List of mosques in Afghanistan

Last updated

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The following is an incomplete list of large mosques in Afghanistan:

NameImageProvinceCityYearRemarks
Abdul Rahman Mosque Abdul Rahman Mosque in March 2010.jpg Kabul Province Kabul 2009One of the largest mosques in Kabul.
Abul Fazl Mosque Blue mosaic mosque, Kabul.jpg Kabul Province Murad Khane, Kabul
Friday Mosque of Kandahar Mosque in Kandahar-2011.jpg Kandahar Province Kandahar 1750Houses the cloak of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Imam Bargah Mosque Kandahar Province Kandahar ?Scene of the 2021 Kandahar bombing. [1]
Omar Al-Farooq Mosque Kandahar ProvinceKandahar2014One of the largest mosques in Kandahar. [2]
Hajji Dunya Gul Niazi Jamia Masjid Laghman Province Mihtarlam
Great Mosque of Herat Friday Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.jpg Herat Province Herat 1446The mosque was the city's first congregational mosque, built on the former site of two smaller Zoroastrian Fire temples destroyed by earthquake and fire.
Shrine of Ali Mazar-e sharif - Steve Evans.jpg Balkh Province Mazar-i-Sharif  ?The largest mosque in the province, also referred to as the Great Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Sakhi Shrine (Ziarat-e Sakhi) Kabul Province Kabul  ?Also known as Karte Sakhi Shrine
Mosque of Jalalabad Jalalabad minarets.jpg Nangarhar Province Jalalabad  ?One of the largest mosques in the province.
Lashkargah Mosque Lashkargah Mosque.jpg Helmand Province Lashkar Gah  ?One of the largest mosques in the province.
Khost Mosque Khost Province Khost 2000The largest mosque in the province.
Amir Ali Shernway Mosque Jowzjan Province Sheberghan 2017The largest mosque in Jowzjan province. Built by Turkey. [3]
Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque Kunduz Province Kunduz  ?Scene of the 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing
Red MosqueKandahar ProvinceKandahar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Afghanistan: Islamic State claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack that killed at least 47 worshippers". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Omar Al-Farooq mosque" . Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  3. ↑ "View of Amir Ali Shernway Mosque" . Retrieved 2021-04-20.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.