The most beautiful mosque in the world: list, features, history and interesting facts. The most beautiful mosque in the world: list, features, history and interesting facts The largest mosque
There are three main mosques in the Muslim world: Al Haram (Forbidden Mosque) in Mecca, Al Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) in Medina and Al-Aqsa (Remote Mosque) in Jerusalem.
All these mosques are very important for Muslims, and each of them has its own specific meaning.
Al-Haram Mosque (Forbidden Mosque)
The Al-Haram Mosque is the main Muslim temple located in Saudi Arabia, in Mecca. The Kaaba is located in the courtyard of this mosque.
Al-Haram Mosque (Forbidden Mosque) during Hajj
The Kaaba is a shrine of Islam, which is a cubic-shaped stone structure in the courtyard, in the center of the Holy Mosque (al-Masjed al-Haram) in Mecca. This is the main sanctuary of Islam, which Muslims call al-Bait al-Haram, which means "sacred house". The very name "Kaaba" comes from the word "cube". The height of the building is 15 meters. Length and width - 10 and 12 meters respectively. The corners of the Kaaba are oriented to the cardinal points, and each of them has its own name: Yemeni (southern), Iraqi (northern), Levantine (western) and stone (eastern). The Kaaba is made of granite and covered with a cloth, and inside it is a room where a door made of pure gold leads, which weighs 286 kilograms.
Almost three hundred kilograms of the purest gold were used to finish the door.
In the eastern corner of the Kaaba, at the level of one and a half meters, the Black Stone (al-Hajar al-Eswad) is mounted, bordered by a silver rim. This is a hard stone of irregular oval shape, black in color with a scarlet tint. It has red spots and yellow wavy lines at the junctions of the broken parts. The diameter of the stone is about thirty centimeters. He, as Muslims are sure, was sent by Allah from heaven. The Black Stone is the most famous sacred meteorite, the nature of which is still unknown. The stone is very fragile, but it floats in water. After the Black Stone was stolen in 930, when it returned to Mecca, its authenticity was established precisely by its property not to sink in water. The Kaaba burned twice, and in 1626 it was flooded - as a result, the Black Stone split into 15 pieces. Now they are fastened with cement mortar and enclosed in a silver frame. The visible surface of the stone is 16 by 20 centimeters. It is believed that Allah sent the Black Stone to Adam and Eve as a sign of forgiveness.
Until now, seven fragments of the Stone are held in place by a large silver frame that goes around the corner of the Kaaba and hides most of it, leaving the pilgrims only a small hole for kisses and touches.
Governor of Mecca Prince Khaled Al-Faisal at the Black Stone during the traditional washing of the Kaaba
The Kaaba has a special meaning in Muslim rituals. In the direction of the Kaaba, Muslims around the world turn their faces during prayer. Around this building during the Hajj, believing Muslims perform a ceremony tawaf - ritual sevenfold circumambulation of the Kaaba counterclockwise. During this rite, worship is performed on the Iraqi and Yemeni corners of the Kaaba, in which pilgrims touch with their hands, kiss this building and pray near it. According to Muslim tradition, a stone is placed in the Kaaba, which God gave to Adam after the fall and expulsion from paradise, when the first person realized his sin and repented of it. Another legend tells that the stone is Adam's guardian angel, who was turned into stone for overlooking and allowing the fall of the first person entrusted to his protection. According to an Arab legend, after being expelled from paradise, Adam and Eve (Hava) were separated - Adam ended up in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), and Eve - not far from Mecca, on the shores of the Red Sea, in places where the port of Jeddah is now located. On the outskirts of this city, Khava's grave is allegedly still located. They met Adam only after two hundred years, and it happened in the Mecca region. After a long separation, they got to know each other on Mount Arafat, which is also sacred to the Arabs. Adam, however, even after meeting his