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Syed Omar was a philanthropist and his charitable acts included donating a large plot of land in Victoria Street for the purposes of a Muslim burial ground, the construction of a mosque in Bencoolen Street and Masjid Kampong Melaka, renamed Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka in his honour.

As Syakirin Mosque

The As Syakirin Mosque (Malay: Masjid As Syakirin), also known as KLCC Mosque, is a mosque located in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC).

Daivanamathil

The thread of the story is the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition and the Gujarat riots.

David Macaulay

This was followed by a series of books of the same type: City (1974), on the construction of Verbonia, a fictitious but typical Roman city; Pyramid (1975), on the building of monuments to the Egyptian Pharaohs; Castle (1977), on the construction of Aberwyvern castle, a fictitious but typical medieval castle; Mill (1983), on the evolution of New England mills; and Mosque (2003), which depicts the design and construction of an Ottoman-style masjid.

Demak Great Mosque

Masjid Agung Demak (or Demak Great Mosque) is one of the oldest mosques in Indonesia, located in the center town of Demak, Central Java Indonesia.

Dholka City

There are many ancient mosques in the city including the Khan Masjid (a rare brick structure) along with the magnificent stone Khan Talao, Jumu'ah Masjid (Friday prayer mosque).

Farrukhsiyar

The town of Farrukhnagar in Gurgaon district, 32 km south of Delhi, was rechristened after his name, during his reign, here he built a Sheesh Mahal and also a Jama Masjid mosque.

Hasan Mahmudi Kamboh

To perpetuate their memory, Husan Mahmudi erected Jama Masjid in 1019 AD, adjacent to where his Kamboh soldiers fell fighting during attack on Meerut.

Islam in Jamaica

Outside of Kingston, organizations include Masjid Al Haq in Mandeville, Masjid Al-Ihsan in Negril, Masjid-Al-Hikmah in Ocho Rios, the Port Maria Islamic Center in Saint Mary and the Ahmadiyya Mahdi Mosque in Old Harbour.

Jama Masjid, Delhi

The Jama Masjid's floorplan is very similar to the Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, but the Jama Masjid in Delhi is the bigger and more imposing of the two.

Emperor Shahjahan also built the Taj Mahal, at Agra and the Red Fort in New Delhi, which stands opposite the Jama Masjid.

Jama Mosque, Furus

Jama Masjid Mosque is the oldest, major and prevalent mosque in Furus, in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, India.

Jamia Masjid Sialkot

Jamia Masjid (Donga Bagh) is the largest mosque in Sialkot, Pakistan.

Jleeb-Ash-Shouyoukh

a school by the name Indian Central School which is affiliated to CBSE, Delhi, India, a big shopping area called Mujammah, Bikis Masjid and 2 free big playgrounds.

Kara, Uttar Pradesh

Places of historical interest include; the Dargah of Khwaja Karak, the Kara Devi Temple, the Samadhi of Saint Maluk Das, a mound called fort of Jai Chand, Jama Masjid, Kshetrapal Bharav Temple, Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple, and Shivala Maharishi Ashramractions.

Khirki Masjid

Khirki Masjid, approached from the Khirki village in South Delhi and close to the Satpula or the seven arched bridge on the edge of southern wall of Jahapanah (the fourth city of Medieval Delhi), was a mosque built by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah, the Prime Minister of Feroz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388) of the Tughlaq Dynasty.

Klang Royal Town Mosque

Klang Royal Town Mosque or Masjid Bandar Diraja Mosque is a mosque in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Masjid Al-Muttaqin

Masjid Al-Muttaqin serves the community by disseminating the latest information from Muslim bodies like MUIS, MENDAKI and AMP.

Masjid Bunder railway station

Contrary to popular belief, the station is not named after a masjid (mosque) but a synagogue, the 200-year old Gate of Mercy Synagogue near a once thriving Jewish neighbourhood, popularly known as Juni Masjid by locals.

Masjid Hamza, Valley Stream

The masjid currently offers use of the masjid for the five daily prayers, adult and children Quran classes, and Tarweeah in the month of Ramadan.

Mosque Street

Mosque Steeet is named after the Jamae Mosque, referred to by Muslims as Masjid Jamae (Chulia), located on the South Bridge Road end of the street.

Muhammad Ayyub

He is currently a faculty member of the Department of Tafsir in the Faculty of the Holy Qur'an and Islamic Studies at the Islamic University of Madinah, a member of the Scholarly Committee of the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran, and the imam of Masjid Hasan ash-Sha`ir in Medina.

Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque

Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque (Arabic: مسجد محي الدين - Masjid Muhyu-d Din, Tamil: முஹ்யுத்தீன் ஆண்டவர் பள்ளிவாசல் - Muḥyuddīn Āndavar Pallivāsal) is the only congregational mosque in the town of Thiruppanandal in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.

Munshibari Jama Masjid

The Taltoli Jama Masjid (formerly known as the Munshibari Jama Masjid) is a 19th century Jama Masjid of the village of Taltoli in Comilla, Bangladesh.

Nadir Ali Khan

He is considered an important member of the Bangle Wali Masjid Markaz mosque which runs Tablighi Jamaat.

Nawabganj District

One of the most graceful monument of the Sultanate period is the Chhota Sona Masjid or Sona Mosque at Gaur in Chapainawabganj Built by one Wali Muhammad during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah (1493–1519).

Nizamiye Masjid

Nizamiye Masjid, often called the Nizamiye Mosque, is a mosque situated in the city of Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Nizamuddin Markaz Masjeed

Nizamuddin Markaz Masjid or Banglewali Masjid is a mosque located in Nizamuddin West in South Delhi, India.

Pandalam

There are more than 22 devotional centres at Pandalam of which the most famous are Valiyakoikkal Temple, Mahadeva Temple, Pattupurakkavu Bhagavathi Temple, Thumpamon Vadakkumnatha Temple, Kadakkad Juma Masjid, Thumpamon St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, and St. Bursouma's Orthodox Church.

Shripat Pimpri

There are other temples also in the village such as Vithoba, Dattatreya, Dnyaneshwar, Mhasoba, a place for Snake worship and one masjid (Mosque) at the center of the village.

Tourism in Sindh

Islamic architecture is quite prominent in the province with the Jama Masjid in Thatta built by the Mughal emperor Shahjahan and numerous mausoleums dot the province including the very old Shahbaz Qalander mausoleum dedicated to the Iranian-born Sufi and the beautiful mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah known as the Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi.

Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal

After the invitation from Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar, he participated in the meeting held Kozhikode, Kuttichira Valiya Juma Masjid, in which PK Muhammed Meeran Musliyar was elected as president and Paron Hussain Shahib as secretary.

William Knox D'Arcy

Drilling in southern Persia at Shardin continued until 1907 when the search was switched to Masjed Soleyman (Masjid-I-Sulaiman in Persian مسجد سلیمان) in a place named "Maidan-i-Naftun".

Zinat-un-Nissa

She had the Zinat-ul-Masjid ("Ornament of Mosques") constructed at her expense in c.1700 by the riverside wall of the Red Fort in Delhi, where she was buried.


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