10 World's Oldest Mosque

Masjid or mosque is a house of worship of Muslims. Mosque means place of prostration, and a small mosque is also called the small mosque, mosque or mosque. Apart from places of worship mosques is also the center of the Muslim community. Activities - a big celebration activities, discussions, religious studies, lectures and study the Koran is often carried out in the mosque. Even in the history of Islam, the mosque also plays a part in social activities to the military.

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 That old mosque buildings have been in continuous use as mosques, and those That have been converted to other purposes; and That Between buildings have been in continuous use as mosques and those were the resource persons That shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, They are distinguished That Between early established congregations have been in continuous existence, and early congregations That ceased to exist.

1. Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia
First built: 622
location: Medina
countries: Saudi Arabia

Quba mosque in remote environments in saudi arabia madina, is the oldest mosque in the world. First stone that was positioned by the Islamic prophet Muhammad on emigration from the city of Mecca to Medina and the mosque was finished with his friend. Muhammad spent more than 20 nights in the mosque (after migrating) praying qasr (a short prayer) while waiting for Ali whose house was behind this mosque.

2. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia
First built: 622
location: Medina
countries: Saudi Arabia

al-al-Nabawi mosque, which is often called the prophet mosque is a mosque located in the city of madina. As the final resting place of Islamic prophet Muhammad, is considered the second holiest place in Islam by the Islamic ummah (the first is the mosque of al-haram in Mecca). The mosque is under the control of the guard of two sacred mosques.

3. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia
First built: 623
location: Medina
countries: Saudi Arabia

mosque of al-qiblatain (mosque two qiblas) is a mosque in madina which is historically important to Muslims as the place where the prophet Muhammad, led the prayer, is said to have been ordered to change the direction of prayer (qibla) from Jerusalem to Mecca. So unique that there are two prayer niches (mihrabs). Recently renovated the mosque, remove the old prayer niche facing Jerusalem and the left one is facing Mecca.

4. Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia
First built: 629
location: Al kilabiyah
countries: Saudi Arabia

jawatha mosque (also spelled al-jawana wrong) is located in the village of al-kilabiyah, about 12km northeast hofuf, al-ahsa, saudi arabia. That was the beginning of the mosque which was built in eastern Arabia and most of the original structure in ruins. This place is still used for prayer.

5. Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia
First built: 638
location: Mecca
countries: Saudi Arabia

al-al-haram mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world. Located in the city of Mecca, it surrounds the temple, a place which Muslims turn in the entire world for a while offering prayers daily and is a holy place of Islam. The mosque is also known as the grand mosque.

6. Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq
First built: 639
location: Kufa
country: Iraq

grand mosque of Kufa, or al-Kufa mosque, or mosque-al-intention located in Kufa, Iraq, is one of the earliest mosques in Islam. Built in the 7th century, contains the remains of Muslim ibn 'Aqil - first cousin of Husain bin' Ali, his colleague hani ibn 'Urwa, and Mukhtar al-thaqafī revolutionary.

7. Mosque of Uqba, Tunisia
First built: 670
location: Kairouan
country: Tunisia

Uqba mosque, also known as the Great Mosque Kairouan, is one of the most important mosque in tunisia, located in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Kairouan.

8. Imam Hussain Mosque, Iraq
First built: 680
location: Karbala
country: Iraq

ali ibn Husain monastery 'is a Shiite Muslim shrine in the city of Karbala, Iraq. He stood at the location of the tomb of Ali, grandson of the two muhammad, near the place where he was killed during the battle of Karbala in 680 AD, the tomb of Husain bin 'Ali bin Husain is one of the places sacred to shi' as outside Mecca and Medina, and many make pilgrimages to the site. Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the town to observe the 'Ashura, which marks the anniversary of Husain bin' Ali's death.

9. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
First built: 705
location: Jerusalem

Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Islamic holy places in the old city of Jerusalem. Places including mosques (along with the dome of the rock), also known as al-haram ash-Sharif or "holy noble sanctuary", the temple mount, the holiest site in Judaism, where the first and second temples generally accepted to have a stand . Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the al-Aqsa Mosque during night travel. Islamic tradition states that Muhammad led prayers for this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when God directed him to change the direction of the temple   

10. Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Tunisia
First built: 709
location: Tunis
country: Tunisia

mosque of al-Zaytuna, or ez-zitouna or ezzitouna mosque is a large mosque in Tunis, near the northern coast of Africa.