List of the oldest mosques

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The oldest mosques in the world can refer to the oldest, surviving building or to the oldest mosque congregation. There is also a distinction between old mosque buildings in continuous use as mosques and others no longer used as mosques. In terms of congregations, there are early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist.

The major regions, such as Africa and Eurasia, are sorted alphabetically, and the minor regions, such as Arabia and South Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are mentioned by name in the Quran.

To be listed here a site must:

• be the oldest mosque in a country, large city (top 50), or oldest of its type (denomination, architectural, etc.);
• be the oldest congregation of its type (denomination).

Mentioned in the Quran

The following are treated as the oldest mosques or sanctuaries^[1] mentioned in the Quran:^[2]

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Notes
Al-Haram Mosque		Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Unknown, considered the oldest mosque, associated with Abraham[1]	Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, Muslims), and the first mosque[10][11] in Islamic thought.[12][13] Rebuilt many times, notably 1571 by the Ottomans , and the late 20th century by the Saudis, further enlargement under way since 2010.
Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound		Jerusalem (old city)	Palestine	Considered the second oldest mosque in Islamic tradition,[14] associated with Abraham.[1] The Al-Aqsa Mosque in 705.	Al-Masjid al-Aqṣá, Isra and Mi'raj)[16], considered the third holiest site in Islam. The Qur'an does not specify the precise location of "the furthest place of prayer", and its meaning was debated by early Islamic scholars.[17][18][19][20] Eventually, a consensus emerged its identification with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.[19][21] The term Al-Aqsa properly refers to the whole Temple Mount compound (seen as a single mosque).[note 1] The mosque compound should not be confused with the silver-domed congregational mosque or prayer hall facing Mecca, commonly referred to in English as Al-Aqsa Mosque, and also known as Al-Qibli Mosque (see below).
The Sacred Monument		Muzdalifah	Saudi Arabia	Unknown	Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām[23] a site of the Hajj.[24][25][26][27]
Quba Mosque		Medina	Saudi Arabia	622	The first mosque built by Muhammad in the 7th century CE, possibly mentioned as the "Mosque founded on piety since the first day"[28] in the Quran.[citation needed] Largely rebuilt in the late 20th century.

Africa

Northeast Africa

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Mosque of the Companions		Massawa	Eritrea	620s–630s[29]		Believed by some to be the first mosque in Africa and built by the companions of Muhammad in the 7th century.[29]
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As		Cairo	Egypt	641		Named after Muslim conquest of Egypt. First mosque in Egypt and claimed by some to be the first mosque in Africa.[30][31][32][33]
Mosque of Ibn Tulun		Cairo	Egypt	879
Al-Azhar Mosque		Cairo	Egypt	972	Sunni
Arba'a Rukun Mosque		Mogadishu	Somalia	1268/9	Sunni

Northwest Africa

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Great Mosque of Kairouan		Kairouan	Tunisia	670	Sunni	Believed to be the first mosque in the Maghreb. The current mosque dates from a total reconstruction starting in 836 under the Aghlabids, with further restorations and additions in later periods.[34]
Sidi Okba Mosque		Sidi Okba	Algeria	686–1025		Mosque and tomb dated between 686 and 1025, starting with the tomb in 686. The mosque was subsequently built around it.[35]
Al-Zaytuna Mosque		Tunis	Tunisia	698	Sunni	There are some doubts about the exact foundation date: usually attributed to 698 but it could have been a bit later in 734.[36][37] The current mosque dates from a total reconstruction in 864 under the Aghlabids,[38] with further modifications and renovations in later eras.[36]
Bu Ftata Mosque		Sousse	Tunisia	838–841		Dated by an inscription to the reign of Abu Iqal al-Aghlab ibn Ibrahim (838–841). Minaret added later under the Hafsids.[39]
Great Mosque of Sfax		Sfax	Tunisia	849		Exact construction date uncertain, but probably around 849.[40]
Great Mosque of Sousse		Sousse	Tunisia	851[41]
Al-Qarawiyyin mosque		Fez	Morocco	859		Some doubts exist about the story of its foundation in 859. Almoravids between 1135 and 1143.[45]
Mosque of the Andalusians		Fez	Morocco	859		Like the Qarawiyyin Mosque, there are doubts about the story of its foundation. The oldest parts of the present building date from the 10th century. Almohads between 1203 and 1207.[46]
Al-Naqah Mosque		Tripoli	Libya	973		Oldest Islamic monument in Tripoli,[47] though its history is not well-known.[48] Likely built by the Fatimid caliph al-Mu'izz in 973, though it may be older.[47] An inscription records that it was reconstructed in 1610–1611 (1019 AH).[48]
Great Mosque of Tlemcen		Tlemcen	Algeria	1082		Founded in 1082 under the Almoravids, decoration completed or redone in 1136 by another Almoravid ruler. Important renovation and additions took place in 1236 under the first Zayyanid ruler.[49]
Ksar Mosque		Tunis	Tunisia	1106
Kutubiyya Mosque		Marrakesh	Morocco	1147

