Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Oldest Masjids in the World

10 Oldest Masjid in the World
The designation of the oldest Masjid 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 Masjid congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old Masjid buildings that have been in continuous use as Masjid, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as Masjid 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).
01. Quba Masjid, Saudi Arabia
 
 
 
02. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia
 
 

03. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia
 


04. Jawatha Masjid, Saudi Arabia
 


05.
Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia
 



06. Great Masjid of Kufa, Iraq
 

 

07.
Masjid of Uqba, Tunisia
 



08.
Imam Hussain Masjid, Iraq
 



09.
Al-Aqsa Masjid, Jerusalem
 


10.
Al-Zaytuna Masjid, Tunisia
 

--
Shahzad Afzal
http://shahzadafzal.blogspot.com/



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