wife, missed the temple where he prayed in paradise. Then God brought down a copy of that temple for him from heaven. According to legend, when the Black Stone was lowered from the sky, it was dazzling white and at the same time shone so that it could be seen for four days on the way to Mecca. But over time, from the touch of numerous sinners, the stone began to darken until it turned black. The time of construction of the Kaaba and its builders are unknown. According to legend, the Kaaba was built by the first man - Adam, but it was destroyed by the Flood, and even the place where it stood was forgotten. The shrine was restored by Patriarch Abraham (Ibrahim) with his son Ismail, the ancestor of the local peoples. Abraham built the Kaaba with the help of one miraculous device. It was a flat stone on which the forefather Abraham stood, and this stone could fly above the ground and rise to any height, performing the function of mobile scaffolding. It has survived, is located a few meters from the Kaaba and is called Maqam Ibrahim (Ibrahim's standing place) and, despite the fact that it has long lost its flying properties, is also a Muslim shrine. The footprint of Abraham-Ibrahim remained on it. A dome was erected over this stone over time. Archangel Gabriel (Jabrail) helped Ibrahim in the restoration of the Kaaba. From him, Ibrahim and Ismail learned that the temple they built is an exact copy of the temple in which Adam prayed. For the peoples and tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, the Kaaba was traditionally a sacred building long before the rise of Islam. The Kaaba was the main sanctuary of the Hijaz, a historical region in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula. Arabs from ancient times believed that the Kaaba is the house of God, and made pilgrimages to it.
Thanks to this shrine, Mecca became famous - now it is the holy city of Islam, located seventy kilometers from the Red Sea coast, in a very arid and unsuitable for agriculture area. The only factor that made these places attractive for people to settle there is the source of fresh water - Zamzam. The location of Mecca on the trade routes of the region also turned out to be successful. The appearance of the source, according to local legend, happened miraculously - God created it for the sake of the patriarch Abraham (Ibrahim) and his son Ismail - the ancestor of the Arab tribes. It was considered one of the seven holy places by the Sabeans of Persia and Chaledonia. The rest of their shrines were considered: Mars - the top of the mountain in Isfahan; Mandusan in India; Hay Bahar in Balkh; Gamdan's house in Sana'a; Kausan in Fergana, Khorasan; House in Upper China. Many of the Sabaeans believed that the Kaaba was the House of Saturn, as it was the oldest known building in that era. The Persians also made a pilgrimage to the Kaaba, believing that the spirit of Tormoz dwells there. The Jews also respected this shrine. They worshiped the same God there. With no less reverence, Christians came to the Kaaba. However, over time, the Kaaba became an exclusively Muslim shrine. The idols revered by the pagans were destroyed in 630 by the prophet Muhammad, who was born in Mecca and, according to the Koran, was a descendant of the prophet Abraham (Ibrahim). He left only the images of the Virgin Mary and Jesus that were there. Their images were applied there not by chance: Christians lived in Mecca, and besides them - Jews, as well as Hanifs - righteous followers of faith in the one God, who were not included in any of the religious communities. The Prophet not only did not cancel the pilgrimage to the shrine, but he himself respectfully kissed the Kaaba with his staff. In the second year after the Hijra, or according to the calendar more familiar to us - in 623-624 AD, the prophet Muhammad established that Muslims should pray, turning towards the Kaaba. Until then, they had prayed with their faces turned towards Jerusalem. Muslim pilgrims flocked to the Kaaba to Mecca. They believe that the shrine is a prototype of the heavenly Kaaba, around which the angels also perform tawaf. Holy place was destroyed in 930, when the Qarmatians, Shiite Ismaili sectarians from Bahrain, stole the Black Stone, which