Southeast Africa (including nearby islands of the Indian Ocean, but barring countries that are also in Southern Africa)

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Shanga Mosque		Shanga, Pate Island	Kenya			Foundation discovered, with coins attesting dates, during the 1980s excavations. The earliest concrete evidence of Muslims in East Africa.[50]: 97
Great Mosque of Kilwa		Kilwa Kisiwani	Tanzania	1000–1100
Kizimkazi Mosque		Dimbani	Tanzania	1107 (according to an inscription)[51]
Tsingoni Mosque		Tsingoni, Mayotte	France	1538[52]
Al-Fatah Mosque (Green Mosque)		Kigali	Rwanda (then German East Africa)	1913[53]		Founded by coastal Tanzanian Muslims who came to Rwanda to work in the German administration.[53]

West Africa

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Larabanga Mosque		Larabanga	Ghana	1421		The oldest existing mud-brick mosque in Ghana.
Great Mosque of Kano		Kano	Nigeria	15th century		Built in for Emir Muhammad Rumfa
Agadez Mosque		Agadez	Niger	1515		Niger's oldest mosque.
Grand Mosque, Sokodé		Sokodé	Togo	1820[54]

Southern Africa

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Auwal Mosque		Cape Colony	South Africa (then Cape Colony)	1798[55]		Recognised as the first mosque established in the country.
Palm Tree Mosque		Cape Colony	South Africa (then Cape Colony)	1807		Building constructed in 1788 (236 years ago) (1788), and established as a mosque in 1807 (217 years ago) (1807).
Masjid al-Qudama		Uitenhage, Eastern Cape	South Africa	1849[56]		It has been deduced that the mosque was a completed building by March 1849
Grey Street Mosque (Juma Mosque)		Durban[57]	South Africa	1881
Soofie Masjid		Butha Buthe	Lesotho	1900 (approximate)[50]: 115		Founded by Soofie Saheb at the turn of the century; the community is described as African Muslim yet speaking an Indian language.[50]: 115
Habibia Soofie Saheb Jamia Masjid		Rylands, Cape Town	South Africa	1905
Lobatse Masjid		Lobatse	Botswana	1960s[58]		Founded by Indian Muslims who were brought over during the British colonial period.
Ezulwini Mosque		Ezulwini, near Mbabane	Eswatini	1982[59]

Americas

South America

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
			Suriname (then a colony of the Netherlands)	1906[60]		Built by immigrant Javanese rice farmers.[60]
Mesquita Brasil (São Paulo),		São Paulo	Brazil	1929[61]		Previous site built in 1929;[61] current building inaugurated in 1952. First known mosque in Brazil.[62]
			Panama	1930[63]	Ahmadiyya[63]
		El Paraíso, Caracas	Venezuela	1968[64]
At-Tauhid Mosque		Buenos Aires	Argentina	1983[65]	Shi'ite	Opened in October 1983 by the Shi'ite community of Buenos Aires and with the support of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Argentina. It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.[66]
Mezquita as-Salam		Santiago	Chile	1995[67]		Commissioned 1989, inaugurated in 1995.
Mohammed VI Mosque		Coquimbo	Chile	2007

North America (including Central America and island-states of the Caribbean Sea)

