List of grand mosques

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A grand mosque, or congregational mosque, Friday mosque, great mosque or jama masjid, is a type of mosque which is the main mosque of a certain area that hosts the special Friday noon prayers known as jumu'ah .^[1]^[2] The following is a list of congregational mosques by country or region.

Africa

Algeria

Cameroon

Lamido Grand Mosque, in N'Gaoundere

Egypt

Morocco

Niger

Grand Mosque of Niamey

Nigeria

Senegal

Somalia

Jama'a Xamar Weyne in Mogadishu
Jama'a Shingani in Mogadishu

Somaliland

Jama Mosque in Hargeisa

South Africa

Juma Mosque in Durban

Tanzania

Great Mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani

Tunisia

Asia

Afghanistan

Great Mosque of Herat
Jama Masjid of Balkh – ruins, located in Balkh, Afghanistan ^[3]

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Munshibari Jama Masjid in Taltoli, Comilla

Bahrain

Al Fateh Grand Mosque, in Manama

China

Great Mosque of Sian, Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province
Jamia Mosque in Hong Kong
Lhasa Great Mosque
Taizi Great Mosque
Tongxin Great Mosque

Kuwait

Grand Mosque of Kuwait, Kuwait City

India

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Jama Mosque, Delanipur in Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

Shahi Jamia Mosque in Adoni

Delhi

Jama Masjid in old Delhi
Shia Jama Masjid in old Delhi

Gujarat

Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad
Jama Mosque in Champaner

Himachal Pradesh

Jama Masjid in Dharamshala

Hyderabad

Jama Mosque in Golconda

Jharkhand

Jama Mosque in Ramgarh

Jammu and Kashmir

Jamia Masjid in Srinagar
Jamia masjid in Shopian

Karnataka

Kerala

Cheraman Juma Mosque in Kodungallur
Juma Masjid in Pullancheri
Palayam Juma Masjid in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)
Thazhathangady Juma Masjid in Kottayam

Madhya Pradesh

Jama Masjid in Mandu

Maharashtra

Jama Masjid in Aurangabad
Jama Masjid in Erandol
Jama Masjid in Mumbai
Jama Masjid in Mominpura, Nagpur
Jama Masjid in Nerul
Jama Mosque in Furus, Ratnagiri district]

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

Jama Masjid, Motijheel, in Murshidabad

Indonesia

Borneo

Darussalam Great Mosque, Samarinda, East Kalimantan
Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque, East Kalimantan
Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin, South Kalimantan
Great Mosque of Riyadusshalihin, South Kalimantan

Java

Al-Azhom Grand Mosque, Banten
Al-Bantani Grand Mosque, Banten
Great Mosque of Banten
Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
Al-Azhar Great Mosque, Jakarta
KH Hasyim Asy'ari Grand Mosque, Jakarta
Jakarta Islamic Center
Al Jabbar Grand Mosque, West Java
Dian Al-Mahri Mosque, West Java
Grand Mosque of Bandung, West Java
Manonjaya Great Mosque, West Java
Great Mosque of Cirebon, West Java
Demak Great Mosque, Central Java
Great Mosque of Central Java
Great Mosque of Surakarta, Central Java
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Solo, Central Java
Kauman Great Mosque, Yogyakarta
Al-Akbar Mosque, East Java
Great Mosque of Sumenep, East Java
Great Mosque of Malang, East Java
Al-Akbar Mosque East Java

Lesser Sunda Islands

Darussalam Great Mosque, West Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara

Sulawesi

Al-Markaz Al-Islami Mosque, South Sulawesi
Grand Mosque of Makassar, South Sulawesi

Sumatra

Iran

Iraq

Lebanon

Al-Omari Grand Mosque, in Beirut
Mansouri Great Mosque

Malaysia

Maldives

Malé Hukuru Miskyii in Malé

Mongolia

Great Mosque of Hohhot

Nepal

Jama Masjid Rahmaniya, Bhairahawa (Nepal)

Oman

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, in the Sultanate of Oman

Pakistan

Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Punjab
Faisal Mosque, Islamabad
Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi
Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore
Lal Masjid. Islamabad
Grand Mosque Allahabad, in Kandiaro, Sindh
Jamia Masjid in Sialkot, Punjab
Jamia Mosque in Khudabad, Sindh
Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta, Sindh

Palestine

Great Mosque of Gaza

Great Mosque of Jenin, the Fatima Khatun Mosque
Great Mosque of Nablus, West Bank

Saudi Arabia

Great Mosque of Mecca, also known as Masjid al-Haram: the location of the Kaaba and the main site of the Hajj pilgrimage

Sri Lanka

Grand Mosque of Colombo

Syria

Great Mosque of Aleppo
Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Homs
Great Mosque of Damascus, aka the Umayyad Mosque
Great Mosque of Hama
Great Mosque of Maarrat al-Numan
Great Mosque of Raqqa

Taiwan

Taipei Grand Mosque, in Taipei

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Grand Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Dzhuma Mosque

Yemen

Great Mosque of Sanaa, Yemen
Great Mosque of Zabid, Yemen, al-Asha'ir Mosque

Europe

Albania

Belgium

Great Mosque of Brussels

Dagestan (Republic of Dagestan)

Grand Mosque of Makhachkala

Denmark

Grand Mosque of Copenhagen

France

Grand Mosque of Évry, Paris
Grand Mosque of Paris

Russia

Spain

Great Mosque of Córdoba, the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
Great Mosque of Seville, now Seville Cathedral

Ukraine

Ahat Jami Mosque in Donetsk
Juma-Jami Mosque in Yevpatoria

United Kingdom

Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre in Birmingham, West Midlands
Jaame Masjid in Blackburn, Lancashire
Jamea Masjid in Preston, Lancashire
Leeds Grand Mosque, in Leeds, England
London Great Mosque, now the Brick Lane Mosque
North Manchester Jamia Mosque in Greater Manchester

The Americas

References

↑ Petersen, Andrew (1996). Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge. p. 131. ISBN 9781134613663.
↑ M. Bloom, Jonathan; S. Blair, Sheila, eds. (2009). "Mosque". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195309911.
↑ "Balkh", The UNESCO , archived from the original on 22 April 2019, retrieved 15 May 2018

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[:16-1] Petersen, Andrew (1996). Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge. p. 131. ISBN 9781134613663.

[:24-2] M. Bloom, Jonathan; S. Blair, Sheila, eds. (2009). "Mosque". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195309911.

[UnescoBalkh-3] "Balkh", The UNESCO , archived from the original on 22 April 2019, retrieved 15 May 2018

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