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.