {{flagcountry, Bulgaria , 1363–1364 , , Built during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror, Sultan Murad II the old building was demolished and replaced by the modern-day mosque. , - , Sailors' Mosque , , Ulcinj , {{flagcountry, Montenegro , 14th century , , , - , Halit Efendi Mosque , , Slupčane, Lipkovo Municipality , {{flagcountry, North Macedonia , 1415 , , It is considered to be the oldest mosque in North Macedonia. However, as a result of the various renovation works, the building has been altered to such an extent that it is no longer in its original state.{{Cite web , url=http://cdnh.ii.edu.mk/ostanati2007/dzamiite_kumanovsko/dzamiitekumanovsko/links/Slupcan.html , title=Џамијата на Бедр {{in lang{{!mk , access-date=2018-05-10 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092747/http://cdnh.ii.edu.mk/ostanati2007/dzamiite_kumanovsko/dzamiitekumanovsko/links/Slupcan.html , archive-date=2016-03-05 , url-status=dead , - , Turhan Emin-Beg Mosque , , Ustikolina , {{flagcountry, Bosnia and Herzegovina , 1448–1449 , , Built by Turhan Emin-beg. Known to have been destroyed two times (1941 and 1992) and rebuilt two times (1956 and 2007).{{cite web , work=Ustikolina , url=http://ustikolina.blogger.ba/arhiva/2007/08/26/1102020 , title=Najstarija dzamija u BiH – ..::USTIKOLINA::.. , date=26 August 2007 , access-date=15 March 2015 , - , Fatih Mosque, Elbasan , , Elbasan Castle , {{flagcountry, Albania , 1466 , , Built by the orders of Sultan Mehmed II.{{cite web , url=http://orientalizmi.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/xhamia-e-pare-ne-shqiperi-1466/ , title=Xhamia e parë në Shqipëri (1466) , work=Orientalizmi Shqiptar , date=14 December 2011 , access-date=15 March 2015 , - , Old Mosque, Plav (Imperial Mosque) , , Plav, Montenegro, Plav , {{flagcountry, Montenegro , 1471 , , Built during the Ottoman Montenegro, Ottoman rule in the city.{{cite web , url=http://www.gusinje.net/files/zidd.pdf , title=Archived copy , access-date=2014-01-12 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112160200/http://www.gusinje.net/files/zidd.pdf , archive-date=2014-01-12 , - , King Mosque, Elbasan, King Mosque or Sultan Bayazit Mosque , , Elbasan , {{flagcountry, Albania , 1482 , , , - , Iljaz Mirahori Mosque , , Korçë , {{flagcountry, Albania , 1494 , , It was built by Iljaz Hoxha, also known as Iljaz Bey Mirahor,Albania Explorer
{{webarchive , url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903153644/http://www.albaniaexplorer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=78 , date=2011-09-03
and is a Cultural Monument of Albania.{{cite web , url=http://kshk.gov.al/index.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj2&kid=19 , title=Religious buildings with the 'Culture Monument' status , publisher=Republic of Albania National Committee for Culture , access-date=October 28, 2010 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706071224/http://kshk.gov.al/index.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj2&kid=19 , archive-date=July 6, 2011 , - , Mosque of Kuklibeu , , Prizren , {{flagcountry, Kosovo , 1534 , , , - , Mosque of Muderis Ali Efendi , , Prizren , {{flagcountry, Kosovo , 1543–1581 , , , - , Esmahan Sultan Mosque , , Mangalia , {{flagcountry, Romania , 1575 , , Oldest mosque in Romania , - , , , , {{flagcountry, Poland , 1558 (earliest attestation in writing) , , Tatar mosques in Poland were noted in a 1558 treatise ''Risale-i Tatar-i Lech''.{{Cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM5ZAAAAIAAJ , title=Polish Art Studies , date=1991-01-01 , publisher=Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich , page=40 , language=en , - , , , , {{flagcountry, Lithuania (then the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) , 1500–1600{{cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCAU6Bz5QIEC&q=first+mosque+poland&pg=PA183, title=Muslims in Poland and Eastern Europe , isbn=9788390322957 , access-date=15 March 2015, last1=Górak-Sosnowska , first1=Katarzyna , year=2011 , , Various records indicate Lithuanian Tatars built mosques in the Duchy during the 16th century , - , Sinan Pasha Mosque (Prizren), Mosque of Sinan Pasha , , Prizren , {{flagcountry, Kosovo , 1615 , , , - , Log pod Mangartom Mosque , , Log pod Mangartom, Municipality of Bovec , {{flagcountry, Slovenia (then Austria-Hungary) , 1916 , , Built by Bosniaks in Slovenia, Bosniak members of the Austro-Hungarian army.