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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Amazing Picture of Kaaba from the Top of Abraj Al Bait Towers

Amazing Scene of Kaaba from the Top of Abraj Al Bait Towers
Amazing Picture of Kaaba from the Top of Abraj Al Bait Towers

Friday, July 5, 2013

New Photos of Holy Kaaba, Haram Sharif, Khana Kaba Pictures 2013

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Ramadan Mubarak Wallpapers, Pictures, Images, Ramadan Kareem

Ramadan Mubarak Wallpapers, Pictures, Images, Ramadan Kareem

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Floating Mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Monday, April 29, 2013

Golden Mosque (Masjid Al-Dahab) in Manila

Golden Mosque (Masjid Al-Dahab) in Manila

AKA: Masjid Al-Dahab
- Year of completion: 1976
- Location: Quiapo district in Manila, Largest mosque in Manila
- Special Features: Golden Domes and minars.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Kuwait Grand Mosque in Kuwait

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Al Fateh Bahrain Grand Mosque in Bahrain

Al Fateh Bahrain Grand Mosque in Bahrain

AKA: Al- Fateh Islamic Center or Al-Fateh Grand Mosque
- Year of completion: 1988
- Built by: Sheikh Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa
- Location: Bahrain next to King Faisal Highway Jaffair
- Capacity: 7000 Worshipers
- Special Features: Fiber Glass Dome, weighing over 60,000 Kg. World’s largest fiber glass dome.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan

Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan

Location: Lahore, Pakistan
- Built in: 1673
- Built by: Emperor Aurangzeb
- Capacity: 110.000 Worshipers
- Special Features & Measurements
* Was the largest mosque in the world for 313 years
* The four minarets of the Badshahi Mosque are 13.9 ft (4.2 m) taller than those of the Taj Mahal and the main platform of the Taj Mahal can fit inside the 278,784 sq ft (25,899.9 m2) courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque, which is the largest mosque courtyard in the world.
* On the occasion of the second Islamic Summit held at Lahore February 22, 1974, thirty-nine heads of Muslim states offered their Friday prayers in the Badshahi Masjid
* A small museum is also attached to the mosque complex. It contains relics of the Prophet Muhammad, his cousin Ali, and his daughter, Fatimah.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Zahir Mosque in Alor Satar, Malaysia

Zahir Mosque in Alor Satar, Malaysia

Location: Alor Satar, Malaysia

- Built in: 1912
- Built by: TM Tunku Mahmud Ibni Almarhum Sultan Tajuddin Mukarram Shah
- Special Features & Measurements:
* The site of this mosque was the cemetery of Kedah warriors who had died while defending Kedah from the Siamese in 1821
* Architecture was inspired by Azizi mosque
* 5 large prime domes symbolizing the five pillars of islam
* Covers 11558.3 square meters
* Central Prayer hall is 62 x 62 feet
* One of the oldest mosques in Malaysia
* Was in the list of 10 most beautiful mosques in the world.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Crystal Mosque in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Crystal Mosque in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia (Click on image to enlarge)

Crystal Mosque in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Masjid Puterajaya in Malaysia

Masjid Puterajaya Malaysia (Click on image to enlarge)

Masjid Puterajaya Malaysia

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey (Click on image to enlarge)

Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

Location: Istanbul, Turkey
- Built in: 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I
- Special Features:
* Lined with more than 20,000 handmade ceramic tiles
* The upper levels of the interior are dominated by blue paint
* More than 200 stained glass windows with intricate designs admit natural light
* On the chandeliers, ostrich eggs are found that were meant to avoid cobwebs inside the mosque by repelling spiders
* The decorations include verses from the Qur’an, many of them made by Seyyid Kasim Gubari

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Masjid Al-Saleh Mosque in Sana'a, Yemen

Masjid Al-Saleh Mosque in Sana'a, Yemen (Click on image to enlarge)

Masjid Al-Saleh Mosque in Sana'a, Yemen

The Saleh Mosque or Al Saleh Mosque (Arabic: جامع الرئيس الصالح) is the largest and most modern mosque in Sana'a, Yemen. It lies in southern outskirts of the city, south of the Al Sabeen Maternal Hospital at the junction of the 45 meters and 70 meters roads. Inaugurated in November 2008, it is named after Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. It can hold up to 40,000 worshippers and cost nearly 60 million US dollars to build. At the time of construction and opening, it was criticized for being too expensive in relation to Yemen's general impoverishment.

The mosque was built in a Yemeni architectural style and includes wooden roofs, 15 wooden doors which are 22.86 meters (75 feet) in height and include engraved copper patterns as well as 6 large minarets, 4 of which are 160 meters (525 feet) in height. It is surrounded by sprawling gardens

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Masjid Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia

Masjid Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Click on image to enlarge)

Masjid Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia

Location: Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Built in: Originally built-in 622 AD
- Built by: Prophet Muhammad
- Capacity: 1000,000 worshipers

- Special Features & Measurements
* Grave of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
* 2nd Holiest place for Muslims
* Originally it was 30 x 35 m. Today it covers 165 000 square meters
* Two prayers halls. Ottoman prayer hall projects south and the main prayer hall covers the ground floor
* Flat paved roof with 24 domes
* All the domes can slide open
* The courtyards equipped with Umbrella tents
* The walls composed of a series of windows topped by pointed arches with black and white voussoirs.
* 10 Minars, each 105 m high.
* Decorated with polychrome marble stone.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Masjid al Haram, Ka’aba, Khana Kabah in Makkah Saudi Arabia

Masjid al Haram, Ka’aba, Khana Kabah in Makkah Saudi Arabia (Click on image to enlarge)

Masjid al Haram, Ka’aba, Khana Kabah in Makkah Saudi Arabia

- Location: Makka, Saudi Arabia
- Built in: Around 2000 BC
- Built by: Originally built by Prophet Ibrahim
- Capacity: 8000,000 worshipers
- Special Features & Measurements:
* Surrounds Ka’aba
* Holiest place for the Muslims of the world
* Covers an area of 400800 Square meters
* It has the largest annual religious gathering in the world
* It has Hijr-e-Aswad
* It has Aab-e-Zamzam in its premises
* Height of Ka’bah is 39 feet & 6 inches.
* Italian marble used for flooring, which absorbed the heat in summer and convert it hotness into coolness and in winter it convert its coolness into hotness.