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Top 10 most beautiful mosques in the world

New Delhi: Mosques are fine examples of excellent architecture of Islam and Muslims.  Beautiful mosques are found all around the globe, with the spread of Islam in various parts of the world.  There are  many

PTI PTI Updated on: July 14, 2014 15:04 IST
5. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque



Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is the royal mosque for Brunei Sultanate located in Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of the Sultanate of Brunei. 

The mosque is classified as one of the most spectacular mosques in the Asia Pacific region and become a major attraction for tourists.  

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is considered amongst the people of Brunei as a landmark of their country.

6. Taj'ul Mosque, Bhopal, India



Taj'ul mosque is a mosque located in Bhopal, India. This is one of the largest mosques in Asia.

This mosque is also used as a madrasa (Islamic school) in the afternoon.

7. Baiturrahman Mosque, Banda Aceh, Indonesia



Baiturrahman Mosque is a mosque located in downtown of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This mosque is a mosque that formerly was a mosque of the Sultanate of Aceh. 

When the Dutch attacked the city of Banda Aceh in 1873, the mosque was burned, and the Netherlands rebuild a mosque as its successor.  

This single-domed mosque was completed on December 27, 1883.This mosque further extended to 3 dome in 1935. And lastly expanded again into 5 domes in 1959 to 1968.

8. Sultan Mosque, Singapore



Sultan Mosque, located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road in Kampong Glam Rochor District in Singapore is still considered one of the most important mosque in Singapore. 

Sultan mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, only with improvements made to the main hall in 1960 and annex added in 1993. It set as a national monument on March 14th 1975.

9. Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan



Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the biggest mosque in south east and southern Asia and the fourth largest mosque in the world. 

It was the largest mosque in the world of 1986-1993 before defeated measure by the completion of the Mosque of Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco and after the expansion of Masjid Al-Haram of Mecca and the Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia in the 1990s.

10. Baitul Mukarram Mosque, Dhaka City, Bangladesh



This mosque is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located in the heart of Dhaka city, capital of Bangladesh.

This mosque was founded in the 1960s has a capacity of 30,000 people, this mosque is 10th biggest mosque in the world, but still it is unable to hold Muslim gatherings.  

Because of this, Bangladesh government has decided to add more area for the mosque.
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