{{cite web , title=Minaret nad Alpami , publisher=Mladina , last= ALI H. Žerdin , first=Ali H. , url=http://www.mladina.si/92396/minaret/ , date=20 August 2002 , access-date=15 March 2015 , - , Gunja Mosque , , Gunja, Croatia, Gunja , {{flagcountry, Croatia , 1969 , , The first and one of the few mosques in Croatia, located near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. , - , Vienna Islamic Centre-Mosque , , Vienna , {{flagcountry, Austria , 1979{{cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x3gvJiiCCB8C&q=first+mosque+austria&pg=PA143, title=Islam, Europe's Second Religion, isbn=9780275976095, access-date=15 March 2015, last1=Hunter, first1=Shireen, last2=Hunter, first2=Shireen T., year=2002 , , , - , Brno Mosque , , Brno , {{flagcountry, Czech Republic , 1998 , , Construction began 1996, inaugurated 1998. {, class="wikitable sortable" , + British Isles ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Liverpool Muslim Institute, Liverpool Mosque and Muslim Institute , , Liverpool, {{flagcountry, England , {{flagcountry, United Kingdom , 1891{{cite web , title=Liverpool Mosque and Muslim Institute , url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/liverpool-mosque-and-muslim-institute , publisher=Open University , access-date=19 May 2014 , Liverpool Muslim Institute , Several sources state that a mosque was founded in 1860 at 2 Glynrhondda Street, Cardiff, Wales. This has been rejected by an academic paper as a transcription error.{{cite journal , last=Gilliat-Ray , first=Sophie , title=The first registered mosque in the UK, Cardiff, 1860': the evolution of a myth , journal=Contemporary Islam , volume=4 , issue=2 , pages=179–193 , issn=1872-0218 , doi=10.1007/s11562-010-0116-9 , date=July 2010 , s2cid=145759796 , - , Dublin Mosque and Islamic Centre , , Dublin , {{flagcountry, Ireland , 1976{{cite book, author1=Jorgen S. Nielsen, author2=Samim Akgönül, author3=Ahmet Alibasic, title=Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiijLleylbEC&pg=PA169, access-date=5 July 2012, date=15 October 2009, publisher=BRILL, isbn=978-90-04-17505-1, pages=169– , , The first purpose-built mosque was built in Ballyhaunis in 1987.{{citation needed, date=July 2015 {{see also, List of mosques in France, List of mosques in Germany {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Western Europe, Western-Central Europe (excluding the British Isles, Nordic countries, and countries that are also in Eastern Europe) ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Grand Mosque of Paris , , Paris (first in Metropolitan France) , {{flagcountry, France , 1926 , , This mosque was the first mosque built in France since the 8th century; it was built in the Moroccan style, and honored Muslim French veterans of World War I. , - , Wünsdorf Mosque , , Wünsdorf, Berlin , {{flagcountry, Germany , 1915 , , Erected in 1915 by the Imperial German Army administration for Muslim Allied prisoners of war in the POW camp in Wünsdorf, later used as refugee camp. In 1930 torn down due to lack of a congregation. , - , Mobarak Mosque (The Hague), Mobarak Mosque , , The Hague , {{flagcountry, Netherlands , 1955 , , The first known purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands. , - , Centre Islamique de Genève ("Little Mosque" of Geneva) , , Geneva , {{flagcountry, Switzerland , 1961 , , Founded by Said Ramadan {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Nordic countries ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Järvenpää Mosque , , , {{flagcountry, Finland , 1942 , , A mosque of the community of Finnish Tatars. It is considered to be the oldest mosque in Nordic countries. Finland's first Muslim cemetery was established in the 1830s for Russian troops.{{cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SGg5VlaXsTUC&q=first+mosque+in+Finland&pg=PA102 , title=Helsinki , access-date=15 March 2015, isbn=9781566565448 , last1=Kent , first1=Neil , year=2005 , - , Nusrat Djahan Mosque , , Hvidovre, outside Copenhagen , {{flagcountry, Denmark , 1967 , , Founded by the
Ahmadiyya Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...
; first purpose-built mosque in a Nordic country. , - , Islamic Cultural Centre Norway , , Oslo , {{flagcountry, Norway , 1974 , , Founded by Pakistani-Norwegians aided by Danish Muslims; of the Sunni Deobandi school. The first Shi'i mosque, ''Anjuman-e Hussain'', opened in 1975; the first Sunni Barelvi mosque opened in 1976. , - , Nasir Mosque , , Gothenburg , {{flagcountry, Sweden , 1976 , , , - , , , Stockholm , {{flagcountry, Sweden , 2000 , , Converted from Katarinastation, a former power station. , - , Reykjavík Mosque , , Reykjavik , {{flagcountry, Iceland , 2002{{cite web , url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71385.htm , title=Iceland , work=U.S. Department of State , access-date=15 March 2015 , , Not a purpose-built mosque, but serves as an interim gathering site.


