A list of the tallest mosques in the world. The height value gives the height of the tallest element of the mosque (usually a minaret).

List

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2018)
Name Country City Height Year of completion Remarks
Djamaa el Djazaïr  Algeria Algiers 265 metres 2019
Hassan II Mosque[1]  Morocco Casablanca 210 metres 1993
Rahmatan Lil-Alamin Mosque  Indonesia Indramayu 210 metres 2021
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque[2]  Malaysia Shah Alam 142.3 metres 1988 106.7 metres high dome
Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran[3]  Iran Tehran 136 metres 2006 Unfinished as of 2019
Al Fateh Grand Mosque  Bahrain Manama 130.1 metres 1988
Putra Mosque[4]  Malaysia Putrajaya 116 metres 1999
Sheikh Zayed Mosque[5]  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 115 metres 2008
Jakarta Islamic Center[6]  Indonesia Jakarta 114 metres 2002
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim[7]  Venezuela Caracas 113 metres 1989
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi  Saudi Arabia Medina 112 metres 1994
Al-Nour Mosque[8]  Egypt Cairo 111.9 metres
Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan[9]  Iran Isfahan 110 metres 2010
Çamlıca Republic Mosque[10]  Turkey Istanbul 107.1 metres 2016
The Grand Mosque[11]  United Arab Emirates Dubai 107 metres 2007
Al-Akbar Mosque[12]  Indonesia Surabaya 99 metres 2000
Sabancı Central Mosque[13]  Turkey Adana 99 metres 1998
Istiqlal Mosque  Indonesia Jakarta 96.66 metres 1978
Jameh Mosque of Makki[14]  Iran Zahedan 92 metres 2010
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque[15]  Oman Muscat 91.3 metres 2001
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini[16]  Iran Tehran 91 metres 1992
Faisal Mosque[17]  Pakistan Islamabad 90 metres 1987
Great Mosque of Mecca[18]  Saudi Arabia Mecca 89 metres 1570
Kocatepe Mosque[19]  Turkey Ankara 88 metres 1987
Abdülhamid Han Mosque  Turkey Kahramanmaras 88 metres
Maltepe Merkez Mosque  Turkey Istanbul 87 metres
Mosque of Muhammad Ali[20]  Egypt Cairo 84.1 metres 1848
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan[21]  Egypt Cairo 84 metres 1364
Selimiye Mosque  Turkey Edirne 83 metres 1574
Grand Mosque of Bandung  Indonesia Bandung 81 metres 2003 The minarets were planned to be 99 meter high to represent the 99 names of Allah but was changed to 81 metres because of height restriction related with the position of Husein Sastranegara International Airport.
Muğdat Mosque  Turkey Mersin 81 metres 1998
Delimeđe Mosque[22]  Serbia Delimeđe 77.2 metres 2009

See also

References

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  3. ^ Contenta, Sandro (15 May 2001). "Grandiose Mosque Project Touted as World's Largest". The Toronto Star.
  4. ^ Kassim, Shireen Jahn; Nawawi, Norwina Mohd; Ibrahim, Mansor (2018). Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form: The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City. Kuala Lumpur: Springer. p. 43. ISBN 9783319661315.
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  6. ^ "Pucuk Menara Masjid Jakarta Islamic Centre Miring karena Korosi". Tribun Jakarta (in Indonesian). 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  7. ^ "Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim in Caracas - Venezuela". www.beautifulmosque.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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  9. ^ "Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan". Iran Metropolis news agency. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ Lee, Jack (2017-05-07). "What are they doing to Istanbul?". Turkey File. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  11. ^ "Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque: 10 Great Reasons To Visit". Planet Janet Travels. 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  12. ^ Putri, Edira (26 November 2017). "The 11 Most Beautiful Mosques In Indonesia". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  13. ^ "Sabancı Central Mosque". Sabancı Vakfı. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  14. ^ "Tourism in Sistan and Baluchistan". Taadol. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque: Arabia Felix". www.oman.de. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  16. ^ "Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini". ISNA. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  17. ^ Naz, Neelum (2005). "Contribution of Turkish architects to the National Architecture of Pakistan: Vedat Dalokay". Middle East Technical University Journal of the Faculty of Architecture. 22 (2): 63.
  18. ^ "Grand Mosque / Holy Mosque in Makkah". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  19. ^ "Kocatepe Mosque - Ankara City Center ｜Expedia.co.in". Expedia.co.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  20. ^ "Mohamed Ali Mosque". egypt.travel. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  21. ^ "The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  22. ^ "77,24 METRA, NAJVEĆI MINARETI U EVROPI NALAZE SE U SRBIJI: Ovo je džamija u pešterskom selu Delimeđe". kurir.rs (in Serbian). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2023.


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