List of mosques in Syria
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This is a list of mosques in Syria.
Name | Images | City | Year | Denomination | Remarks |
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Great Mosque of Aleppo | Aleppo | 715 | Sunni | Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist | |
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque | Damascus | 682 | Shi'ah | Shrine of Zaynab bint Ali | |
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque | Damascus | 1985 | Shi‘ah | Shrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali | |
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Mosque | Damascus | 1554 | Sunni | ||
Nabi Habeel Mosque | Damascus | 1599 | Shi‘ah | Tomb of Abel, son of Prophet Adam | |
Umayyad Mosque | Damascus | 715 | Sunni | National mosque. Shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya)]] | |
Sinan Pasha Mosque | Damascus | 1590 | Sunni | Named after Sinan Pasha | |
Aqsab Mosque | Damascus | 1234 | Sunni | ||
Darwish Pasha Mosque | Damascus | 1574 | Sunni | ||
Nur al-Din Mosque | Hama | 1172 | Sunni | ||
Khalid Ibn Al-Walid Mosque | Homs | 1908 | Sunni Islam | Preserves the tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid, one of the most prominent Sahaba. | |
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham | Jableh | ? | Sunni | Contains a tomb dedicated to the Sufi mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham. | |
Al-Nouri Mosque | Homs | 1129 | Sunni | ||
Mosque of Prophet Huri | Cyrrhus | 1314 | Sunni | Established during the Mamluk period around a historic Roman-period hexagonal tower tomb. Damaged in conflicts in 2018 but restored in 2020. |
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