Oceania

{{See also, List of mosques in Oceania, List of mosques in Australia {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Australasia ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Marree Mosque , , Marree, South Australia , {{flagcountry, Australia , 1861 / 1882 , , Small structure in the South Australian desert built by Australia's "Afghan (Australia), Afghan" camel-drivers, has been restored. , - , Central Adelaide Mosque , , Adelaide , {{flagcountry, Australia , 1888 , , The oldest major city mosque in the country.{{cite web , url=http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/cameleers/ , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918142307/http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/cameleers/ , archive-date=2009-09-18 , url-status=dead , title=Afghan cameleers in Australia – Australia's Culture Portal , access-date=2014-10-18 , - , , , Auckland , {{flagcountry, New Zealand , 1979 (begun) , , Cornerstone laid in 1979; the first Islamic centre in the country was installed in an Auckland house bought in 1959.{{cite book , author=Abdullah Drury , title=Islam in New Zealand: the first mosque : a short history of the New Zealand Muslim Association & the Ponsonby Mosque , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvckAQAAIAAJ , access-date=5 July 2012 , year=2006 , publisher=A. Drury , isbn=978-0-473-12249-2 {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Melanesia ! Building ! class="unsortable", Image ! Location ! Country ! First built ! Denomination ! class="unsortable", Notes , - , Hidayatullah Sanoek Mosque , , Sanoek, South Waigeo, Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua (province), West Papua , {{flagcountry, Indonesia , 1505 (approximate) , , The oldest surviving mosque in Oceania{{cite web , url=https://republika.co.id/berita/dunia-islam/islam-nusantara/17/12/02/p0cdr2440-tiga-masjid-bersejarah-di-tanah-papua , title=Tiga Masjid Bersejarah di Tanah Papua, last=Tejomukti, first=Ratna Ajeng, date=3 December 2017 , access-date=5 September 2020 , language=id , trans-title=Three Historical Mosques in Papua , - , , , Vitogo, Nausori, and Tavua, Fiji, Tavua , {{flagcountry, Fiji , 1922 (approximate) , , A number of wooden mosques were built by local Islamic assemblies around 1922.{{cite book , author=M. Alī Kettani , title=Muslim minorities in the world today , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvlrAAAAIAAJ , access-date=5 July 2012 , year=1986 , publisher=Mansell , isbn=978-0-7201-1802-5 , page=227 , - , , , Port Moresby , {{flagcountry, Papua New Guinea , 2000 , , Islam was introduced to the island in the 1970s,{{cite book , author=Taylor & Francis Group , title=Europa World Year Book 2 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3363 , access-date=5 July 2012 , date=September 2004 , publisher=Taylor & Francis , isbn=978-1-85743-255-8 , pages=3363– and the first Islamic centre established in 1988.


See also

*List of oldest minarets *List of tallest minarets * Holiest sites in Islam * Islamic architecture * List of mosques in India ** Congregational mosque ** List of largest mosques ** List of mosques * List of oldest known surviving buildings * List of oldest church buildings * List of oldest synagogues


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