Geneva Mosque

Geneva Mosque

Infobox religious building


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religious_affiliation=Islam
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architecture_type=Mosque
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year_completed=1978
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The Geneva Mosque (also known as: "Mosque Petit-Saconnex") war constructed in 1978 in the neighbourhood Le Petit-Saconnex in Geneva.

The mosque was inaugured by the saudi arabian King Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz and President of the Swiss Confederation Willi Ritschard and is the greatest mosque in Switzerland. The building has space for 1500 worshippers. The Imam of the mosque is Yahya Basalamah.

See also

* Islam in Switzerland
* Minaret controversy in Switzerland
* List of mosques in Europe

External links

* [http://www.mosque.ch/view.asp?nLang=1031 Fondation Culturelle Islamique]
* [http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/schweiz/909392.html Dänische Zustände verhindern] , Tagesanzeiger on Juli 12, 2008 (with Photo of the mosque)


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