was returned to its place only 21 years later. After this incident, some doubts arose about its authenticity, but they were dispelled by an investigative experiment: the stone was thrown into the water and made sure that it did not sink. But the adventures of the Black Stone did not end there: in 1050, the caliph of Egypt sent his man to Mecca with the task of destroying the shrine. And then, twice, the Kaaba was engulfed by fire, and in 1626, by a flood. As a result of all these disasters, the stone broke into 15 pieces. In our time, they are fastened with cement and inserted into a silver salary. Reverence for the Kaaba is also expressed in wrapping the relic with a special veil - kisvoy. It is updated annually. Its upper part is decorated with sayings from the Koran embroidered with gold; it takes 875 to make a kiswa square meters matter. The first to cover the Kaaba with canvases decorated with silver embroidery was the Tubba (King) of Yemen, Abu Bakr Asad. His successors continued this custom. Various types of fabrics were used. The tradition of covering the Kaaba has undergone significant changes: initially, before the pilgrimage to Mecca of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi in 160 after the Hijra, the covers on the structure were simply put on each other. After the cover was worn out, a new one was put on top. However, the servants of the Forbidden Mosque expressed their fears to the ruler of the Caliphate that the building might simply not withstand the weight of the blankets piled one on top of the other. The caliph agreed with their opinion and ordered that the Kaaba be covered with no more than one cover at a time. Since then, this rule has been strictly observed. The inside of the building is also decorated with curtains. The family of Beni Sheibe is following all this order. The shrine is open to the public only during the Kaaba washing ceremony, and this happens only twice a year: two weeks before the holy month of Ramadan and two weeks after the Hajj. From the son of Abraham, Ismail, Kaaba was inherited by the southern Arab tribe of the Jurhumites, who enjoyed the support of the Babylonians. And in the 3rd century AD, they were supplanted by another southern Arab tribe, the Banu Khuzaa. Out of desperation, the Jurhumites, leaving Mecca, destroyed the Kaaba and covered up the source of Zamzam. The Khuzaites restored the Kaaba, and from the middle of the 3rd century BC, the Kaaba became the pantheon of the Arab tribes. The leader of the Khuzaites at that time was Amr ibn Luhey, who became the ruler of Mecca and the patron of the Kaaba. Contrary to the initial monotheism of Abraham-Ibrahim and his son Ismail, he placed idols in the Kaaba and encouraged people to worship them. The first idol he set up - Hubal - he brought from Syria. Quraysh - another Arab tribe that lived in the Mecca region and descended from Adnan, one of the descendants of Ismail, and his wife, the daughter of the leader of the Khuzaites, expelled the Khuzaites from Mecca and gained control of the city and the temple around 440-450. From this tribe came the prophet Mohammed, who glorified the Kaaba to the whole world. Before his preaching, the Kaaba was the center of numerous religious cults. In the center of the Kaaba stood the idol of Hubal - the deity of the Quraysh tribe. He was considered the lord of heaven, the lord of thunder and rain. Over time, another 360 idols of pagan gods, which were worshiped by the Arabs, were placed there. Near them sacrifices were made and fortune-telling was made. Quarrels and bloodshed were strictly forbidden at this place. It is interesting that among the characters of pagan cults there were images of Abraham (Ibrahim) and Ismail with prophetic arrows in their hands; Isa (Jesus) and Mariam with the baby (Virgin Mary). As you can see, everyone found in this place something close to their faith. Pilgrims came to Mecca regularly. Twice a year, a lot of people came to the local fair. The Kaaba was known and revered far beyond the Arabian Peninsula. She was honored by the Hindu, according to the beliefs of which the spirit of Siwa, the third person of Trimurti, accompanied by his wife during a visit to the Hijaz, entered the Black Stone.
