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The Balaguša Mosque is one of the many domed mosques in Livno, which is believed to have been erected between 1530 and 1550. Balaguša Mosque, like all domed mosques in Livno, belongs to the Ottoman type of one-room mosque with a porch covered with three small domes.

Bali-Bey Mosque is a former Ottoman place of worship located in the Niš Fortress. It was built between 1521-23. Following the model of Ottoman mosques of the period, it is rectangular in plan, with a porch at the entrance and a central dome crowning the building.

A shrine style like that of the Naziresha Mosque in the same town, it is the typical Albanian Islamic achitecture. The style consists a prayer hall, the portico at the front of the entrance and the minaret to the right and a raised hemispherical dome with an octagonal polygonal drum.

The mosque is desinged and built by the famous Ottoman architect Sinan. The main building is rectangular with the central dome and the minaret rising from the four corners. The interior of the mosque acquires its current appearance as a result of several renovations over the course of history. The current condition of the Banya Bashi mosque makes it possible to hold about 700 Muslims on Fridays, and nearly 1,200 Muslims on Eid .

The mosque was built in the middle of the 19th century , probably by Bulgarian masters. It has a large prayer room measuring 14 by 14.8 meters. Four free columns in the center hold a rammed drum topped with a wooden dome . The arched vestibule has a second floor for women. The minaret has a spiral brick decoration. The exterior and the interior of the mosque are richly painted with ornaments by painters from the Samokov school .

Also known as Memi Bey Mosque, it is located in the old bazaar of the neighborhood, hence the nickname. It is the only one out of city's thirteen mosques suevived from demolition.

The Bazaar Mosque is an Ottoman mosque built in 1533 and 1534. It was closed by the communist government of Enver Hoxha in 1967 and its minaret collapsed. After the loss of power by the communist regime in 1991, the mosque was reopened for worship. In 1994, a balcony of the minaret, larger than that of the Ottoman period, was rebuilt.

Also named as Baitul Avval Mosque, it is an Ahmadiyati Mosque in the captital. It is one of the largest mosques in the country that can hold up to 2500 worshippers. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established since 1934 in Albania and the mosque was financed primarily form the community.

This mosque in Berlin is noted for its attractive architecture, which is based on Ottoman architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries. It is constructed on the grounds of the old Turkish cemetery, Germany's oldest burial ground for adherents of Islam. The mosque itself was built between 1999 and 2005.

Birmingham Central Mosque is a Muslim place of worship run by the Birmingham Mosque Trust. It is the second purpose-built mosque in the United Kingdom, after the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking.