World's Most Interesting Mosques

Larabanga Mosque in Ghana

Made of raw earth with a wooden stick jutting out on its exterior, this is the country’s oldest mosque.

Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali

Built of bricks made of  sun-dried mud, the mosque represents the authenticity of African architecture.

Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq

The design spirals 52m up like a cone and visitors are required to walk up its spiral ramp to enter the mosque. The  minaret was bombed and destroyed in 2005.

Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

This is the oldest and largest mosque in the world. Formerly a church, it carries influences of Roman architecture.

Source: Live - New Straits Times