List of the oldest mosques

The oldest mosques in the world can refer to the oldest, surviving mosque building or to the oldest mosque congregation. There is also a distinction between old mosque buildings in continuous use as mosques and others no longer used as mosques. In terms of congregations, there are early established congregations that have been in continuous existence, and early congregations that ceased to exist.
The major regions, such as Africa and Eurasia, are sorted alphabetically, and the minor regions, such as Arabia and South Asia, are sorted by the dates in which their first mosques were reportedly established, more or less, barring those that are mentioned by name in the Quran.
To be listed here a site must:

be the oldest mosque in a country, large city, or oldest of its type ;
be the oldest congregation of its type.

Mentioned in the Quran

The following are treated as the oldest mosques or sanctuaries mentioned in the Quran:

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Notes
Al-Haram Mosque		Mecca	Saudi Arabia	, considered the oldest mosque, associated with Abraham	Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, the holiest sanctuary, containing the Ka'bah, a site of the Ḥajj, the Qiblah, and the first mosque in Islamic thought. Rebuilt many times, notably 1571 by the Ottomans, and the late 20th century by the Saudis, further enlargement under way since 2010.
Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound (Al-Aqsa)		Jerusalem (old city)	Palestine	Considered the second oldest mosque in Islamic tradition, associated with Abraham. The Dome of the Rock was constructed in 692, the Qibli Mosque in 705.	Al-Masjid al-Aqṣá, the former Qiblah, site of the significant event of Night Journey , considered the third holiest site in Islam. The Qur'an does not specify the precise location of "the furthest place of prayer", and its meaning was debated by early Islamic scholars. Eventually, a consensus emerged its identification with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The term Al-Aqsa properly refers to the whole Temple Mount compound. The mosque compound should not be confused with the silver-domed congregational mosque or prayer hall facing Mecca, commonly referred to in English as Al-Aqsa Mosque, and also known as Al-Qibli Mosque.
Quba Mosque		Medina	Saudi Arabia		The first mosque built by Muhammad in the 7th century CE, possibly mentioned as the "Mosque founded on piety since the first day" in the Quran. Largely rebuilt in the late 20th century.
The Sacred Monument		Muzdalifah	Saudi Arabia		Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām a site of the Hajj.

Asia

Levant

Building	Image	Location	Country	Built	Tradition	Notes
		Beirut	Lebanon		Sunni	The mihrab is the oldest part of the mosque, dating back to the Caliphate of Umar.
Al-Qibli Mosque		Jerusalem	Palestine			A Muslim prayer hall with a silver-colored lead dome located in the southern part of Al-Aqsa, built by the Rashidun caliph Umar ibn Al-Khattab.
Ibrahimi Mosque		Hebron	Palestine
Umayyad Mosque		Damascus	Syria		Sunni	It is considered to be the oldest mosque still in use in its original form. It was originally built after the Muslim conquest of the city in 634. The current structure dates to 715.
Great Mosque of Aleppo		Aleppo	Syria			The mosque was modified and completely rebuilt in later periods. The mosque and its minaret were partially destroyed in April 2013, during the Syrian Civil War
Great Omari Mosque (Great Mosque of Gaza)		Gaza	Palestine			Original structure from the 7th century, renovated later
White Mosque		Ramla	Israel
Al-Omari Mosque		Bosra	Syria
Great Mosque of Raqqa		Raqqa	Syria			In partial ruins since
Arab Ahmet Mosque		Arab Ahmet, Nicosia	Cyprus			Named in honour of a 1571 Ottoman army commander

