Mosques

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam.

There are strict and detailed requirements in Sunni fiqh for a place of worship to be considered a mosque, with places that do not meet these requirements regarded as musallas. There are stringent restrictions on the uses of the area formally demarcated as the mosque (which is often a small portion of the larger complex), and, in the Islamic Sharia law, after an area is formally designated as a mosque, it remains so until the Last Day.

Many mosques have elaborate domes, minarets, and prayer halls, in varying styles of architecture. Mosques originated on the Arabian Peninsula, but are now found in all inhabited continents. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for salat as well as a center for information, education, and dispute settlement. The imam leads the congregation in prayer.

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    Bayezid I Mosque, Bursa

    Bayzid I Mosque is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey, that is part of the large complex built by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I (Yıldırım Bayezid - Bayezid the Thunderbolt) between 1391-1395.

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    Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital

    Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital is an ornately decorated mosque and hospital complex built in 1228-1229 by the local dynasty of the Mengujekids in the small eastern Anatolian town of Divrigi, now in Sivas Province in Turkey.

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    Djuma-mosque

    The Djuma-mosque is situated in the center of Derbent’s old part. It is a part of an architectural ensemble of the ancient town.

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    Grand Mosque, Bursa

    Bursa Grand Mosque or Ulu Cami is a mosque in Bursa, Turkey. Built in the Seljuk style, it was ordered by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I and built between 1396 and 1399. The mosque has 20 domes and 2 minarets.

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    Grand Mosque, Citadel of Aleppo

    Grand Mosque in Citadel of Aleppo. Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria.

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    Jameh Mosque of Isfahan

    Jameh Mosque of Isfahan is the grand, congregational mosque of Isfahan city, within Isfahan Province, Iran. The mosque is the result of continual construction, reconstruction, additions and renovations on the site from around 771 to the end of the 20th century.

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    Kalyan Mosque

    Kalyan Mosque was completed circa 1514, in the Khanate of Bukhara.

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    Mosque of Abraham, Aleppo citadel

    Mosque of Abraham in Citadel of Aleppo. Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria.

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    Mosque of the Barber (Mausoleum of Sidi Sahab), Kairouan

    Northwest of the medina is this 17th-century place tiled in luminescent colours and known as the 'barber mosque', because it contains the mausoleum of one of the Prophet's companions, Abu Zama el-Belaoui, who used to carry around three hairs from the Prophet's beard.

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    Selimiye Mosque

    The Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque, which is located in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II, and was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1569 and 1575.

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    Shah Mosque

    The Shah Mosque, also known as Imam Mosque, renamed after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, and Jaame' Abbasi Mosque, is a mosque in Isfahan, Iran, standing in south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. Built during the Safavid period, ordered by the first Shah Abbas of Persia.

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    Tilya-Kori Madrasah

    Tilya-Kori Madrasah has a two-storied main facade and a vast courtyard fringed by dormitory cells, with four galleries along the axes. The mosque building (see picture) is situated in the western section of the courtyard. The main hall of the mosque is abundantly gilded.