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Şakirin Mosque is a modern building that opened in 2009. It is known for being the first mosque whose interior design was conceived by a woman, Zeynep Fadillioglu.

The Şakirin mosque is one of the most modern in Istanbul, having opened its doors in 2009. The building was designed by Hüsrev Tayla, known for his work on the Kocatepe Mosque. The interior was designed by Zeynep Fadillioğlu, making Şakirin the first mosque partially designed by a woman.

Saraç Mosque, also known as Kukli Mehmet Bey Mosque, is a historic mosque in Prizren, very close to the historic centre. It is one of the oldest mosques in the city and in Kosovo.

The Seid Pasha Mosque in Ruse was built in 1839 on the site of the earlier Hadji Bekir. After a major overhaul it acquired its present appearance in 1875. It is located in the courtyard of the Islamic spiritual school, built by Said Pasha as a girls' school.

The Selimiye Mosque in Bar, the largest building of its kind in Montenegro, was built between 2002 and 2014. The completion of the mosque building, the space of the cultural centre, its furnishing and equipment, during the period 2013 and 2014, were entirely financed by the funds provided by the Turkish government's development agency.

The Selimiye Mosque is a typical Ottoman mosque built between 1568 and 1574 by the architect Mimar Sinan (1489-1588). Even though some of the tiles were defeated by the Russian General Mikhail Skobelev during the Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-1878, the mosque still houses magnificent marble, tiles and calligraphy. The Selimiye Mosque complex has been a World Heritage Site since 2011.

The Selimiye Mosque was founded in the 13th century as a Catholic cathedral, the St. Sophia Cathedral. The cathedral may have been built on the site of a Byzantine church already called Haghia Sophia. After the Crusaders took Cyprus in 1191, the construction of a new sanctuary was commissioned by Alice of Champagne, wife of Hugh I of Cyprus (1205-1218). Construction began in 1208 and its consecration took place in 1326. With the occupation of Nicosia by the Ottomans (1570), St. Sophia Cathedral was transformed into a mosque and two minarets were added to a western part of the building. In 1954, the monument was renamed "Selimye Mosque" in honour of Sultan Selim II (1566-1574) who ruled at the time of the conquest of Cyprus.

Šerefudin's White Mosque is a contemporary mosque designed by Bosnian architect Zlatko Ugljen. The original mosque was founded in 1477. The building was reconstructed in 1980 and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1983.

Seymen mosque (Sejmenska džamija) is a historic Islamic place of worship built during the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Built on the ruins of a medieval church , the mosque is largely preserved in its original form. In the interior, the original wooden columns were replaced with reinforced concrete.