West Asia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Tradition	Notes
Imam Ali Mosque (Old Mosque of Basra)		Basra	Iraq			rebuilt in 665.
Great Mosque of Kufa		Kufa	Iraq		Shia	rebuilt in 670. The mosque contains the remains of Muslim ibn Aqeel – first cousin of Husayn ibn Ali, his companion Hani ibn Urwa, and the revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi.
Maqam al-Imam al-Husayn Mosque		Karbala	Iraq		Shia	Reconstructed several times, including in 1016.
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan		Isfahan	Iran			First mosque on the site was built circa 771, during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur. It was then replaced by a larger one in 840–841 during the reign of al-Mu'tasim. It underwent many changes and additions after this, most notably under the Seljuks in the late 11th and early 12th centuries.
Jameh Mosque of Fahraj		Fahraj	Iran
Great Mosque of Samarra		Samarra	Iraq
Abu Dulaf Mosque		Samarra	Iraq
Tarikhaneh Mosque		Damghan	Iran			The oldest mosque in Iran to preserve much of its original form. Exact date of construction is unclear, but attributed to 9th century based on its style.
Al-Khulafa Mosque		Baghdad	Iraq	908		The mosque was rebuilt and restored in the 1960s by the Ministry of Awqaf in its current shape
Al-Askari Mosque		Samarra	Iraq		Shia (Twelver)	Shrine of the 10th and 11th Twelver Shi'ite Imams: Ali al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari.
Imam Ali Mosque		Najaf	Iraq		Shia, Sunni	Houses the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad's cousin and fourth Caliph, and the first person of the Shia Imamate.
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır		Diyarbakır	Turkey	1092	Sunni	One of the oldest known mosques in modern Turkey, possibly the oldest, but its early history is not well-understood. A mosque was founded in the area after the city's Muslim conquest in 639. The current building dates from thee Seljuk-era, dated by inscription to 1091–2 and further works continuing in the 12th century.
Yivliminare Mosque		Antalya	Turkey	1230
Aslanhane Mosque		Ankara	Turkey	1290

China and Taiwan

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Tradition	Notes
Huaisheng Mosque		Guangzhou	China			Originally built by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who was an uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was named in memory of Muhammad. Rebuilt many times since.
Xianxian Mosque		Guangzhou City	China			The mosque was originally built in 629 during the Tang dynasty.
Great Mosque of Xi'an		Xi'an, Shaanxi	China			Although the oldest stones date from the 18th century, the mosque was founded in 742.
Niujie Mosque		Beijing	China	996
Qingjing Mosque		Quanzhou, Fujian	China	1009
Jinan Great Southern Mosque		Jinan, Shandong	China	1295
Id Kah Mosque		Kashgar, Xinjiang	China	1442
Jamia Mosque		Hong Kong	China	1890		Then British Hong Kong
Taipei Grand Mosque		Taipei	Taiwan	1947		Oldest and most famous mosque in Taiwan. Original building was firstly used in 1947, then relocated to a new site where it was reconstructed in 1960.
Kaohsiung Mosque		Taipei	Taiwan	1949		The second oldest mosque in Taiwan. The original building was built in 1949, then moved to a new location where the second building was built in 1951, and the third and final building built in 1992.
Macau Mosque		Macau	China	1980		The first and only mosque in Macau, then Portuguese Macau.

South Asia

Building

Image

Location

Country

First built

Tradition

Notes

Barwada mosque

Ghogha, Gujarat

India

Built by Arab traders, the qibla is faced to Bait al Mukaddas. The mosque was abandoned by devotees after the qibla was changed in 623 CE to Makkah and another mosque constructed at the same time.

Cheraman Juma Masjid

Kodungallur

India

As per legend, it was built by Malik bin Dinar, companion of Muhammad, on orders of Cheraman Perumal, then King of modern-day Kerala, it is one of the oldest mosques in India.

Palaiya Jumma Palli

Kilakarai

India

Sunni

Considered to be the first mosque to be built in Tamil Nadu, and the second mosque in India. Constructed by Yemeni merchants and trade settlers in the Pandiya Kingdom and ordered by Bazan ibn Sasan, Governor of Yemen at the time of Muhammad.

