This is a list of
mosques in
Iraq. There are 7,000
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...
mosques and 3,500
Shia mosques in Iraq as a whole. According to the Office of Waqf and Sunnah in Iraq, in the capital city of
Baghdad, there are 912
Jama Masjids which conduct
Friday Prayer
In Islam, Friday prayer or Congregational prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, ') is a prayer ('' ṣalāt'') that Muslims hold every Friday, after noon instead of the Zuhr prayer. Muslims ordinarily pray five times each day according ...
and 149 smaller mosques which only hold regular
daily 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 an ...
. In
Falujah
Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jew ...
, there are 970 mosques according to the 2009 data.
الفلوجة.. من أسى الأيام الصعبة إلى حاضر النهوض المعلق
سرمد القاسم - الحوار المتمدن - العدد: 3008 - 2010 / 5 / 18
See also
* Islam in Iraq
* Lists of mosques
Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. The lists include the most famous, largest and oldest mosques, and mosques mentioned in the Quran, as well as lists of mosques in each region and country of the world. The major region ...
** List of mosques in Baghdad
References
{{List of mosques
Iraq
Mosques
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, i ...