Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco

The Hassan II Mosque is the largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 7th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's second-tallest minaret at 689 feet. The minaret is 60 stories high topped by a laser, the light from which is directed toward Mecca. A maximum of 105,000 worshippers can gather together for prayer: 25,000 inside the mosque hall and another 80,000 on the mosque's outside grounds.