An informative BBC report on the significance of the Islamabad's Red Mosque to Pakistan's Islamic fundamentalist movement. Provides context for understanding the July 2007 siege of the mosque. (7/27/2007)

How much do you know about the Great Mosque of Cordoba? Find out by answering this four-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.

If walls could talk, Turkey's Hagia Sophia would have an abundance of stories to tell. Once a church, then a mosque, and now a museum, this world marvel has stood the test of time and war, surviving centuries of conquest by some of...

Known locally as Mezquita-Catedral, the Great Mosque of Cordoba is one of the oldest structures still standing from the time Muslims ruled Al-Andalus. View pictures and read descriptions of this example of Islamic architecture in this...

This site, from IslamiCity, displays a quality photograph looking up into the dome at the Mosque of Cordoba.

This is a Spanish tourism page with quite a bit of information on the Mosque of Cordoba, one of their most famous sights. It also includes information on the time of Muslim rule when the Mosque was built.

The Mosque of Cordoba and other sacred places are listed here and brief background information is given. There are 3 additional links.

A series of five lesson plans designed to give students a working knowledge of Islamic architecture and styles of decoration as manifested in mosques. Although aimed principally at teachers, lessons are accompanied by useful summaries of...

Photographs and filmed footage of five Islamic architectural masterpieces: Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo, the Great Mosque of Damascus, the Alhambra in Granada, and the Mosque of Shaykh Lutfallah in...

A comprehensive learning module on Islamic Spain that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the religious tolerance of...

A picture and one-line description of The Great Mosque.

A collection of links to Islamic organizations and events for Muslims in Philadelphia, including groups, schools, and mosques.

The Mosque of Aq-Sunqur consists of four aisles. Its blue tiles at the prayer direction wall distinguish it. Therefore, it was called the Blue Mosque.

As Egypt's most ancient Islamic mosque, the Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque was built in the age of the Islamic Conquest of Egypt. It has been subject to many changes in the subsequent Islamic eras.

Sultan Barsbay built this mosque in the area of Al-Khanqa in order to fulfill the vow he made when he left Egypt to conquer the island of Cyprus. The vow was that if God would preserve his life, he would populate the area in which this...

The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century, considered the complex, which...

The Al-Aqmar Mosque consists of a central nave surrounded by four aisles. The prayer aisle is the largest. Small domes cover each aisle.

Al-Azhar Mosque was established as a Shi'ite school in the Fatimid era. It consisted of a court surrounded by three aisles, the largest of which is the prayer direction aisle.

This mosque is located in Mohammad Ali Square, to the left of the road that leads to the Citadel. It is built on a rock mass above the level of the road and must be approached by ascending the stairs.

The Mosque of Sultan Hassan is a school with a plan based on a cross form. It consists of a central open nave surrounded by four porches, each covered with a vault. The school has two minarets.

The school of Olgay Al-Yusufi is situated in the street of Souk Al-Silah near the school of Al-Sultan Hassan and was built in the time of the Bahri Mamluks. It is considered to be the only school that has a foundation text in which the...

Abu Al-Haggag's mosque was built on a small square area and has a small dome. It was built in the northeast area of the Luxor Temple and probably dates back to the middle of the Fatimid era. However, changes were made to the mosque in...

The Mosque of Al-Tanbugha Al-Mardani consists of a central nave surrounded by four aisles. The deepest aisle is the prayer direction one.

Photograph of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, in Istanbul.