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Al-Sadiq Mosque		Chicago, Illinois	United States	1922	Ahmadiyya	Oldest extant mosque in the Americas.
Mother Mosque of America (Moslem Temple)		Cedar Rapids, Iowa	United States	1934		Oldest extant purpose-built mosque in the United States
Al-Rashid Mosque		Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	1938		First purpose-built mosque in Canada.
		Spanish Town	Jamaica	1950s[68]		Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which was founded in 1950.
Bridgetown Mosque		Bridgetown	Barbados	1957[69]		First purpose-built mosque in Barbados.
Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque		Willemstad, Curaçao	Netherlands	1965[70]
			Haiti	1985[71]		Converted private residence.
Suraya Mosque		Torreón	Mexico	1989	Shi'ite	Built by the immigrants from the Middle East living in Torreón.
Omar Mosque		San José	Costa Rica	1995[72]	Sunni	Founded by the Islamic Cultural Association of Costa Rica.
		Belize City[73]	Belize	2008 (approximate)[74]		Founded by Belizeans who converted to Islam while in the United States.[74]
Boukman Buhara Mosque		Cap-Haïtien	Haiti	2016[75]		First purpose-built mosque in Haiti. Includes a minaret. Constructed by the Diyanet Foundation of Turkey following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[75]

Asia

Arabian Peninsula (including the island-state of Bahrain)

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi		Medina	Saudi Arabia	622		Second holiest site in Islam (after Al-Haram Mosque) and Muhammad's mosque, which houses his tomb in what was initially his and his wife green dome atop the prophet's mausoleum.
Masjid al-Qiblatain		Medina	Saudi Arabia	623		Mosque originally with two Qiblah walls: One facing Jerusalem, the first Qiblah and another facing Mecca
Jawatha Mosque		Al-Kilabiyah	Saudi Arabia	629/639[76][77]		Has recently been renovated[citation needed] and prayers are still held in this mosque.[78]
Great Mosque of Sana'a		Sana'a	Yemen	7th century		Possibly the oldest mosque in the country.
Mazin Mosque		Samail	Oman	7th century better source needed ]		Founded by Mazin Ben Ghadooba, who is considered to be the first Omani to adopt Islam during Muhammad's lifetime. better source needed ]
Al-Shawadhna Mosque		Nizwa	Oman	628–629 (possibly)[80]		Original foundation attributed by some to 7 AH (628–629 CE).[80] A construction or renovation dated to 1529 CE is recorded by an inscription above the mihrab.[80][81]
Al-Hadi Mosque		Sa'dah	Yemen	897
Khamis Mosque		Khamis, Manama	Bahrain	1000–1200 (approximate)[82]		Though most of the structure is dated to the 11th or 12th century, it is popularly believed to have been founded by the Caliph Omar in the 600s.[83]
Mosque in Al-Ain		Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	1000s (Islamic Golden Age)		Possible the oldest mosque in the country.[84][85]
Al Badiyah Mosque		Fujairah	United Arab Emirates	1400s[86]		Some much earlier estimates have been proposed.

Greater China

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Huaisheng Mosque		Guangzhou	China	627		The Huaisheng Mosque is the main mosque of Guangzhou. It has been rebuilt many times over its history. According to tradition it was originally built over 1,300 years ago in 627 Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was named in memory of Muhammad.
Xianxian Mosque		Guangzhou City	China	629		The mosque was originally built in 629 during the Tang dynasty.
Great Mosque of Xi'an		Xi'an, Shaanxi	China	742[87]		Although the oldest stones date from the 18th century,[88] the mosque was founded in 742[89] Built in 742, but oldest mosque in China is the Beacon Tower mosque of Guangzhou being built in 627.[90]
Jamia Mosque		Hong Kong (then British Hong Kong)	China	1890
Taipei Grand Mosque		Taipei	Taiwan	1947		Oldest and most famous mosque in Taiwan. Original building was firstly used in 1947, then relocated to a new site where it was reconstructed in 1960.
Kaohsiung Mosque		Taipei	Taiwan	1949		The second oldest mosque in Taiwan. The original building was built in 1949, then moved to a new location where the second building was built in 1951, and the third and final building built in 1992.
Macau Mosque		Macau (then Portuguese Macau)	China	1980		The first and only mosque in Macau.

