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Monday, February 28, 2011

10 Oldest Mosques in the World


01. Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia
 
The designation of the oldest mosque in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist (wikipedia). 09 More after the break...
02. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia


03. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia



04. Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia


05.
Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia



06. Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq



07.
Mosque of Uqba, Tunisia



08.
Imam Hussain Mosque, Iraq



09.
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem



10.
Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Tunisia

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