UNIQUE MOSQUES OF THE WORLD

Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, largest in Southeast Asia.

Ali Majid - the Mosque of Ali - inside the Khyber Pass; not a grand monument, but symbol of crucial role played by the Pass in spreading Islam to India.

Muslims praying at Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Muslims all over the world are celebrating Hari Raya Aidil Fitri which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Prostrate in reverence at Id ul-Zuha, the Festival of Sacrifice, 20,000 Muslims pray in unison at Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque built by Shah Jahan in 1650.

Istanbul that one can see the consummation of architectural progress in such works as the Ahmed Jami', begun in 1018/1609, known as the Blue Mosque, where exterior volume exactly reflects interior space. The key figure of that progress was the great x/16th century architect Sunan.

Prophet's Muhammad Mosque, Madinah.

Bayazid II Kulliye - a university complex consisting of mosque, madrasah and hospital - in Edirne, Turkey

Mosque of Karbala. The burial place of Mohammad's grandson, Husayn, Karbala is the holy city of Shiite Muslims.

Kalimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, rising behind a mosque in Moshi ...