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* [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]]: Also known as Temple Mount, it was built on the site of the former [[Temple of Solomon]] in [[Jerusalem]]. Believed by Muslims to be the place where [[Muhammad]] ascended into [[Heaven]], it is the third-holiest site in Islam.<ref name="holysites3">{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press |title=Arafat to be buried in soil from Islam's third holiest site |date=2004-11-11}}</ref>

* [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]]: Also known as Temple Mount, it was built on the site of the former [[Temple of Solomon]] in [[Jerusalem]]. Believed by Muslims to be the place where [[Muhammad]] ascended into [[Heaven]], it is the third-holiest site in Islam.<ref name="holysites3">{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press |title=Arafat to be buried in soil from Islam's third holiest site |date=2004-11-11}}</ref>

* [[Imam Ali Mosque]]: Located in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. A holy site for the [[Shi'ite]] branch of Islam.

* [[Imam Ali Mosque]]: Located in [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. A holy site for the [[Shi'ite]] branch of Islam.

* [[Hagia Sophia]]: A former Christian church during the [[Byzantine Empire]], it was captured and converted into a mosque in 1453 when the [[Ottoman Empire]] was established in [[Istanbul]].  It served as the city's principal mosque for nearly 500 years before being converted to a museum in 1934 under the secular government of President [[Kemal Ataturk]].<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-hagia-sophia</ref>

* [[Hagia Sophia]]: A former Christian church during the [[Byzantine Empire]], it was captured and converted into a mosque in 1453 when the [[Ottoman Empire]] was established in [[Istanbul]].  It served as the city's principal mosque for nearly 500 years before being converted to a museum in 1934 under the secular government of President [[Kemal Atatürk]].<ref>http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-hagia-sophia</ref>

* [[Lal Masjid]]: Radical mosque in Pakistan that was raided by the Pakistani police in 2007.

* [[Lal Masjid]]: Radical mosque in Pakistan that was raided by the Pakistani police in 2007.

[[File:Mosque Iran.jpg|thumb|Nasir Almolk mosque, Shiraz, [[Iran]].]]

[[File:Mosque Iran.jpg|thumb|Nasir Almolk mosque, Shiraz, [[Iran]].]]

*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/26/AR2010082605510.html Five myths about mosques in America.]

*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/26/AR2010082605510.html Five myths about mosques in America.]

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