The minaret at the Great Masjid of Xi'an, China

The Masjid Negara is the national Masjid of Malaysia, located in Kuala Lumpur. It has a capacity of 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres of beautiful gardens. The original structure was designed by a three-person team from the Public Works Department - UK architect Howard Ashley, and Malaysians Hisham Albakri and Baharuddin Kassim. Originally built in 1965, it is a bold and modern approach in reinforced concrete, symbolic of the aspirations of a then newly-independent Malaysia.

The Sultan Ahmed Masjid / Blue Masjid in Istanbul, Turkey with its tall,slender minarets is considered a classic example of Ottoman architecture.