Buildings

Faisal Mosque, Islamabad

Pakistan Islamabad Islamabad

Faisal Mosque, Islamabad
Photo: Ali Mujtaba, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A strikingly modern mosque shaped like a desert tent, with four pencil-thin minarets, at the foot of the Margalla Hills in Islamabad. It's one of the largest mosques in the world, built in 1986 with Saudi funding.


Visitors are welcome outside prayer times; dress modestly. Daman-e-Koh and the Pakistan Monument give views over the city.

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