Mirrors of Faith: Islam Photos

Dome of the Rock, 691 CE Jerusalem, Israel. Earliest and many believe finest of the Islamic structures built by Ummayyads. Third holiest Muslim site in the world.

Courtyard, Ibn Tulun Mosque, 879 CE Cairo, Egypt. Largest and oldest of Cairo's Islamic monuments modeled after a mosque in Mecca.

Smiling Monk, Qing Zhen Si, Great Mosque of China Xian, China.

Women Praying Northridge, California. Eid al-Fitr public prayers end the thirty day fast of Ramadan.

Yesil Camii,Green Mosque, 1421 CE Bursa, Turkey.

Kashmiri Woman in Black Headdress Srinigar, India.

Mosque of Abul Haggag Luxor, Egypt. Mosque was expanded inside Luxor Temple in 1968 during Egyptologists summer vacation.

Mother and Child at Eid al-Fitr Northridge, California.

Valley of Kidron (Jehoshaphat) Jerusalem, Israel. Muslims and Christians believe this is the location of "Judgment Day."

Detail, Taj Mahal, 1630 CE Agra, India. Muslims are forbidden to decorate with graven images and have developed a style employing floral decorations, inlay with precious stones and quotations from the Holy Qu'ran to decorate public buildings.

Men embrace following Eid al-Fitr prayers Northridge, California.

Hagia Sophia, 532 CE Istanbul, Turkey. Originally a Christian church, Muslim minarets were added in 1453 when Turkish forces took Constantinople. Ataturk turned the building into a museum in 1935.