- Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets
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The Mosque of 25 Prophets 
Basic information Location Ufa, Russia Affiliation Islam Status Active Architectural description Architect(s) F. Z. Ikhsanov Architectural type Mosque Completed 16 June 2010 Specifications The Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets (Arabic: مسجد 25 نبيّ, Russian: Мечеть двадцати пяти Пророков) is situated in the southern part of the city of Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, in the Russian Federation. Construction began on the mosque on 16 June 1995 (the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), and ended fifteen years later on that same day.[1]
The mosque was initially named ZaFaZa-Ihsan,[clarification needed] but when research by the son of the founders noted that there is no mosque in the world named for the twenty-five prophets named in the Quran, the mosque was accordingly named after that group.[1]
References
- ^ a b Мечеть двадцати пяти Пророков. Fatima Faisova, Bezformata.ru, 29 January 2011.(Russian)
Mosques in Russia 
Äcem Mosque • The Thousandth Anniversary of Islam Mosque • Bornay Mosque • Grozny Central Dome Mosque • Iske Tash Mosque • Märcani Mosque • Moscow Cathedral Mosque • Mosque of Twenty-Five Prophets • Nurulla Mosque • Qolsharif Mosque • Saint Petersburg Mosque • Soltan Mosque
Category – Islam in Russia – Tatar mosque – Mosques by country Categories:- Islam in Russia
- Mosques in Russia
- Bashkortostan
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