Mosques: the 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship

Many great civilizations have reserved their most sublime creations for
their places of worship, and Islam is no exception. Mosques are the ultimate
expression of faith, on which patrons, architects, and artists have lavished
their wealth and creative powers for nearly fourteen centuries. Muslims have
spread to all corners of the globe, making the selection of just one hundred—
from the hundreds of thousands of existing mosques—no small task. Places
in which to pray are among the most versatile of Islamic structures, and this
versatility demands to be represented, from modest neighborhood mosques
to monumental congregational mosques and sprawling shrines. The extraordinarily rich historical legacy of these edifices needs to be covered, as well as
the exciting new developments that are taking place in mosque architecture
in the modern era, pointing the way toward the future.