Tradition
Sacred Places of Islam
Masjids, sufi dargahs, madrasas across continents.
Islamic sacred places include mosques (masjid), sufi shrines (dargah), seminaries (madrasa), and historic pilgrimage destinations across the Muslim world.
On Mandala, places of Islam are catalogued with the same care given to every other tradition. Each page is community-maintained until claimed by a verified custodian. We welcome corrections, additions, and the steady hand of those who know these places best.
29
Total places
14
Countries
Turkey
Most represented
Featured places of Islam
A curated selection from the directory.
IslamAbu'l-Fida Mosque
, Syria
A medieval Sunni mosque and mausoleum complex on the banks of the Orontes River in Hama, Syria, where Ayyubid and Mamluk craftsmanship meet within a single walled sacred precinct.
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IslamAl-Kadhimiya Mosque
, Iraq
One of the foremost Twelver Shia shrines, set in the Kāẓimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq, sheltering the tombs of the seventh and ninth Imams as well as great Shia scholars of the medieval era.
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IslamAl-Quds Mosque Hamburg
, Germany
A former Sunni Muslim mosque in the German port city of Hamburg, which served local worshippers from 1993 until its closure was ordered by German security authorities in 2010.
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IslamBasharat Mosque
, Spain
The principal Ahmadiyya mosque of Spain, built at Pedro Abad near Córdoba and inaugurated in 1982 as the centre of the Ahmadiyya community in the country.
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IslamBayezid I Mosque
, Turkey
An early Ottoman congregational mosque in Bursa, Turkey, raised between 1391 and 1395 as the centrepiece of the great külliye complex of Sultan Bayezid I, called 'Yıldırım' — the Thunderbolt.
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IslamBerlin Mosque
, Germany
The oldest surviving mosque in Germany, built in Berlin's Wilmersdorf district in the 1920s in a Neo-Mughal style and administered by the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement.
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IslamBlue Mosque
, Afghanistan
The Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif — the Shrine of Hazrat Ali — a turquoise-tiled mosque and mausoleum revered across Afghanistan as one of the holiest sites in the country.
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IslamBursa Grand Mosque
, Turkey
An early Ottoman congregational mosque in Bursa, Turkey, commissioned by Sultan Bayezid I to mark his victory at Nicopolis and built between 1396 and 1399.
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Seva सेवा
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