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Title: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:03:49 AM 01. Quba Mosque, Saudi Arabia
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_01.jpg) First Built: 622 The designation of the oldest mosque in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even here, there is the distinction between old mosque buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques, and those that have been converted to other purposes; and between buildings that have been in continuous use as mosques and those that were shuttered for many decades. In terms of congregations, they are distinguished between early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist (wikipedia). 09 More after the break... Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:04:01 AM 02. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Saudi Arabia
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_02.jpg) First Built: 622 Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:04:14 AM 03. Masjid al-Qiblatain, Saudi Arabia
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_03.jpg) First Built: 623 Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:05:04 AM 04. Jawatha Mosque, Saudi Arabia
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_04.jpg) First Built: 629 Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:05:21 AM 05. Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_05.jpg) First Built: 638 Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:05:31 AM 06. Great Mosque of Kufa, Iraq
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_06.jpg) First Built: 639 Go to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>> Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:08:44 AM 07. Mosque of Uqba, Tunisia
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_07.jpg) First Built: 670 Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:08:54 AM 08. Imam Hussain Mosque, Iraq
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_08.jpg) First Built: 680 Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:09:04 AM 09. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_09.jpg) First Built: 705 Title: Re: Top 10 Oldest Mosques in the World Post by: Ryan Martis on February 25, 2011, 12:09:14 AM 10. Al-Zaytuna Mosque, Tunisia
(http://800020.xyz/files/funzug/imgs/travel/top10_oldest_mosques_10.jpg) First Built: 709 |