The building itself has been rebuilt many times. For the first time - under the second righteous caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Khattab. During the Umayyad period, Caliph Abd al-Malik restored the building, expanded the boundaries of the Holy Mosque, he also installed arches decorated with mosaics, which were specially brought from Syria and Egypt. During the reign of the Abbasids, at the direction of Caliph Abu Jafar al-Mansur, the mosque was further expanded and a gallery was erected along its perimeter. The area around the Kaaba was also thoroughly rebuilt by the Ottoman Sultan Abd al-Majid. And in the recent past, in 1981, the space around the relic was reconstructed by the King of Saudi Arabia, Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz. Now the territory of the Masjid al-Haram mosque with an area around the Kaaba is 193,000 square meters. At the same time, 130,000 Muslims can visit it. At the corners of the mosque there are 10 minarets, six of which (together with the superstructures in the form of a crescent) reach a height of 105 meters. What is the Black Stone embedded in the structure is still unknown. Some scientists consider it a very large meteorite. This opinion is disputed by a weighty argument that a stone cannot be an iron meteorite, based on its cracks, nor can it be a stone meteorite, since it cannot withstand movement and floats in water. Other researchers tend to see in the stone a large piece of unknown volcanic rock: rocky Arabia is rich in extinct volcanoes. It is known that this is not basalt or agate. However, the expressed opinion that the stone is not a meteorite is subjected to serious criticism. In 1980, researcher Elizabeth Thomsen suggested that the Black Stone has an impact nature - it is molten sand mixed with meteorite material. It comes from the Wabar crater, located 1800 kilometers from Mecca, in the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia. The stone from this crater is a frozen porous glass, it is quite hard and brittle, can float in water and has inclusions of white glass (crystals) and grains of sand (stripes). However, such a coherent theory has its own weakness: The conclusion made by scientists from the results of several measurements indicates the age of the crater, which is only a few centuries. The confusion comes from other measurements, suggesting that the crater is about 6,400 years old. There are actually three craters in Vabar. They are scattered over an area of about 500 by 1000 meters and have diameters of 116.64 and 11 meters. The Bedouin nomads call this place al-Hadida - iron objects. In an area of half a square kilometer, there are many fragments of black glass, white stones from sintered sand and iron pieces, partially covered with sand. The iron stones from the vicinity of the Vabar craters have a smooth surface covered with a black coating. The largest piece of iron and nickel found there by scientists weighs 2,200 kilograms and is called the Camel's Hump. It was discovered by a scientific expedition in 1965 and was later put on display at the Royal University of the Arabian capital Riyadh. The smooth cone-shaped stone appears to be a piece of a meteorite that fell to the ground and broke into several fragments. The holy book of Muslims - the Koran contains a story about the king of the city of Ubar named Aad. He mocked the prophet of Allah. For their wickedness, the city of Ubar and all its inhabitants were destroyed by a black cloud brought by a hurricane. The English researcher Harry Philby became interested in this story. The place most likely for the location of the lost city, he considered the Empty Quarter. However, instead of ruins - the works of human hands, he found fragments of a meteorite in that place. According to the traces left by this event, it was found that the energy released during the fall of the meteorite was equivalent to a nuclear explosion with a yield of about 12 kilotons, which is comparable to the explosion in Hiroshima. Other meteorites are known to have caused even more powerful impacts, but the case of Vabar has an important peculiarity. The meteorite fell into an open sandy place, dry and isolated enough that it is an ideal natural storage. There it was easy to find both the nomads of antiquity and modern scientists. The latter cannot yet give a definitive answer to the riddle of the Black Stone.
Al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet)
Al-Nabawi (Mosque of the Prophet) is the second most important Muslim mosque (after the Forbidden Mosque), located in Saudi Arabia, in Medina. Under green dome Mosque Al-Nabawi is the grave of the prophet of the founder of Islam - Muhammad. The first two Muslim caliphs Abu Bakr and Umar are also buried in the mosque.
Al-Nabawi Mosque (Mosque of the Prophet) in Medina
Green Dome (Prophet's Dome)
Tomb of Prophet Muhammad. Next to it, the first two caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar, are buried, and on the other side there is another area that looks like an empty grave. Many Islamic scholars and Quran scholars believe that this grave site is reserved for the prophet Isa (Jesus), who will return to Earth to kill the Dajjal (Antichrist), and then rule the revived Caliphate for 40 years.
