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Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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Mosque of Muhammad Ali of (or Mohamed Ali Pasha), which was built between 1828 and 1848, perched on the summit of the citadel.
The Malacca Straits Mosque (Malay: Masjid Selat Melaka) is a mosque located on the man-made Malacca Island near Malacca Town in Malacca state, Malaysia. It looks like a floating structure if the water level is high. Construction cost of the mosque is about MYR10 million . The Opening Ceremony was done in 24 November 2006 by the Supreme Ruler of Malaysia (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail. - Wikipedia
The mosque is so colossal, there's no way to effectively portray it unless you are there yourself. Here's a quick shot of the ceiling, which was massive. I didn't get a chance to take a lot of pictures of it, since it is a sacred place and I didn't want to disrespect anyone.
The Koutoubia Mosque or Kutubiyya Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية‎) is the largest mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. The mosque is also known by several other names, such as Jami' al-Kutubiyah, Kotoubia Mosque, Kutubiya Mosque, Kutubiyyin Mosque, and Mosque of the Booksellers.
It is located in the southwest medina quarter of Marrakech. The mosque is ornamented with curved windows, a band of ceramic inlay, pointed merlons, and decorative arches; it has a large plaza with gardens, and is floodlit at night. The minaret, 77 metres (253 ft) in height, includes a spire and orbs. It was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199), and has inspired other buildings such as the Giralda of Seville and the Hassan Tower of Rabat.
The Peristerona Mosque was built sometime during the 18th century and is of great historical and architectural value. It is a well preserved mosque with two galleries, tinted glasses and a minaret.
Bhong Mosque (Bhong Masjid) is located in the village of Bhong, Sadiqabad Tehsil, Rahim Yar Khan District, Southern Punjab Pakistan. It was designed and constructed over a period of nearly 50 years (1932–1982) and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986.
King Hassan II had promised Casablanca the mausoleum for his father, Mohammed V, who died in 1961. However, he was forced to walk back that promise and keep the mausoleum with the rest of the family’s in Rabat. Instead, he gave Casablanca this magnificent mosque to attract pilgrimage and tourism (it is the only mosque in Morocco open to non-Muslims). The building holds 25,000 worshippers; the open-air plaza can accommodate another 80,000. It was begun in 1986 and completed in 1993, employing 10,000 construction and craft workers. Much of the cost (estimated at up to $700 million) was raised from 12 million donors by public subscription. Major structural remediation of the foundation, which had suffered from exposure to salt water on this wave-washed promontory, was undertaken beginning in 2005. The design is by the French architect Michel Pinseau, with almost all of the materials sourced from within Morocco.
A hot day in old Cairo .. Even the little bird needed a hand to drink some water. It felt much better after the refreshment!
Mosque in Langmusi (Hezuo)
Amdo region of Tibet now straddling border of Gansu and Sichuan provinces of China
The Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque, or Iron Mosque (Malay: Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin or Masjid Besi) is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia after Putra Mosque. It is located in Putrajaya's Precinct 3, opposite the Palace of Justice. Construction began since April 2004 and was fully completed on August 2009. It was officially opened by the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on June 11, 2010.
The mosque was built to cater to approximately 24,000 residents including the government servants working around the city center as well as areas within Precincts 2, 3, 4 and 18. Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque's area is twice that of Putra Mosque, which is located 2.2 kilometers north. [Wikipedia]
Rustam Pasha Mosque - near the Spice Bazar, Eminonu Square, Istanbul.
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The Rüstem Pasha Mosque (Turkish: ' Rüstempaşa Camii') is an Ottoman mosque located in Hasırcılar Çarşısı (Strawmat Weavers Market) in the Tahtakale neighborhood, of the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey..
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The Rüstem Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for Grand Vizier Damat Rüstem Pasha (husband of one of the daughters of Suleiman the Magnificent, Princess Mihrimah). Rüstem Pasha died in July 1561 and the mosque was built after his death from around 1561 until 1563.[1] The mosque complex hosts now a Koran School.
The Fatih mosque complex was a religious and social building of unprecedented size and complexity built in Istanbul between 1463-1470 by the order of Fatih Sultan Mehmed,[1] on the site of the former Byzantine Church of the Holy Apostles, which had been a ruin since the Fourth Crusade.[1] It was built by the royal architect Atik Sinan.[1] The Fatih mosque was the first monumental project in the Ottoman imperial architectural tradition.[1]
The original complex included a set of well-planned buildings constructed around the mosque. They include eight medrese, library, hospital, hospice, caravanserai, market, hamam, primary school and public kitchen (imaret) which served food to the poor. Various türbe were added at a later dates. The original complex covered an almost square area 325 meters on a side, extending along the Golden Horn side of Fevzipasa Street..
The original mosque was badly damaged in the 1509 earthquake, after that it was repaired, but was then damaged again by earthquakes in 1557 and 1754 and repaired yet again. It was then completely destroyed by an earthquake on 22 May 1766 when the main dome collapsed and the walls were irreparably damaged. The current mosque (designed on a completely different plan) was completed in 1771 under Sultan Mustafa III by the architect, Mimar Mehmet Tahir.