Welcome to The Complete Islamic Pilgrim, a guide to the 100 Greatest Islamic Sites around the world. These places, chosen for their religious, historic and architectural importance, encompass millenia of the Muslim religious experience. Come explore mosques, madrassas, museums and other amazing pilgrimage destinations, from the ancient places of the Prophet Muhammad to modern architectural masterpieces , and everything in between. Discover what hidden treasures of faith may be found in your own neighborhood.
The Great Sites and Sites of the Prophet Muhammad
- Masjid Al-Haram || Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Masjid Al-Nabawi || Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Masjid Al-Aqsa & Dome of the Rock || Jerusalem, Palestine
- Masjid Al-Quba || Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Battlefields of the Prophet || Badr & Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Cave of Hira || Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Hill of Arafat & Tent City of Mina || Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Sites of the Companions of the Prophet
- Jannatul Mualla Cemetery || Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Maqbarat Al-Baqi Cemetery || Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Masjid Imam Ali || Najaf, Iraq
- Masjid Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah || Basra, Iraq
- Bab Al-Saghir Cemetery || Damascus, Syria
- Masjid Khalid ibn Al-Walid || Homs, Syria
Sites of the Descendents of the Prophet
- Masjid Imam Hussayn & Masjid Abbas || Karbala, Iraq
- Masjid Kadhimain || Baghdad, Iraq
- Masjid Imam Ridha || Mashhad, Iran
- Masjid Al-Askari || Samarra, Iraq
- Tomb of Fatimah Al-Masumeh || Qom, Iran
- Masjid Hazrat Ali || Mazar E Sharif, Afghanistan
- Masjid Al-Hussayn || Cairo, Egypt
Sites of the Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasties
- Masjid Umayyad || Damascus, Syria
- Ruins of the White Mosque || Ramla, Palestine
- Umayyad Castles || Palestine, Jordan & Syria
- Mezquita Mosque-Cathedral || Cordoba, Spain
- Tombs of the Idrisids || Morocco
- Masjid Uqba || Kairouan, Tunisia
- Madrassa Al-Kairouian || Fes, Morocco
- Masjid Ibn Tulun || Cairo, Egypt
Sites of the Fatimid, Almoravid and Almohad Dynasties
- Madrassa Al-Azhar || Cairo, Egypt
- Masjid Koutoubia || Marrakesh, Morocco
- Alhambra Palace || Grenada, Spain
- Masjid Chinguetti || Chinguetti, Mauritania
Sites of the Seljuk, Ayyubid and Mamluk Dynasties
- Masjid Al-Omari || Beirut, Lebanon
- Masjid Jameh || Esfahan, Iran
- Alamut Castle || Qazvin, Iran
- Masjid Alaeddin || Konya, Turkey
- Citadel of Cairo || Cairo, Egypt
- Mausoleum of Saladin || Damascus, Syria
- Masjid Al-Shaffei || Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Masjid Sidna Ali || Jaffa, Palestine
- Citadel of Aleppo || Aleppo, Syria
- Madrassa Ar-Zahiriyya || Damascus, Syria
Sites of the Ottoman Dynasty
- Mosques of Bursa || Bursa, Turkey
- Hagia Sofia || Istanbul, Turkey
- Topkapi Palace || Istanbul, Turkey
- Mosques of Mimar Sinan || Turkey
- Mosques of Sarajevo || Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Masjid Sultan Ahmet || Istanbul, Turkey
- Kasbah of Algiers || Algiers, Algeria
Sites of the Safavid & Qajar Dynasties
- Mosques of Shiraz || Shiraz, Iran
- Golestan Palace || Teheran, Iran
- Imam Khomeini Square || Esfahan, Iran
- Mosques of Fath Ali Shah || Teheran, Iran
Sites of the Timurid & Mughal Dynasties
- Shah I Zinda Necropolis || Samarkhand, Uzbekistan
- Masjid Khast Imam || Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Suleiman Mountain || Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- Mosques of Shah Jahan || India & Pakistan
- Taj Mahal || Agra, India
- Masjid Badshahi || Lahore, Pakistan
Historic Muslim Sites of Arabia and Africa
- Great Mosque of Sana’a || Sana’a, Yemen
- Forts of Eastern Arabia || Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia
- Mausoleum of the Mahdi || Omdurman, Sudan
- Mud Brick Mosques of Mali || Djenne & Timbuktu, Mali
- Hausa Mosques || Nigeria & Niger
Historic Muslim Sites of the Far East
- Great Mosque of Xi’an || Xi’an, China
- Haji Ali Dargah || Mumbai, India
- Masjid Negri || Kota Bahru, Malaysia
- Masjid Agung Demak || Demak, Indonesia
- Masjid Charminar || Hyderabad, India
- Masjid Jamek || Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Historic Muslim Sites of the West
- Masjid-E-Abu Hurairah || Cardiff, Wales
- Great Mosque of Paris || Paris, France
- Mother Mosque || Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Islamic Center of America || Dearborne, Michigan
- Ferncliff Memorial Park || Hartsdale, New York
Shrines of Muslim Scholars and Sufi Mystics
- Academic Heritage Sites of Toos || Toos, Iran
- Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam || Neishabur, Iran
- Masjid Sidi Bou Mediene || Tlemcem, Algeria
- Dargah Sharif || Ajmer, India
- Mevlana Museum || Konya, Turkey
- Masjid Mursi Abu El-Abbas || Alexandria, Egypt
- Tomb of Baha Al-Din Al-Naqshbandi || Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- Masjid Touba || Touba, Senegal
Shrines of the Ancient Prophets
- Birthplace of Abraham || Nasiriyah, Iraq
- Abraham’s Well || Beersheba, Palestine
- Tomb of Abraham || Hebron, Palestine
- Sites of Noah || Turkey
- Tomb of Job || Salalah, Oman
Great Mosques of the Modern Era
- Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddin || Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Islamic Center of Washington || Washington, DC
- National Mausoleum || Karachi, Pakistan
- Mosques of Amman || Amman, Jordan
- Masjid Kocatepe || Ankara, Turkey
- Masjid Faisal || Islamabad, Pakistan
- Masjid Hassan II || Casablanca, Morocco
- Masjid Qolsharif || Kazan, Russia
- King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center || Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mosques & Museums of the Gulf States || Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait
- Mosques & Museums of the UAE || UAE
Odds and Ends
- National Library & Uthman Quran || St. Petersburg, Russia
