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The Jamaat Ahle Soennat Mosque has been using this building since 1992. The Surinamese Aqaidoel Islam Mosque on Gaslaan 2 is not known here. The data of the Jamaat Ahle Soennat Mosque from 1992, is shown at Prayers and Connect, Mosques & Time Discovery.

The Ar-Rahma Mosque was built between 1996 and 2011 for the Muslim community in Kyiv. In 1897, according to official data, 1759 Muslims lived in Kyiv. On 3 October 1897, by decision of the city administration, a house of prayer was opened in a house, a two-storey wooden building which has not survived to the present day. On 29 October 1913, Governor Mikhail Sukovkin laid the foundation stone of the first stone mosque in Gogolivska Street. However, the mosque was not built during the First World War, then during the October Revolution, and later the construction was hampered by the Second World War.

Moroccan mosque with minaret in an inner courtyard. Dates from around 2010.

Former gym. In 2010 replaced on site by the beautiful new mosque , with minaret (with a passenger lift) and dome. On the grounds of this mosque are some beautiful, mosaic-covered benches.

In 2008, construction of the mosque began. On Friday, January 11, 2008, after Friday prayers, the first pile was driven and the mosque was completed in its shell in mid-2009. In 2009 and 2010, brothers and sisters spent all their free time on completely finishing the mosque. On Monday evening, July 26, 2010, the night of Lailatul Bara'at, the mosque was officially opened. This met the need for a house of prayer in Almere. (Source: Mosque website)

The Arablar Mosque is a former small church which is now used as a mosque. This small church or chapel is an excellent example of the style of art and mixture of architectural elements that seem to have prevailed in Cyprus during the Venetian occupation. When the temple was converted into a mosque, the doors to the west and south were closed and a veranda was built on the northeast side. A small, simple minaret was also built in the northeast corner.

Åram church is a long church from 1927. An extension with a toilet was added in front of the main entrance in 1964. In 1987, the building was insulated when a new exterior cladding was added. At the same time, the windows were replaced and the floor was insulated.

Arapovski Monastery was the only one founded in the mid-19th century in the region during the Ottoman occupation. The main church “St. Nedelya” was built in 1859. More than 150 scenes are painted in the frescoes of the church. Besides the traditional evangelic scenes, here we discover unique scenes depicting the life of the monastery’s patron, St. Nedelya, as well as John the Baptist and St. Paraskeva.

Mention of the Araslöv church appears in letters dating back to the 13th century, the supposed century of its construction. The church is made of bricks and is probably inspired by the monasteries of Åhus and Bäckaskog. The church has been abandoned since the 17th century.

This Ottoman minaret standing alone in the city centre of Prizren is the only remnant of the historic Arasta Mosque, built between 1526 and 1538. The rest of the mosque was demolished in the 1960s, as part of a renovation plan of the city centre. The minaret was renovated in 2007.