Holy Kaaba is the Qibla (prayer direction) of every muslim.
Muslims from all over the world face the direction of Kaaba when they perform the five daily prayers and other optional prayersaccording to Quran, holy Kaaba was built by Hazrat Abraham Aleh-salam and his son Hazrat Ishmael Aleh-salam

The famous Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. A beautiful example of Mughal architecture. It was built by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1673.

Faisal Mosque by usamabhatti. Faisal Mosque is the most photographed building in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The Shah Faisal Masjid (??? ???? ???? in Urdu) in Islamabad, Pakistan, is one of the largest mosques in Asia; it’s status being the National mosque of the State. It is a well-known masjid in the Islamic world and is renowned for both its immense size and its ar

chitecture.

A Pakistani Muslim takes part in the prayer on the last Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan at the Faisal Mosque. Tens of thousands of Muslim devotees took part in the last Friday prayers ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. — 20 Oct 2006, Islamabad, Pakistan —

had a chance to visit the GRAND MOSQUE in Abu Dhabi (Not complete yet, but open to visitors and for the prayers). Here you can see some of the pictures that I took.I took all the pictures with Canon 5D and the Canon 17-40 mm f/4L lens. I must say that at times, specially at the main central hall, I felt that even 17 mm was not wide enough to capture the grandure of the mosque. A brief history of the mosque;

Introduction ; “The mosque has the world’s largest carpet at 7,119 square metres from Iran The world’s largest chandelier from Germany made from one million Swarovski crystals It has 28 types of marble and 24-carat gold throughout The 22,412 square metre mosque site equates to around the size of five football fields. More than 3,000 workers and 38 renowned contracting companies took part in the construction work. The mosque has 82 domes all of traditional Moroccan design – all decorated with white marble. The main dome’s outer shell is 32.8 metres in diameter and stands at a height of 70 metres from the inside and 85 metres from the outside. “