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Mosque in Herat. It's been around for a long time; our tour guide said the best thing the Taliban ever did was lay the tile down.
The Blue Mosque was founded by Sultan Ahmet I. He ordered architect Mehmed Aga to begin constuction in 1609 and the whole complex was completed in 1616.
The location of the mosque is just opposite of the famous Aya Sophia church as it is trying to compete with it.
This litte mosque stands beside the main road in between Saint-Louis and Thiess. It has been under construction since we arrived in Senegal and I have always said that I wanted to stop and take a picture. I have just never had the time to do so. But this last trip I stopped and what do you know there was a heard of cows standing around the mosque!
Et’hem Bey Mosque
Found in the heart of Tirana, there is this unique mosque with it’s own history. The Et’hem Bey Mosque was founded at the 18th century and closed under the communist rule to be reopened as a house of worship in 1991. By the time it was build this mosque was a very complex building that composed the center of Tirana. Nowdays tours are given daily in this mosque and it is very much liked by the tourists.
La Grande Mosquée du Sultan Qaboos, située à l'Ouest de Muscate, près de Bawshar, est la principale mosquée d'Oman. Financée et commandée par le sultan Qabus ibn Said, elle a été commencée en 1995 et inaugurée le 4 mai 20011. Elle est particulièrement connue pour avoir le plus grand tapis fait main d'une seule pièce (70 x 60 mètres) et le plus grand chandelier du monde, serti d'or 24 carats.
Hala Sultan Tekke.
A muslim shrine on the banks of a salt lake. This is the final resting place of the prophet Mohammed's maternal aunt.
There are a few mosques in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has an Indian/Pakastani population from its English years and a Malaysian/Indonesian population because they are somewhat close.
Gaddafi Mosque is situated at Kampala Hill in the Old Kampala area of Kampala, Uganda. The building of the mosque was supported financially by Mammar Gaddafi of Libya and was opened in 2007. It can take up to 6000 worshippers. The mosque was planned already during Idi Amin's rule, but was abandoned at his fall.
July 2012
Casablanca -- World's second largest mosque behind the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and one of the few in North Africa that allows non-Muslims inside
A warning to all architects. With the abundance of computer aided design programs giving 3-D images of a proposed design you should be able to see what your building is going to look like from the local railway station. This mosque at Willesden Green could have done with being looked at other than on a 2-D drawing board. Some very powerful programs such as Blender are free to download and use so there should be no excuse.