The first mosque on this site was built during the lifetime of Mohammed, who himself took part in the construction. The layout of this building has been adopted for other mosques around the world. When Muhammad was forty years old, the archangel Jabrail appeared to him and called him to serve. Muhammad began his sermons in Mecca, seeking to turn the Arabs away from pagan polytheism and convert them to the true faith. In 622, due to strong pressure from the religious leaders of Mecca, Muhammad was forced to flee to the city of Yathrib, located several hundred kilometers away. In Yathrib (which was later renamed Medina), he managed to organize the first Muslim community. A few years later, the Muslim movement grew so much that Muhammad was able to create a large army, which in 630 captured Mecca without a fight. Thus the first Muslim state was formed.
Al-Aqsa Mosque (Remote Mosque)
Al-Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الاقصى - extreme mosque) is a Muslim temple in the Old City of Jerusalem on the Temple Mount. It is the third holiest site in Islam after the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. Islam associates Isra (the night journey of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem) and miraj (ascension) with this place. On the site of the al-Aqsa mosque, the Prophet Muhammad, as an imam, prayed with all the prophets sent before him.
Al-Aqsa Mosque (Remote Mosque) in Jerusalem
Founded in 636 by Caliph Omar on the site of a Jewish temple destroyed by the Romans, the Al-Aqsa Mosque was significantly expanded and rebuilt under Caliph Abd al-Malik in 693. Under Caliph Abd al-Malik, another mosque was built near Al-Aqsa, called Kubbat As-Sahra (Dome of the Rock). Nowadays, the Dome of the Rock Mosque is often confused with the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Qubbat As-Sahra Mosque (Dome of the Rock)
Often, the huge golden dome of the adjacent Qubbat al-Sakhra ("Dome of the Rock") mosque is confused with the more modest dome of the Al-Aqsa mosque, calling the said golden dome of Qubbat al-Sakhra the dome of the "Mosque of Omar". But it is Al-Aqsa that has its second name the name "Mosque of Omar" in honor of its founder Caliph Umar (Omar) and is the historical center of two mosques on the Temple Mount, and not the Kubbat as-Sakhra mosque, which, nevertheless, in architectural plan is the center of the complex.
temple platform
A mosque can be found in almost every corner of the globe. Most of these incredible places of worship defy typical expectations of what a mosque should look like. Non-traditional minarets, new architectural solutions and building experiments add variety to mosques, and also demonstrate the great potential for creativity in the design of mosques.
"Beauty surrounds us," said the Persian poet and Sufi mystic Rumi in the 13th century. Look at these unusual Muslim holy places around the world and see once again the accuracy of his words. We bring to your attention a series of the most amazing mosques in the world.
1. Mosque named after Mashkhur Zhusup (Kazakhstan)
The building of the mosque was built in the form of an eight-pointed star measuring 48 × 48 meters, the height of the minarets is 63 meters, the height of the dome with a crescent is 54 meters. The dome of the mosque is of heavenly color, made in the shape of a shanyrak. Architecturally, the mosque looks like an open heart, open to the world and goodness.
2. Crystal Mosque (Malaysia)
The official opening took place on 8 February 2008 by the thirteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu. The prayer building can accommodate up to one and a half thousand people at the same time. The building is made of reinforced concrete and covered with mirror glass. The mosque has a changing illumination of seven colors.
3. Faisal Mosque (Pakistan)
One of the largest mosques in the world. The mosque is famous in the Islamic world due to its size, with an area of 5,000 square meters, it can accommodate 300,000 worshipers.
4. Shakirin Mosque (Turkey)
It is the most modern mosque in Turkey.
5. Djennen Cathedral Mosque (Mali)
The largest mud-dwelling building in the world, completed in 1906. The mosque is located in the city of Djenne, Mali in the floodplain of the Bani River. As part of the Djenne Old Town site, the mosque was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988.
6. Kul Sharif Mosque (Russia)
One of the main attractions of the Republic of Tatarstan is the Kul Sharif mosque - a recreation of the legendary multi-minaret mosque of the capitalKazan Khanate, center of religious education and development of sciences in the Middle Volga region XVI century.
