List of mosques in the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of mosques in the United Arab Emirates, in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

Name Images Location Year Remarks
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi City 2008 National mosque, the largest mosque in the UAE.[1]
Zayed the Second Mosque, Al-Hisn Abu Dhabi Historical mosque near Qasr Al Hosn.[2][3]
Imam Al-Tayeb Mosque Abu Dhabi 2023 Part of the Abrahamic Family House
Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque Al Ain, Abu Dhabi 2021[4][5] The largest mosque in the city and one of the largest in the UAE.[6][7] It is near an ancient mosque dated to the Islamic Golden Age, possibly the oldest mosque in the country.[8][9]
Sheikha Salama Mosque Al Ain 2011 (current structure) Formerly the largest mosque in Al Ain.[10][11]
Grand Mosque of Dubai Dubai 1998
Jumeirah Mosque Dubai 1979 Most Beautiful Mosque in Dubai since 1979[12]
Iranian Mosque, Bur Dubai Dubai 1979
Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque Dubai 2011
Al Warqa Grand Mosque Dubai 2016 It is styled after the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, western Saudi Arabia.[13][14]
Mirdif Grand Mosque Dubai 2018 Fatimid architecture[15][16]
Al Bidya Mosque Al Badiyah, Al-Fujairah 1446 Oldest functional mosque in the UAE.[17][18][19]
Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Fujairah Fujairah City 2015 The second largest mosque in the UAE.[20]
King Faisal Mosque Sharjah 1987 Formerly the largest in Sharjah and the country.[1][21][22]
Al Noor Mosque Sharjah 2005
Sharjah Mosque Sharjah 2019 The largest mosque in Sharjah.[23]

See also

References

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