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The Ali Pasha Mosque is believed to be among the first mosques built in Macedonia. This square-shaped mosque is thought to have been built in stone and fired brick in the late 15th or early 16th century. In 1823, a madrasa was erected within the mosque complex, but no longer exists today. The remains of a minaret are located to the south of the mosque. It was demolished in 1912 and has not been rebuilt to date. There is thought to have been another minaret in the western part of the mosque, probably erected under Sultan Bayezid II (1481-1512).

The Aljama Mosque, built between 941 and 945, is part of the ruins of the Medina Azahara, an ancient city of the Caliphate of Cordoba (929-1031) classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The building is rectangular in shape, about 25 metres long and 18 metres wide. Its plan reveals a division into two main parts, the prayer hall and the ablution yard. The minaret is square on the outside and octagonal on the inside, located next to the north gate at the entrance to the courtyard.

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.

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.

Located in the central part of the city, the 15th-century mosque was renovated in the 19th century.

Aslan Pasha Mosque, probably built in the first half of the 17th century, is a mosque at the edge of lake Ioannina. The mosque was part of the Aslan Pasha complex, which included a medrese (Islamic school) a library and a kitchen. It currently houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina.

The Assalam Mosque was built from 2009 to 2012 by the architectural firm Laïdi - Chateigner & Associés. The Assalam Mosque replaces the El Forqane Mosque, which has been located in the former Saint-Christophe chapel since 1984.

The Atik Mosque is the oldest mosque in Bijeljina, built between 1520 and 1566. During the Turkish-Austrian war from 1716 to 1718, the inhabitants of Bijeljina used the mosque as a defensive bastion, as they had no fortresses. The mosque of Bijeljina was later transformed into a Catholic church from 1718 to 1739 by the Austrians. In 1893 a new minaret was built, and in 1912 another Şerefe was added and raised by another 10 metres. Until the beginning of the Second World War, there was an old cemetery next to the Atik Mosque. Later the authorities prohibited burial next to the mosque.

It is known that the Atik mosque, or Sava mosque, existed before 1651. From the very name Atik, which means old in Turkish, we can conclude that it is the oldest mosque in Brcko. It was originally made of wood and has been enlarged over time due to the increase in the number of believers in the city. The entire mosque was demolished on July 17, 1992. It was renovated in 2006 in its original form.

Sponsored by Sultan Abdul Aziz, the roof of the mosque collasped in 1976 after years of neglegance. Renovation begun in 1990, and two years later in 1992, regular prayers resumed in the monument. Interesting thing about the mihrab niche of the mosuqe is that it is decorated with a golden door from the Kaaba.