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• Islamic Center of America, Dearborn 2005 Mosque

  The largest mosque in the United States according to the catalogue, built in 2005 at Dearborn, Michigan, to designs by Paul Bertin and David Donnellon, with golden domes, Moorish arches and two minarets.

• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque 1994 Mosque

  The largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates, in Abu Dhabi, built between 1994 and 2007 under the guidance of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was buried in its courtyard in 2004, and inaugurated in December 2007; designed by the Syrian architect Yusef Abdelki, it has 82 domes and four minarets, holds more than 40,000 worshippers, and has a hand-knotted carpet of 5,627 square metres.

• Hassan II Mosque 1993 Mosque

  Casablanca's ocean-front mosque (1993) — the world's third-tallest minaret (210 m) and a 25,000-person prayer hall.

• Islamic Cultural Center of New York 1991 Mosque

  The Manhattan mosque at Third Avenue and 96th Street, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in 1991 after a long debate between a committee of prominent Muslims and one of architects over what the mosque should look like.

• Islamic Center of Cleveland (Grand Mosque), Parma, Ohio 1989 Mosque

  A mosque at Parma, Ohio, built 1989-1995 by Gerald M. Rembowski, its gold-plated dome a replica of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

• Faisal Mosque 1986 Mosque

  Islamabad's desert-tent-shaped mosque (1986) by Vedat Dalokay — the world's fourth-largest mosque.

• Islamic Cultural Center, Tempe, Arizona 1984 Mosque

  A mosque at Tempe, Arizona, built in 1984 by M. Afzal Ibrahim and inspired by the Dome of the Rock, with a minaret and golden dome attached to an eight-sided tiled structure.

• Dar al-Islam Mosque, Abiquiu, New Mexico 1981 Mosque

  A mosque built in 1981 at Abiquiu, New Mexico, by the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy in the earthen construction of his New Gourna, with dome, barrel vaults and pointed arches, used mainly by American-born Muslims.

• Former Islamic Center of Albuquerque (Bart Prince) 1981 Mosque

  An innovative mosque at Albuquerque, New Mexico, designed by the organic architect Bart Prince in rising tiers like bleachers, demolished in 2005 for a more traditional building.

• ISNA Headquarters Mosque, Plainfield, Indiana 1979 Mosque

  The mosque of the Islamic Society of North America's headquarters at Plainfield, Indiana, designed by Gulzar Haider in an austere contemporary manner without traditional iconography, its cubic form a reminder of the Ka'ba; the essay dates it 1979, the caption 1981.