World’s Oldest Mosques
Mosques have always had a special status for Muslims. The following old mosques, built in different eras in the Islamic history, are manifestations of the Islamic civilization in those eras.
Great Mosque of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq
Masjid al-Qiblatayn, (the Mosque of the Two Qiblas), Medina, Saudi Arabia
Huaisheng Mosque, Guangzhou, China
Keelakarai Jumma Masjid, Tamil Nadu, India
Jawatha Mosque, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Cheraman Juma Mosque, Kerala, India
Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque), Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Great Mosque of Kairouan (the Mosque of Uqba), Kairouan, Tunisia
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Quds (Jerusalem), Palestine
Great Mosque of Sana’a, Sana’a, Yemen
Ez-Zitouna Mosque (Ezzitouna Mosque), Tunis, Tunisia
Holy Prophet (PBUH) Mosque (Al-Masjid an-Nabawi), Medina, Saudi Arabia