7. Putra Mosque (Malaysia)
The Putra Mosque was built from 1997 to 1999 in the new administrative center of Malaysia, in the city of Putrajaya, and is located on the shore of the artificial lake Putrayava next to the residence of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
8. Ubudiya Mosque (Malaysia)
Built in 1917 during the reign of Sultan Idries Shah, the mosque is located next to the Mausoleum at Bukit Chandan. Its construction was ordered by the order of the Sultan, who swore that he would build a mosque of extraordinary beauty, as a sign of recovery from illness.
9. Baitunnur Mosque (Canada)
Mosque of the Muslim Community Ahmadiyya in the municipality of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The largest mosque in Canada, it can simultaneously accommodate approximately 3,000 believers.
10. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque (Brunei)
The Royal Mosque, located in Bandar Seri Begawan, in the capital of the Sultanate of Brunei. The mosque can be classified as one of the most spectacular mosques in the Asia-Pacific region and the main attraction of Brunei.
1. Protected mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca
4. Independence Mosque (Masjid Istiqlal) in Jakarta
The Indonesian Independence Mosque or Istiklal is the largest mosque in South-East Asia. In 1949, Indonesia gained independence, and in order to perpetuate this event, it was decided to build such a large religious building in the capital of the state. The construction of the mosque began in 1961. The temple accommodates about 120 thousand worshipers.
5. Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca
Located in the largest Moroccan city of Casablanca, the Hassan II Mosque impresses not only with its huge size, but also with its beauty. Directly from the huge glass hall of the building offers a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean. Note that the mosque can accommodate 105 thousand people. The area of the temple is about 9 hectares. An interesting fact: all 800 million dollars spent on the construction of the mosque are voluntary donations.
6. Badshahi Mosque in Lahore
The Badshahi Mosque was built in the middle of the 17th century in the Pakistani city of Lahore by order of the last ruler of the Mughal dynasty. The mosque is built on a high platform that rises above the old city. The dimensions of the courtyard of the mosque are 159 × 527 m. The mosque has eight minarets: four at the corners of the prayer hall and the same number at the corners of the wall surrounding the mosque. The height of the outer minarets is 62 meters. The main entrance opens into a vast, brick-paved courtyard that can accommodate up to 60,000 worshippers.
7. Al Saleh Mosque in Sana'a
The Al Saleh Mosque is the main and largest mosque in the capital of Yemen - Sana'a. The temple was erected by order of the country's first president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, mostly with his personal money (about $60 million), and bears his name. The mosque is incredibly beautiful - six minarets visible from all over the city, each of which is 100 meters high, richly decorated domes, a combination of different types of stones, including black basalt and red, white and black limestone, windows decorated with stained glass windows. The official opening of the religious building took place in 2008. The mosque consists of a complex of buildings, the largest of which, for prayers, occupies more than 27 thousand square meters. meters. The main hall can accommodate up to 44,000 worshipers.
8. Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi
The Sheikh Zayed Mosque is famous not only for its size, but also for its stunning beauty. It is one of the main decorations of the capital of the United Arab Emirates - the city of Abu Dhabi. The mosque impresses with its interior decoration: colored marble and semi-precious stones were used to decorate the buildings. In addition, the largest and most luxurious chandelier in the world is located here. Square
One of the orders of the Prophet Muhammad contains the following lines: "If anyone builds a mosque for Allah, then for that he will build a similar one in paradise." Of course, for all representatives of Islam, the construction of sanctuaries for performing prayers is a charitable deed. And in recent times in every country where they live according to the rules of the Koran, they try to build objects unique in terms of architecture and design for Muslim prayers. And not everyone knows where the largest mosque in Russia is located. However, this issue is debatable for some. Let's consider it in more detail.
Heart of Chechnya
Many argue that the largest mosque in Russia is located in Grozny. This architectural complex, erected in 2008, really amazes with its decoration and beauty. There are magnificent fountains and a picturesque garden. The walls were finished with a special material (taverine), which was used to build the coliseum. The temple is decorated with white marble, which was brought from the island of Marmara Adasy (Turkey). The inside walls of the mosque were painted with gold and special paints. The ceilings are decorated with luxurious chandeliers, which were made from the most expensive crystal.