East Asia (excluding Greater China)

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Kobe Mosque		Kobe	Japan	1935[91]		Designed in the Turkish style by a Czech architect, confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943, and later returned.
Seoul Central Mosque		Seoul	South Korea	1976[92]

South Asia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Barwada mosque		Ghogha, Gujarat	India	Before 623		Built by Arab traders at ancient port of Ghogha, Bhavnagar district in the state of Gujarat. The qibla (direction to be faced while offering namaaz) of the mosque is faced to Bait al Mukaddas (Jerusalem). The mosque is abandoned by devotees after the qibla was changed to Makkah in AD 623 and another mosque constructed at the same time.[93][94][95][96][97]
Cheraman Juma Masjid		Kodungallur	India	629		Built by Cheraman Perumal,[98] then King of modern-day Kerala, it is the oldest mosque in the Indian subcontinent.[99]
Palaiya Jumma Palli		Kilakarai	India	630	Sunni	Considered to be the first mosque to be built in Pandiya Kingdom and ordered by Bazan ibn Sasan, Governor of Yemen at the time of Muhammad.[100]
Masjid Al-Abrar		Beruwala, Kalutara District, Western Province	Sri Lanka	First century in the Hijri calendar		The date has been carved in its stone pillars. It is situated in western province of Sri Lanka.
Haji Piyada		Balkh	Afghanistan	794 or 9th century		The oldest identifiable Islamic building in Afghanistan.[101] Construction dated to either the 9th century[102] or to 794.[103]
Jamia Masjid, Banbhore		Banbhore, Sindh	Pakistan	727		This is the oldest mosque of Bhambore.[104] Also believed to be the first mosque in South Asia.[105] Built after the conquest of Sindh.
Kazimar Big Mosque		Madurai	India	1284	Sunni, Hanafi, Shadhili	First mosque in Madurai.
Chaqchan Mosque		Gilgit Baltistan	Pakistan	1370		This is the oldest mosque of Gilgit Baltistan located in Khaplu.[106][107]
Sixty Dome Mosque		Bagerhat	Bangladesh	1450		Built by Khan Jahan Ali, it is considered to be the second-oldest mosque in Bangladesh. The fortified structure contains eighty-one domes, sixty stone pillars and eleven mihrabs.
Neevin Mosque		Lahore	Pakistan	1460

Southeast Asia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque		Tubig Indangan, Simunul island, Bangsamoro	Philippines	1380[108]		Founded by Makhdum Karim, who introduced Islam to the Philippines. This is the oldest mosque in Southesast Asia.
Wapauwe Old Mosque		Kaitetu, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku	Indonesia	1414		The oldest surviving mosque in Indonesia.
Ampel Mosque		Ampel, Surabaya, East Java	Indonesia	1421[109]		The oldest surviving mosque in Java, and second oldest in Indonesia.
Masjid Sultan Sharif Ali		Brunei	Brunei	1430 (approximate)[110]		Built under the direction of Sharif Ali ("Sultan Berkat"), who reigned 1425–1432.
Great Mosque of Demak		Demak, Central Java	Indonesia	15th century[111]		Oldest mosque in Central Java and second oldest in Java.[111]
300 Years Mosque		Narathiwat	Thailand	17th century		It is at least one of the oldest known mosques in Thailand.[112]
Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka		Central Area	Singapore	1820[113]		Originally a wooden structure built by Arab merchant Syed Omar Ali Aljunied.

Greater Syria

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Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Al-Omari Grand Mosque		Beirut	Lebanon	635	Sunni	The mihrab is the oldest part of the mosque, dating back to the Caliphate of Umar.
Al-Qibli Mosque (al-Jami' al-Aqsa)		Jerusalem (old city)	Palestine	637		A Muslim Umar ibn Al-Khattab .
Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque		Aleppo	Syria	637
Ibrahimi Mosque		Hebron	Palestine	637[114]
Great Mosque of Aleppo		Aleppo	Syria	715
Umayyad Mosque		Damascus	Syria	715	Sunni	Fourth holiest site and the national mosque of Syria. It was originally built after the Muslim conquest of the city in 634. The current structure dates to 715.
White Mosque		Ramla	Israel	720
Al-Omari Mosque		Bosra	Syria	721
Great Mosque of Raqqa		Raqqa	Syria	772
Arab Ahmet Mosque		Arab Ahmet quarter of Nicosia	Cyprus	Late 16th century[115]		The mosque is named after a commander of the 1571 Ottoman army who made an expedition in 1571.[115][116]

