Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan is the biggest mosque of South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world with covered area of 5000 square meter (54,000 square feet), and room for containing as many as 300,000 worshipers in its main prayer hall, porticoes, courtyard and adjoining grounds. It is considered as the National Mosque of Pakistan. Shah Faisal Mosque was remained the biggest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when taken over in size by the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco.
Sited at north end of one of Faisal Avenue, the Shah Faisal Mosque is positioned at the northern-most end of the Islamabad on an elevated area near Margalla Hills. This positioning enables the mosque to be seen from miles around with a beautiful background of the Margalla Hills. It represents great importance of the Faisal Mosque.
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