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Mosques are places where the followers of Islam worship. There are many of them around the world, ranging from very large Mosques that can seat 50,000 people to ones so small that they can only hold 10 people at a time. They are known for having amazing domes with crescents on top; tall and slender minarets that are usually situated at the corner of the building structure; amazing Art of Arabic Calligraphy and Quran verses in the Prayer Halls. Here is Most Magnificent Mosques in the World. You may have been fortunate enough to have already visited some of them. I hope you enjoy and agree with some of my picks. Mosque of Dearborn, Michigan, USA Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo, Egypt Shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran Al Aqsa Mosque (Dome of the Rock), Jerusalem, Palestine Putra Mosque, Putrajaya, Malaysia Sultan Ahmed Mosque a.k.a Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Al-Nabawi (Prophet) Mosque, Medina Haram Sharif Grand Mosque, Mecca

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Masjid Malabar, 2001 At the mention of the word 'mosque', shining gold domes and towering minarets come to mind. Masjid Malabar is one such mosque, built in 1918 by Singapore's Indian Muslim community from the Malabar Coast. Its blue-tiled exterior walls are reminiscent of the dazzling the patterns found on mosques of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The tiles were added to the exterior of the mosque building during its 1990 renovation.

2. The Minaret

There is often a tall, narrow tower outside a mosque. This is called the minaret. Muslims pray to Allah five times a day. In the past, a man called a ‘muezzin’ would climb up the minaret. He would call out in a loud voice, to tell Muslims that it was time to pray. Nowadays, a tape recording of the call to prayer and loud speakers are often put in the minaret instead.

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The mosque is the place of worship in the religion of Islam. Muslims go to the mosque to pray to Allah (God). The word ‘mosque’ means ‘a place to bow down to Allah’.

Here is the entrance to the Yemeni mosque in Cardiff. Can you see the roof in the shape of a dome? Look at the picture below. Mosques often have domed roofs.