Monday, September 7, 2009

List of the Largest Mosques in the World




Masjid al-Haram

Istiqlal Mosque

King Faisal Mosque

Rank Mosque Location Capacity Area (m²) Year Denom


Masjid al-Nabawi

Shrine of Imam Ridhā

Hassan II Mosque

1 Masjid al-Haram Mecca, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia 4,000,000 * 400,800 638 Sunni
2 Masjid al-Nabawi Medina, Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia 1,000,000 * 400,500 622 Sunni
3 Imam Ridhā shrine Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran 700,000 598,657 818 Shia
4 Istiqlal Mosque Jakarta, Jakarta Province, Indonesia 120,000 95,000 1978 Sunni
5 Hassan II Mosque Casablanca, Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen, Morocco 105,000 90,000 1993 Sunni
6 King Faisal Mosque Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan 74,000 43,295.8 1986 Sunni
7 Badshahi Mosque Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 110,000 29,867.2 1678 Sunni
8 Jama Masjid Old Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India 85,000 1656 Sunni
9 Sheikh Zayed Mosque Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE 40,000 22,000 2007 Sunni
10 Baitul Mukarram Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh 30,000 1960 Sunni
11 Sultan Qaboos Mosque Muscat, Muscat Governorate, Oman 416,000 2001 Sunni
11 Id Kah Mosque Kashgar, Xinjiang, China 20,000 1442 Sunni
13 Masjid Negara Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia 15,000 1965 Sunni
14 Sultan Ahmed Mosque Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey 10,000 1616 Sunni
15 Al-Fateh Grand Mosque Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain 7,000 1987 Sunni
16 Masjid al-Aqsa Old City, Jerusalem, Israel / Palestinian territories 5,000 c.700 Sunni

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