Southwest Asia (excluding the Arabian peninsula, Caucasus, and Levant)

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Ayasofya Mosque (Hagia Sophia)		Istanbul	Turkey	1453 (537)		Built in 537 as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, converted to a mosque in 1453, and then a museum in 1931.[117] In 2020, it was again converted into a mosque by order of a Turkish court.
Great Mosque of Kufa		Kufa	Iraq	639	Shia	The mosque, built in the 7th century, contains the remains of Muslim ibn Aqeel – first cousin of Husayn ibn Ali, his companion Hani ibn Urwa, and the revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi .
Maqam al-Imam al-Husayn Mosque		Karbala	Iraq	680	Shia	Reconstructed several times, including in 1016.
Jameh Mosque of Ferdows		Ferdows	Iran	7th century (possibly)
Al-Hisn Mosque		Mopsuestia, Adana Province	Turkey	717-720		Built by the Umayyad caliph Umar II, as part of his conversion of the city into a military base to shield Antioch from a potential Greek attack. The building fell into ruin during the reign of Al-Mu'tasim, approximately 120 years later.
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan		Isfahan	Iran	771
Jameh Mosque of Fahraj		Fahraj	Iran	700s[118]
Tarikhaneh Mosque		Damghan	Iran	8th century
Great Mosque of Samarra		Samarra	Iraq	848
Al-Askari Mosque		Samarra	Iraq	944	Shia (Twelver)	Shrine of the 10th and 11th Twelver Shi'ite Imams: Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari.
Imam Ali Mosque		Najaf	Iraq	977	Shia, Sunni	Houses the tomb of Imamate .
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır		Diyarbakır	Turkey	1092	Sunni	One of the oldest known mosques in modern Turkey.
Yivliminare Mosque (Alaeddin Mosque)		Antalya	Turkey	1230
Aslanhane Mosque		Ankara	Turkey	1290

Central Asia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Po-i-Kalyan		Bukhara	Uzbekistan	713		Since 713 here, several edifices of main cathedral mosque were built then razed, restored after fires and wars, and moved from place to place.

Transcaucasia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Juma Mosque		Shamakhi	Azerbaijan	743-744		Built in 743–744, set on fire by Armenian units of "Dashnaktsutiun" in 1918, reconstructed in 2009.
Blue Mosque		Yerevan	Armenia	Mid-18th century

