This site offers pictures and descriptions of the famous mosques located in Turkey.

This site offers pictures and descriptions of the famous mosques located in Turkey.

This site offers pictures and descriptions of the famous mosques located in Turkey.

This site offers pictures and descriptions of the famous mosques located in Turkey.

This site offers pictures and descriptions of the famous mosques located in Turkey.

This site offers pictures and descriptions of the famous mosques located in Turkey.

This mosque lamp is decorated with Mamluk Naskh inscription border on a blue background, including the name and titles of Prince Salar.

This mosque lamp is decorated with stylized foliage containing Naskh inscription, a Qur'anic verse from the Surat "Al-Nur"(Al-Nur), The Light, and blazons.

This mosque lamp, traced to the Sultan Hassan, is made of glass overlaid with enamel and decorated with lotus flowers.

This mosque lamp is made of glass and overlaid with enamel. It has the shape of a vase. The shaft is decorated with floral and Mamluk Naskh inscription.

This mosque lamp is decorated with stylized foliage containing Naskh inscription, a Qur'anic verse from the Surat "Al-Nur" (Al-Nur), The Light, and blazons.

A mosque lamp made of glass with mina is formed in three parts: the neck, the shaft and the base. The neck is inscribed with blue Naskh calligraphy contains a verse from the "Surah Al Nour"(Surat Al-Nur), The Light, and the name of...

This mosque lamp with the name of Prince Shaykhu is decorated with Naskh inscription containing a Qur'anic verse from the Surah "Al Nour" of the Light.

This mosque lamp is made of glass and overlaid with enamel and decorated with Mamluk Naskh inscriptions containing the name and titles of the sultan.

This mosque lamp is decorated with a Mamluk Naskh inscription border with the name and titles of Sultan Shaaban and several small flower designs.

This mosque lamp with the name of Al-Ashraf Shaaban is made of glass inlaid with enamel, resembling a vase.

Mosque at the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, India

Mosque of Ibn Tulun at Cairo

An image of the Asfi Mosque.

Listen to a recorded interview with author and illustrator David Macaulay, who writes books that explain architecture to children. In this interview he discusses what he has learned about Islamic places of prayer. Includes photos of the...

An image of "Before a Mosque in Cairo", created by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, c. 1868 (Oil on panel, 41 x 31 cm).

Explore the city of Mecca through pictures, a slideshow, and maps. There also is a short history of the city and a timeline covering events up to 2006.

Explore the city of Mecca through pictures, a slideshow, and maps. There also is a short history of the city and a timeline covering events up to 2006.

This site is an account of the fighting that broke out in northern Nigeria when a Christian writer had noted that "The Prophet Muhammed would surely have picked one of the Miss World contestants as his wife." To Muslims, this was...