The largest mosque in Russia (the photo of which previously often adorned the pages of newspapers and magazines) fascinates and delights with its beauty at night, when every detail of it is visible against the backdrop of lighting. In the spring, plants begin to bloom on the territory of the temple and exude an indescribably pleasant smell.
Sacred place of the whole republic
Looking at the splendor and pomposity of the Chechen temple, you are really convinced that the largest mosque in Russia is located in Grozny. It is named after the first head of the republic - Akhmat Kadyrov. This majestic complex of architecture becomes noticeable after you enter the city. The total area of the building is 5,000 square meters. Its minarets are the highest: they reach 63 meters.
The Russian Islamic University and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims are located on the territory of the mosque. The order and cleanliness in the temple is very carefully monitored. Every Muslim who comes to visit Chechnya strives to get here. Well, when the time comes for the main holy holiday of Muslims, then, at the sight of the scale and scope with which believers meet Ramadan in the "Heart of Chechnya", all doubts about where the largest mosque in Russia are completely disappear. In general, this is the main attraction of Chechnya, which everyone who believes in Allah should see. Having visited this place once, a person has a desire to come here again and again.
Cathedral Mosque in Moscow
When asked what the largest mosque in Russia has been built recently, some answer that the Cathedral.
However, this point of view cannot be considered 100% correct. This sanctuary for Muslim prayers was erected in the Russian capital at the beginning of the 20th century. The cathedral mosque was built according to the project of the architect Nikolai Zhukov with the money of the Tatar philanthropist Salih Yerzin.
Most recently, the festive opening of the Cathedral Mosque took place after the restoration, which lasted ten years. The area of the temple has been increased twenty times, and now it exceeds the mark of 19,000 squares. The capacity of the Cathedral Mosque is 10,000 people. Despite this, it cannot be considered the largest sanctuary for prayers in Russia. However, this architectural structure is considered
Today, several large Muslim temples operate in the Russian capital: the Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill, Historical Mosque (Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street), Yardyam Mosque (Otradnoe District), Cathedral Mosque (Vypolzov Lane).
Ufa mosque
Some are 100% sure that the largest mosque in Russia will soon be located here.
Ufa, in their opinion, is just that place. In this city, work is in full swing on the construction of a giant complex with tall minarets and domes. In 2017, the Ufa Cathedral Mosque will become the most big temple for Muslims. Indeed, the scale of the project is amazing: the height of the minarets is 74 meters, and the height of the dome is 46 meters. It is noteworthy that the first two minarets will have elevator equipment.
Juma Mosque
Some experts argue that, in terms of spaciousness, the first place should be given to the sanctuary for performing prayers, which is located in Makhachkala. It is called Juma Mosque. This temple was designed in the likeness of the famous (Istanbul). After reconstruction work carried out in 2007, its capacity increased to 15,000 people.
Saint Petersburg Cathedral Mosque
The construction of this temple is the merit of Akhun Bayazitov, and the money for the construction was given by Emir Seid-Abdul-Akhat Khan and several entrepreneurs from Tatarstan. The cathedral mosque in the northern capital is also a tribute to political correctness: during the reign of Alexander III, part of the territory of Central Asia went to Russia, and in this regard, the emperor wanted to prove to the representatives of Islam that their rights and interests would not be infringed in any way. The mosque opened its doors in February 1913.
Mosque in the village of Dzhalka
One of the largest mosques is located in the Chechen village of Dzhalka. This sanctuary can accommodate 5,000 worshippers. It was opened in honor of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the first head of the republic - Akhmat Kadyrov.
Kul Sharif (Kazan)
This religious monument can accommodate over 2,000 Muslims. It began to be erected on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin in 1996 in order to recreate the initial version of the ancient multi-minaret mosque of the main city of the ancient Khanate. This architectural complex was destroyed in the middle of the 16th century, when the army of Ivan the Terrible stormed Kazan. The temple is named after the last imam, whose name was Kul-Sharif.
