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The mosque in Geneva, inaugurated in 1978, is the largest mosque in French-speaking Switzerland and one of the four Swiss mosques to have a 22-metre high minaret. The building includes a conference room, a library, a school and a mortuary for the ritual purification of funerals.

Built in the 15th century, the mosque is famous for its acoustic quality thanks to the casks that are diliberately calculated in the holes on the walls.

This mosque was built in 1983 and is the largest mosque in Scotland. While the mosque has a modern facade, it has elements of arabesque architecture. The complex contains a walled garden, a minaret, and a windowed dome that allows natural light into the prayer hall.

The Dzamija Gnilavac is a mosque located along the road in the town of Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complex consists of two mosques, the old mosque that was built in 1939 and the new one built between 2001 and 2007. It is one of the largest mosques in the Krajina region.

The "city mosque" (Gradska džamija) was built during the Austro-Hungarian rule (1878-1918) in 1901. During construction the stone was filled with lead, which is why this mosque has one of the strongest minarets.

The Great Mosque of Paris is one of the largest mosques in France and the first built on the metropolitan territory. It was inaugurated in 1926 to honour the Muslim soldiers who defended France during the First World War.

The Great Khan Mosque was built in 1532 by Khan Sahib I Giray (1501–1551) in the Ottoman architectural style. It is part of the Khan's Palace, which was the seat of the Crimean Khanate. The mosque bore the name of Sahib I Giraj until the 17th century. The mosque was damaged by fire in 1736 but was restored under Khan Selamet Giraj. To the east, a madrasa built in 1750 under Arslan Giraj was probably attached. Some scholars also suspect that the mosque originally had a domed roof with several domes of different shapes.

The Great Mosque of Brussels is first built in 1879 as an exhibition pavilion for the Austro-Belgian Panoramas Company. Constructed of durable materials, the building is destined to become an annex to the Royal Museums of Decorative and Industrial Arts. In 1967, the building is ceded to the Muslim Community of Belgium to establish a cultural and religious centre. The mosque is restored in 1975-1978.

The Great Mosque of Lyon or Grande mosquée de Lyon is France's sixth largest mosque, designed by architects Ballandras and Mirabeau.

The Great Mosque of Rome, built between 1984 and 1995, is the largest mosque in Italy and the largest in Europe. The work of the architect Paolo Portoghesi is meant as a modern syncretism of Maghreb, Ottoman and Persian mosque architecture. The whole is designed to be integrated in the green environment.