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DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The Islamic Center of
America in Dearborn, Michigan, is the largest mosque in North America and
the oldest Shia mosque in the United States.
MUSCAT, OMAN: The awe-inspiring Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat,
Oman, is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone. It took six years and
four months to build and was finished in 2001. It can accommodate a maximum of
20,000 worshippers including a separate prayer hall for women. The Grand Mosque
has the second-largest prayer carpet and chandelier in the world.
BEIRUT, LEBANON: The Mohammad Al-Amin mosque is located in Martyrs'
Square in downtown Beirut. The blue-domed mosque is inspired by the Blue Mosque
in Istanbul.
BRUNEI: The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei is considered one of the most beautiful mosques in Asia Pacific and
unites Italian and Mughal architecture styles. Named after Omar Ali Saifuddien
III, the 28th Sultan of Brunei, the mosque dominates the skyline of Bandar Seri
Begawan. It was built in 1958.
AMMAN, JORDAN: The King Abdullah I Mosque in Amman, Jordan was built
between 1982 and 1989.
CASABLANCA, MOROCCO: The Hassan II Mosque is the seventh largest mosque
in the world. Standing on a promontory of reclaimed land, looking out to the
Atlantic Ocean, it can accommodate 105,000 worshippers for prayer at a time. The
architecture has strong Moorish influences and is similar to that of the
Alhambra and the Great Mosque of Cordoba in Spain.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: The Faisal Masjid in Islamabad is the largest
mosque in Pakistan. It is named after the late Saudi King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz,
who financed its construction.
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN: Islamic worshippers gather outside the Great Mosque
during Friday Muslim prayers in Almaty in the central Asian republic of
Kazakhstan. It was completed in 1999 after six years of construction on the site
of an old mosque. Under Soviet communist rule, religion was suppressed in
Kazakhstan and many other countries of the former USSR.
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