Europe

Iberian Peninsula

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Great Mosque of Cordoba (Mezquita)		Córdoba, Andalusia	Spain (then the Emirate of Córdoba)	785[119]		Originally built by Abd al-Rahman I in 785, it underwent successive extensions in the 9th and 10th centuries. After the Castilian conquest of Cordoba in 1236, it was converted into the city's cathedral, which it remains to this day.[120]
Mosqye inside Aljafería Palace		Zaragoza, Aragon	Spain (then the Caliphate of Córdoba)	1046[121]		A small prayer room inside the Aljafería Palace, dating from the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon, a World Heritage Site.[123]
Mosque of Madinat al-Zahra		Córdoba, Andalusia	Spain (then the Caliphate of Córdoba)	941–942[124]		Friday mosque of Madinat al-Zahra, a vast, fortified palace-city begun in 936 by Abd al-Rahman III.[125] The city's mosque was inaugurated in 941–942.[124][126] The complex was plundered & destroyed during the civil war that ended the Caliphate of Córdoba in the early 11th century.[125] A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2018.[127]
Mosque of Cristo de la Luz		Castile-La Mancha	Spain (then the Caliphate of Córdoba)	999[128]		Built in 999 in Toledo, this building is a rarity in that it is in much the same state as it was when it was originally built.[129] Originally a square structure with nine domed bays, a semi-circular apse was added in 1187, after it had been converted into a church.[130]
Mosque of las Tornerías		Toledo, Castile-La Mancha	Spain (then the Taifa of Toledo)	mid-11th-century (completed)[131]		Catholic Monarchs .
Ribat of Arrifana Archaeological site		Aljezur, Algarve	Portugal (then the Almoravid dynasty)	1130[133]		Probably constructed by Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi, governor of Silves and a rebel leader against the Almoravid dynasty . These are the only ruins of such Muslim fortress to have been identified in Portugal, excavated by Portuguese archaeologists since 2001.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação		Mértola, Alentejo	Portugal (then the Almohad Caliphate)	Second-half of the 12th century[134]		Unique and most identifiable former mosque in Portugal, although a mixture of Almohad and Manueline post-Gothic architecture. Rebuilt in the second half of the 12th century with some elements from the 9th century.
Giralda		Seville, Andalusia	Spain (then the Almohad Caliphate)	1248 [135]		Only the minaret remains. Mosque comparable in size to Great mosque of Cordoba, mostly destroyed by earthquake in 1365. Minaret used as a church bell tower was built higher in the 16th century.
Church of São Clemente		Tavira, Algarve	Portugal (then the Kingdom of Portugal)	Second-half of the 13th century[136]		Only parts of the original minaret remain, incorporated in the church bell tower. It's 22.7 metres tall and 4.2 metres across. Across it lies an old Muslim cemetery of Jardim dos Amuados.
Mosque of Tórtoles		Tarazona, Aragon	Spain (then the Crown of Aragon)	15th-century (completed)[137]		Almost unaltered in the later centuries.
San Sebastian Minaret (Alminar De San Sebastian)		Ronda, Andalusia	Spain (then the Almohad Caliphate)			Only minaret of the medium-size mosque in Plaza Abul Beka neighborhood remains. Minaret was expanded and used as a bell tower. The mosque was converted to a church but destroyed in the 1600s during Morisco Revolts. Ronda was a Muslim city for 700 years. The city had 7 or 8 mosques, none survive today.[138]

 Russia

Building	Image	Location	First built	Denomination	Notes
Juma Mosque		Derbent, Dagestan (then part of the Abbasid Caliphate)	700-900 (approximate)[82]

Central Europe and Eastern Europe (excluding the Caucasus, European Russia and Nordic countries)

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Al-Agha Mosque		Dragash	Kosovo	1268[139]		Built by Muslims who migrated from Aleppo, in Syria, to Kosovo.[139]
Dzhumaya Mosque		Plovdiv	Bulgaria	1363–1364		Built during the reign of Sultan Murad II the old building was demolished and replaced by the modern-day mosque.
Sailors' Mosque		Ulcinj	Montenegro	14th century
Halit Efendi Mosque		Slupčane, Lipkovo Municipality	North Macedonia	1415[140]		It is considered to be the oldest mosque in North Macedonia. However, as a result of the various renovation works, the building has been altered to such an extent that it is no longer in its original state.[140]
Turhan Emin-Beg Mosque		Ustikolina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1448–1449[141]		Built by Turhan Emin-beg. Known to have been destroyed two times (1941 and 1992) and rebuilt two times (1956 and 2007).[141]
Fatih Mosque, Elbasan		Elbasan Castle	Albania	1466[142]		Built by the orders of Sultan Mehmed II.[142]
Old Mosque, Plav (Imperial Mosque)		Plav	Montenegro	1471[143]		Built during the Ottoman rule in the city.[143]
King Mosque or Sultan Bayazit Mosque		Elbasan	Albania	1482
Iljaz Mirahori Mosque		Korçë	Albania	1494[144]		It was built by Iljaz Hoxha, also known as Iljaz Bey Mirahor,[144] and is a Cultural Monument of Albania.[145]
Mosque of Kuklibeu		Prizren	Kosovo	1534
Mosque of Muderis Ali Efendi		Prizren	Kosovo	1543–1581
Esmahan Sultan Mosque		Mangalia	Romania	1575		Oldest mosque in Romania
			Poland	1558 (earliest attestation in writing)[146]		Tatar mosques in Poland were noted in a 1558 treatise Risale-i Tatar-i Lech.[146]
			Lithuania (then the Grand Duchy of Lithuania)	1500–1600[147]		Various records indicate Lithuanian Tatars built mosques in the Duchy during the 16th century[147]
Mosque of Sinan Pasha		Prizren	Kosovo	1615
Log pod Mangartom Mosque		Log pod Mangartom, Municipality of Bovec	Slovenia (then Austria-Hungary)	1916[148]		Built by Austro-Hungarian army.[148]
Gunja Mosque		Gunja	Croatia	1969		The first and one of the few mosques in Croatia, located near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Vienna Islamic Centre-Mosque		Vienna	Austria	1979[149]
Brno Mosque		Brno	Czech Republic	1998[150]		Construction began 1996, inaugurated 1998.[150]