Jame' As-Sahaba

Lalmonirhat, Rangpur

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Southeast Asia

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Tradition	Notes
Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque		Tubig Indangan, Simunul island, Bangsamoro	Philippines	1380		Founded by Makhdum Karim, who introduced Islam to the Philippines. This is the oldest mosque in Southesast Asia.
Wapauwe Old Mosque		Kaitetu, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku	Indonesia	1414		The oldest surviving mosque in Indonesia.
Ampel Mosque		Ampel, Surabaya, East Java	Indonesia	1421		The oldest surviving mosque in Java, and second oldest in Indonesia.
Masjid Sultan Sharif Ali		Brunei	Brunei			Built under the direction of Sharif Ali, who reigned 1425–1432.
Kampung Laut Mosque		Tumpat, Kota Bharu, Kelantan	Malaysia			The oldest surviving mosque in Malaysia
Great Mosque of Demak		Demak, Central Java	Indonesia	15th century		Oldest mosque in Central Java and second oldest in Java.
Talo Mano Mosque		Narathiwat	Thailand			It is at least one of the oldest known mosques in Thailand.
Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka		Central Area	Singapore	1820		Originally a wooden structure built by Arab merchant Syed Omar Ali Aljunied.

Europe

Western Europe

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Tradition	Notes
Père Lachaise Ottoman Mosque		Paris	France	1856		The first in Metropolitan France, served for burial prayers for Ottoman diplomats, North African military personnel, and Turkish and Arab students. It fell into disrepair when France and the Ottoman Empire went to war in 1914.
Grand Mosque of Paris		Paris	France	1926		Built in the Moroccan style and honored Muslim French veterans of World War I.
Wünsdorf Mosque		Wünsdorf, Berlin	Germany	1915		Erected by the Imperial German Army administration for Muslim Allied prisoners of war in the POW camp in Wünsdorf, later used as refugee camp. In 1930 torn down due to lack of a congregation.
Mobarak Mosque		The Hague	Netherlands	1955		The first known purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands.
Centre Islamique de Genève		Geneva	Switzerland	1961		Founded by Said Ramadan, known as the Little Mosque of Geneva.

Americas

North America

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Tradition	Notes
Al-Sadiq Mosque		Chicago, Illinois	United States	1922	Ahmadiyya	Oldest extant mosque in the Americas.
Mother Mosque of America		Cedar Rapids, Iowa	United States	1934		Oldest extant purpose-built mosque in the United States
Al-Rashid Mosque		Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	1938		First purpose-built mosque in Canada.
		Westmoreland and Spanish Town	Jamaica			Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which was founded in 1950.
Bridgetown Mosque		Bridgetown	Barbados	1957		First purpose-built mosque in Barbados.
Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque		Willemstad, Curaçao	Netherlands	1965
			Haiti	1985		Converted private residence.
Suraya Mosque		Torreón	Mexico	1989	Shi'ite	Built by the immigrants from the Middle East living in Torreón.
Omar Mosque		San José	Costa Rica	1995	Sunni	Founded by the Islamic Cultural Association of Costa Rica.
		Belize City	Belize			Founded by Belizeans who converted to Islam while in the United States.
Boukman Buhara Mosque		Cap-Haïtien	Haiti	2016		First purpose-built mosque in Haiti; includes a minaret. Constructed following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

South America

Building	Image	Location	Country	First built	Tradition	Notes
			Suriname	1906		Built by immigrant Javanese rice farmers, in the Netherlands colony of the time.
Mesquita Brasil		São Paulo	Brazil	1929		Previous site built in 1929; current building inaugurated in 1952. First known mosque in Brazil.
			Panama	1930	Ahmadiyya
		El Paraíso, Caracas	Venezuela	1968
At-Tauhid Mosque		Buenos Aires	Argentina	1983	Shi'ite	Opened in October 1983 with the support of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Argentina. It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.
Mezquita as-Salam		Santiago	Chile	1995		Commissioned 1989, inaugurated in 1995.
Mohammed VI Mosque		Coquimbo	Chile	2007