This is a list of mosques in Lebanon, divided by mosques in different cities. Muslims form a significant community in Lebanon. Lebanese Muslims are primarily Sunnis and Shias, followed by smaller groups such as Alwaites and Ismai'ilis. A survey by the conducted by Information International shows that there are 1,502 mosques in Lebanon.
Beirut NameImagesLocationYear/centuryRemarksAl-Khodr Mosque Beirut Byzantine era-1661Former church on the site where St. George slew a dragon that became a mosque in the 17th centuryAl-Omari Grand Mosque Beirut 7th-12th cent. again from 1291-nowOriginally a Roman temple that became a church and then a mosque, a church again in the 12th century, and again a mosque in the 13th centuryEmir Assaf MosqueBeirut1597Built on the site of the Byzantine Church of the Holy SaviorEmir Munzer MosqueBeirut1616-1633Sanayeh MosqueBeirutAl-Majidiyyeh MosqueBeirut19th CenturyOriginally a fortSultan Muhammad Al-Fatih MosqueBeirut1998Mohammad Al-Amin MosqueBeirut2008
Tripoli NameImagesLocationYear/centuryRemarksMansouri Great Mosque Tripoli 1314Taynal MosqueTripoli1336Al-Attar MosqueTripoli1350Al-Burtasi MosqueTripolibefore 1381Al-Tawbat MosqueTripoliAl-Uwaysiyat MosqueTripoli1461
Other places NameImagesLocationYear/centuryRemarksUmayyad Mosque of BaalbekBaalbek714-715the mosque was rebuilt between 1996 and 1998Maqam Shamoun Al Safa Shamaa 1097Fakhreddine Mosque Deir el Qamar 1493 The oldest mosque in Mount Lebanon.
See also Lists of mosques Islam in Lebanon
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