British Isles

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Liverpool Mosque and Muslim Institute		Liverpool,  England	United Kingdom	1891[151]	Liverpool Muslim Institute	Several sources state that a mosque was founded in 1860 at 2 Glynrhondda Street, Cardiff, Wales. This has been rejected by an academic paper as a transcription error.[152]
Dublin Mosque and Islamic Centre		Dublin	Ireland	1976[150]		The first purpose-built mosque was built in Ballyhaunis in 1987.[citation needed]

Western-Central Europe (excluding the British Isles, Nordic countries, and countries that are also in Eastern Europe)

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Père Lachaise Ottoman Mosque		Paris (first in Metropolitan France)	France	1856		This mosque served for burial prayers for Ottoman diplomats, North African military personnel, and Turkish and Arab students. It fell into disrepair when France and the Ottoman Empire went to war in 1914.[153]
Grand Mosque of Paris		Paris	France	1926		The mosque was built in the Moroccan style and honored Muslim French veterans of World War I.[154]
Wünsdorf Mosque		Wünsdorf, Berlin	Germany	1915		Erected in 1915 by the Imperial German Army administration for Muslim Allied prisoners of war in the POW camp in Wünsdorf, later used as refugee camp. In 1930 torn down due to lack of a congregation.
Mobarak Mosque		The Hague	Netherlands	1955		The first known purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands.
Centre Islamique de Genève ("Little Mosque" of Geneva)		Geneva	Switzerland	1961		Founded by Said Ramadan

Nordic countries

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Järvenpää Mosque			Finland	1942		A mosque of the community of Finnish Tatars. It is considered to be the oldest mosque in Nordic countries. Finland's first Muslim cemetery was established in the 1830s for Russian troops.[155]
Nusrat Djahan Mosque		Hvidovre, outside Copenhagen	Denmark	1967[155]		Founded by the Ahmadiyya; first purpose-built mosque in a Nordic country.
Islamic Cultural Centre Norway		Oslo	Norway	1974		Founded by Pakistani-Norwegians aided by Danish Muslims; of the Sunni Barelvi mosque opened in 1976.
Nasir Mosque		Gothenburg	Sweden	1976
		Stockholm	Sweden	2000[156]		Converted from Katarinastation, a former power station.
Reykjavík Mosque		Reykjavík	Iceland	2002[157]		Not a purpose-built mosque, but serves as an interim gathering site.

Oceania

Australasia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Marree Mosque		Marree, South Australia	Australia	1861[158] / 1882[67]		Small structure in the South Australian desert built by Australia's " Afghan " camel-drivers, has been restored.
Central Adelaide Mosque		Adelaide	Australia	1888[158]		The oldest major city mosque in the country.[158]
		Auckland	New Zealand	1979 (begun)[159]		Cornerstone laid in 1979; the first Islamic centre in the country was installed in an Auckland house bought in 1959.[159]

Melanesia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Denomination	Notes
Hidayatullah Sanoek Mosque		Sanoek, South Waigeo, Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua	Indonesia	1505 (approximate)		The oldest surviving mosque in Oceania[160]
		Vitogo, Nausori, and Tavua[161]	Fiji	1922 (approximate)[161]		A number of wooden mosques were built by local Islamic assemblies around 1922.[161]
		Port Moresby[67]	Papua New Guinea	2000[162]		Islam was introduced to the island in the 1970s,[162] and the first Islamic centre established in 1988.[67]

See also

• List of oldest minarets
• List of tallest minarets
• Holiest sites in Islam
• Islamic architecture
• List of mosques in India
  • Congregational mosque
  • List of largest mosques
  • List of mosques
• List of oldest known surviving buildings
• List of oldest church buildings
• List of oldest synagogues

Notes

References