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Saturday, 21 November 2015

Oldest Mosques of Islam

Oldest Mosques in the World

Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 622

The designation of the oldest mosque in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist (wikipedia). 09 More after the break...
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 622
 
Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 623
Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 629

Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 639
Mosque of Uqba, Tunisia
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 670
Imam Hussain Mosque, Iraq
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 680
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 705
Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Tunisia
Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World
First Built: 709

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