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On October 31, 2008, the new Al-Ansaar mosque and the association building of the Moroccan Social Cultural Association Delft on the Vulcanusweg were officially opened . The Moroccan community in Delft paid for a multifunctional and environmentally conscious new building in which the mosque and the association have their own place. The building does not look like a traditional large mosque; it is a transparent building with a lot of glass, intended to meet the outside world instead of excluding it. In addition to the prayer services, the many rooms in the building provide space for activities that vary from homework supervision, Arabic and Dutch lessons, debates, discussions and workshops to even cooking.

Ål church, built in 1930, is a large and long church with a solid and high tower in the middle of the nave. The church was built according to the drawings of the architect Magnus Poulsson. It has windows on two floors. The interior has been well preserved and completed since the time of construction.

Ål Church was built in 1880 to replace the old medieval stave church in the town. Ål Church is a long wooden church with a large rectangular nave and a narrower choir, with a right end to the east and a tower to the west. In the 1950s the church was rebuilt under the direction of the architect Fredrik Konow-Lund.

The Muslim Group Leiden Foundation, of which the Islamic Centre Al Hijra is a part, was founded in 1978.

From 1975 to 2010, Moroccan Muslims had a mosque with the same name on the Driehoek in the center of Ede. This house of prayer was located in the former church building of the Christian Reformed Church , nicknamed the "Keuenkerkje". In 1975, the Christian Reformed community moved into the new church building De Tabernakel on the Verlengde Maanderweg. The current mosque used to be the location of the swimming pool De Peppel , which moved in 2000 to a location further along the Peppelensteeg.

Moroccan mosque with dome and minaret. Replaced a temporary mosque on the same site.

Moroccan mosque, extended in 1998. Modern building with large prayer hall, and characteristic dome and minaret.

The Arab Cultural Centre in Odessa, which includes the Al Salam Mosque, was inaugurated in June 2001. It was built at the expense of Syrian businessman Kivan Adnan. The design of the building was developed by the Odessa Architecture and Restoration Bureau Archproekt-MDM.

Al-Aga is considered the oldest mosque in the entire Balkan region. It was built in 1289 before the arrival of the Ottomans.

A newly constrcuted place of worship to accommodate the Muslim population in M│laga, this mosque was funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The architecture combies traditional handcrafts with modern technologies of movable modules, for example, the patio's wooden ceiling can be removed when the daytime is bright to let in natual lighting.