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- Ankara's Mosques - A list of medieval mosques with brief details from the official site of the Republic of Turkey.
www.turkey.org/groupe/ak_mosqu.htm
- Islamicpix - Adnan Alavi presents photographs of mosques around the world, with a few historical notes.
www.geocities.com/islamicpix
- Mosque - Tore Kjeilen explains the significance of the mosque to Muslims, its history, development and use, in an article for the Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
i-cias.com/e.o/mosque.htm
- Mosque of Amr Ibn El-As - The Egyptian Tourism Ministry provides an illustrated history and description of the oldest mosque in Egypt, founded in 642 AD and rebuilt several times subsequently.
touregypt.net/AmrIbnMosque.htm
- Mosques - Great Buildings Online provides images and information on famous mosques in Turkey, Syria and North Africa.
www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/mosque.html
- Mosques Around the World - IslamiCity presents photographs of outstanding mosques, both historic and modern, arranged by continent.
www.islamicity.org/Culture/Mosques
- Renovating the Omayyad Mosque - As the Great Mosque of Damascus once more rises like the phoenix, Syria On-Line explains its long history of glory and disaster.
www.syria-online.com/tourism/Tour_artc/Renovate.html
- Saigon's Mosque - Photographs and brief history of this mosque built in 1935 by Indian Muslim traders.
www.angelfire.com/vt/vietnamesemuslims/saimosq.html
- Sinan Mosques in Istanbul - Chuck Newman's photographs of his tour around the mosques designed by the famed 16th-century architect.
newmanservices.com/turkey/sinan.asp
- The Great Mosque of Cordoba - Jennifer Roberson gives an illustrated history of this magnificent building begun by Abd al-Rahman I in 785 CE. Part of an art history course at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
www.smcm.edu/academics/aldiv/art/webcourses/arth100/anchoring/cordoba/cordobaintro.htm
- The Suleymaniye Mosque: Beyond Inspiration - Illustrated article by Alia F. Hasan from Suite101 comparing and contrasting this magnificent mosque with its inspiration the Hagia Sophia.
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4205/20882
- The Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrasa, Cairo - Illustrated description from Intercity Oz of this impressive complex constructed for Sultan Hassan bin Mohammad bin Qala'oun in 1256 AD as a mosque and religious school.
www.interoz.com/egypt/hassanmosque.htm
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