List of grand mosques explained

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

• 1st November of 1954 Great Mosque
• Great Mosque of Algiers (disambiguation)
• Great Mosque of Nedroma
• Great Mosque of Tlemcen

Cameroon

• Lamido Grand Mosque, in N'Gaoundere

Egypt

• Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
• Ibn Tulun Mosque
• Al-Azhar Mosque
• Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque

Eritrea

• Great Mosque of Asmara

Ethiopia

• Jamia Mosque, Harar

Guinea

• Grand Mosque of Conakry

Kenya

• Jamia Mosque in Kenya

Mali

• Grand Mosque of Bamako
• Great Mosque of Djenné
• Grand Mosque of Mopti
• Great Mosque of Niono Ségou Region, southern Mali

Mauritania

• Friday Mosque of Nouakchott

Morocco

• Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
• Grand Mosque of Chefchaouen
• Great Mosque of Fes el-Jdid
• Grand Mosque of Oujda
• Great Mosque, Rabat
• Great Mosque of Salé
• Grand Mosque of Tangier
• Great Mosque of Taza
• Mosque of the Andalusians

Niger

• Grand Mosque of Niamey

Nigeria

• Abuja National Mosque in Abuja, FCT
• Great Mosque of Kano
• Lagos Central Mosque in Lagos, Lagos State

Senegal

• Grand Mosque of Dakar
• Great Mosque of Touba

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

• Great Mosque of Kairouan
• Great Mosque of Mahdiya
• Great Mosque of Monastir
• Great Mosque of Sfax
• Great Mosque of Sousse
• Great Mosque of Testour

Asia

Afghanistan

• Great Mosque of Herat
• Jama Masjid of Balkh – ruins, located in Balkh, Afghanistan

Azerbaijan

• Juma Mosque in Baku
• Shah Abbas' Juma Mosque in Ganja
• Juma Mosque in Nakhchivan
• Juma Mosque in Ordubad
• Juma Mosque in Shamakhi

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

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, Ramgarh in Ramgarh

Jammu and Kashmir

• Jamia Masjid in Srinagar

Karnataka

• Masjid Zeenath Baksh in Mangalore
• Jama Masjid Gulbarga in Gulbarga
• Jama Masjid in Bijapur

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

• Kazimar Big Mosque in Madurai
• Goripalayam Mosque in Madurai
• Sungam Mosque in Madurai
• Palaiya Jumma Palli in Kilakarai
• Athar Jamad Masjid in Coimbatore
• Kottaimedu Mosque in Coimbatore

Telangana

• Makkah Masjid in Hyderabad

Uttar Pradesh

• Great Mosque, Budaun
• Jama Masjid in Agra
• Jama Masjid in Fatehpur Sikri
• Jama Masjid in Jaunpur
• Jama Masjid in Lucknow
• Jama Masjid in Mathura

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

• Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, Aceh
• Baitul Makmur Meulaboh Grand Mosque, Aceh
• Grand Mosque of Medan, North Sumatra
• An-Nur Great Mosque Pekanbaru, Riau
• Ganting Grand Mosque, West Sumatra
• Grand Mosque of West Sumatra
• Andalas Grand Mosque, West Sumatra
• Akbar At-Taqwa Grand Mosque, Bengkulu
• Great Mosque of Palembang, South Sumatra
• Baitul Mukhlisin Islamic Center Mosque, Lampung
• Grand Mosque of the Sultan of Riau, Riau Islands

Iran

• Jameh Mosque of Abarkuh
• Jameh Mosque of Ahar
• Jameh Mosque of Amol
• Jameh Mosque of Aradan
• Jameh Mosque of Ardakan
• Jameh Mosque of Ardestan
• Jameh Mosque of Arak
• Jameh Mosque of Arsanjan
• Jameh Mosque of Ashtarjan
• Jameh Mosque of Atigh
• Jameh Mosque of Babol
• Jameh Mosque of Bandar Abbas
• Jameh Mosque of Bastak
• Jameh Mosque of Borujerd
• Jameh Mosque of Damavand
• Jameh Mosque of Damghan
• Jameh Mosque of Darab
• Jameh Mosque of Dezful
• Jameh Mosque of Eslamiyeh
• Jameh Mosque of Fahraj
• Jameh Mosque of Fathabad
• Jameh Mosque of Ferdows
• Jameh Mosque of Farumad
• Jameh Mosque of Germi
• Jameh Mosque of Golpayegan
• Jameh Mosque of Gonabad
• Jameh Mosque of Gorgan
• Jameh Mosque of Gugan
• Jameh Mosque of Hamadan
• Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
• Jameh Mosque of Jahrom
• Jameh Mosque of Jajarm
• Jameh Mosque of Kabir Neyriz
• Jameh Mosque of Kashmar
• Jameh Mosque of Kerman
• Jameh Mosque of Kermanshah
• Jameh Mosque of Khansar
• Jameh Mosque of Khozan
• Jameh Mosque of Lar
• Jameh Mosque of Makki
• Jameh Mosque of Mehrabad
• Jameh Mosque of Marand
• Jameh Mosque of Marandiz
• Jameh Mosque of Nain
• Jameh Mosque of Namin
• Jameh Mosque of Natanz
• Jameh Mosque of Nishapur
• Jameh Mosque of Nushabad
• Jameh Mosque of Pachian
• Jameh Mosque of Qazvin
• Jameh Mosque of Qerveh
• Jameh Mosque of Qeshm
• Jameh Mosque of Qiblah
• Jameh Mosque of Qom
• Jameh Mosque of Radkan
• Jameh Mosque of Raqqeh
• Jameh Mosque of Sabzevar
• Jameh Mosque of Sarab
• Jameh Mosque of Sarabi
• Jameh Mosque of Sari
• Jameh Mosque of Sanandaj
• Jameh Mosque of Saveh
• Jameh Mosque of Semnan
• Jameh Mosque of Shafi‘i
• Jameh Mosque of Shahrud
• Jameh Mosque of Shushtar
• Jameh Mosque of Sojas
• Jameh Mosque of Tabriz
• Jameh Mosque of Takab
• Jameh Mosque of Tehran
• Jameh Mosque of Urmia
• Jameh Mosque of Varamin
• Jameh Mosque of Yazd
• Jameh Mosque of Zanjan
• Jameh Mosque of Zavareh

Iraq

• Great Mosque of al-Mansur
• Great Mosque of Kufa
• Great Mosque, Aqrah
• Great Mosque of Samarra
• Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul
• Great Mosque of Amadiya

Lebanon

• Al-Omari Grand Mosque, in Beirut
• Mansouri Great Mosque

Malaysia

• Masjid Jamek in Kuala Lumpur
• National Mosque of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur

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

Palestinian territories

• 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

See main article: List of Turkish Grand Mosques.

• Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital
• Great Mosque of Adana
• Grand Mosque of Bursa
• Great Mosque of Diyarbakır
• Grand Mosque of Erzurum
• Grand Mosque of Mersin
• Grand Mosque of Tarsus
• Grand Mosque of Urfa
• Grand Mosque of Uşak
• Kocatepe Mosque, Ankara
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul

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

• Great Mosque of Durrës
• Great Mosque of Tirana

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

• Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque in Grozny
• Grand Mosque in Makhachkala
• Moscow Cathedral Mosque
• Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan
• Saint Petersburg Mosque

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

North America

Canada

• Great Mosque of Quebec City
• Jami Mosque, Toronto

Notes and References

1. Book: Petersen, Andrew. Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge. 1996. 9781134613663. 131.
2. Book: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. 9780195309911. M. Bloom. Jonathan. Mosque. S. Blair. Sheila.