Images - Great Mosques Around the World

As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid ul Fitr in a joyous culmination of the holy month of Ramadan, enjoy this visual pilgrimage of mosques around the world. From Afghanistan and China, Saudi Arabia, Germany, India and Egypt, to Peru, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, these 55 centres of faith are testimony to the spread of Islam across the world.

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DAMASCUS, SYRIA: A file photo from 2005 shows a German tourist admiring the minaret of the 8th century Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. After the Arab conquest of Damascus in 634, the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist also honoured as a prophet, Yahya, by Muslims.
DAMASCUS, SYRIA: A file photo from 2005 shows a German tourist admiring the minaret of the 8th century Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. After the Arab conquest of Damascus in 634, the mosque was built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist also honoured as a prophet, Yahya, by Muslims.