 | This article duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically List of tallest minarets.(February 2024) |
A list of the tallest mosques in the world. The height value gives the height of the tallest element of the mosque (usually a minaret).
| This article duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically List of tallest minarets.(February 2024) |
A list of the tallest mosques in the world. The height value gives the height of the tallest element of the mosque (usually a minaret).
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| Name | Country | City | Height | Year of completion | Remarks |
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| Djamaa el Djazaïr |  Algeria | Algiers | 265 metres | 2019 | |
| Hassan II Mosque [1] |  Morocco | Casablanca | 210 metres | 1993 | |
| Rahmatan Lil-Alamin Mosque |  Indonesia | Indramayu | 210 metres | 2021 | |
| Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque [2] |  Malaysia | Shah Alam | 142.3 metres | 1988 | 106.7 metres high dome |
| Great Mosque of Mecca [3] |  Saudi Arabia | Mecca | 139 metres | 1570 | |
| Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran [4] |  Iran | Tehran | 136 metres | 2006 | Unfinished as of 2019 |
| Al Fateh Grand Mosque |  Bahrain | Manama | 130.1 metres | 1988 | |
| Putra Mosque [5] | Malaysia | Putrajaya | 116 metres | 1999 | |
| Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque [6] |  United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 115 metres | 2008 | |
| Jakarta Islamic Center [7] | Indonesia | Jakarta | 114 metres | 2002 | |
| Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim [8] |  Venezuela | Caracas | 113 metres | 1989 | |
| Al-Masjid an-Nabawi | Saudi Arabia | Medina | 112 metres | 1994 | |
| Al-Nour Mosque [9] |  Egypt | Cairo | 111.9 metres | ||
| Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan [10] | Iran | Isfahan | 110 metres | 2010 | |
| Çamlıca Republic Mosque [11] |  Turkey | Istanbul | 107.1 metres | 2016 | |
| The Grand Mosque [12] | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 107 metres | 2007 | |
| Al-Akbar Mosque [13] | Indonesia | Surabaya | 99 metres | 2000 | |
| Sabancı Central Mosque [14] | Turkey | Adana | 99 metres | 1998 | |
| Istiqlal Mosque | Indonesia | Jakarta | 96.66 metres | 1978 | |
| Jameh Mosque of Makki [15] | Iran | Zahedan | 92 metres | 2010 | |
| Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque [16] |  Oman | Muscat | 91.3 metres | 2001 | |
| Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini [17] | Iran | Tehran | 91 metres | 1992 | |
| Faisal Mosque [18] |  Pakistan | Islamabad | 90 metres | 1987 | |
| Kocatepe Mosque [19] | Turkey | Ankara | 88 metres | 1987 | |
| Abdülhamid Han Mosque | Turkey | Kahramanmaras | 88 metres | ||
| Maltepe Merkez Mosque | Turkey | Istanbul | 87 metres | ||
| Mosque of Muhammad Ali [20] | Egypt | Cairo | 84.1 metres | 1848 | |
| Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan [21] | Egypt | Cairo | 84 metres | 1364 | |
| Selimiye Mosque | Turkey | Edirne | 83 metres | 1574 | |
| Grand Mosque of Bandung | Indonesia | Bandung | 81 metres | 2003 | The minarets were planned to be 99 meter high to represent the 99 names of Allah but was changed to 81 metres because of height restriction related with the position of Husein Sastranegara International Airport. |
| Muğdat Mosque | Turkey | Mersin | 81 metres | 1998 | |
| Delimeđe Mosque [22] |  Serbia | Delimeđe | 77.2 metres | 2009 |
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