- List of mosques in Europe
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This is a partial list of mosques in Europe.
Name Images Country City Year G Remarks Baitul Awwal Albania Tirana ? AMJ Awwal = The First, The Alpha 41°19′54″N 19°49′2″E / 41.33167°N 19.81722°E
Photo 1, 2Et'hem Bey Mosque Albania Tirana ? U Skadar Mosque Albania Shkodër ? U Blue Mosque Armenia Yerevan 1764-68 U Telfs Mosque Austria Telfs 1998 DITIB Minaret later built in 2006 Vienna Islamic Centre Austria Vienna 1977 U Built in order of rey Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz. Rasheed Mosque Austria Vienna 2005 U Built by Muslims of Ghana, Nigeria and Benin. Mosque Bad Vöslau Austria Bad Vöslau – DITIB Construction started in 2008. Great Mosque of Brussels Belgium Brussels 1879, 1978 SA The original building was built to form the East Pavilion of the National Exhibition in Brussels in 1880. Baitus Salam Belgium Brussels ? AMJ 50°52′33″N 4°14′23″E / 50.87583°N 4.23972°E
PhotoMosque Lebbeke Belgium Lebbeke ? U 51°1′9″N 4°5′40″E / 51.01917°N 4.09444°E Arnaudija mosque Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka 1594 U Ferhadija mosque Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka 1579 U destroyed in 1993, under reconstruction Šišman Ibrahim Paša Mosque Bosnia and Herzegovina Počitelj 1562/63 U Aka Hadži-Alijina Mosque Ali Pasha's Mosque Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1560-61 U Baitus Salam Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2004 AMJ Gazi Husrev-beg's Mosque Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1531 U aka “Begova Dzamija” King Fahd Mosque Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2000 SA aka “Fahdova Dzamija”, Photo 1, 2 Emperor's Mosque Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1462 / 1566 U aka “Careva Dzamija”, first built 1462, rebuilt 1566 Coloured Mosque Bosnia and Herzegovina Travnik 1757 U aka “Süleymaniye-Mosque” Djumaya Mosque Bulgaria Plovdiv 1364 U Ebu Bekir Mosque (Eski Cami) Bulgaria Yambol 1413 U Ibrahim Pasha Mosque Bulgaria Razgrad 1616 U Tombul Mosque Bulgaria Shumen 1740–1744 U Banya Bashi Mosque Bulgaria Sofia 1576 U Arabahmet Mosque Cyprus Nicosia U Hala Sultan Tekke Cyprus Larnaca c.647 U Considered a holy place for Muslims[1][2][3][4][5][6] Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque Famagusta Cyprus Famagusta ? U Saint Nicolas Cathedral was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman Empire captured Famagusta in 1571. Selimiye Mosque Cyprus Nicosia ? U Originally constructed during 1209 and 1228 as the Saint Sophia Cathedral Nusrat Jehan Mosque Denmark Copenhagen 1967 AMJ First Mosque in the Nordic countries Tauba Mosque Denmark Copenhagen ? U Bilal Mosque France Clichy-sous-Bois near Paris ? U [7] Great Mosque of Évry France Évry 1984 U Great Mosque of Lyon France Lyon 1994 U Great Mosque of Paris
„La Mosquée de Paris“France Paris 1922–1926 U Spanish-Moorish mosque, center of the Moslem community in France. Strasbourg Mosque France Strasbourg 2004 U Opened on 29. Oktober 2004[8] The Islamic Society of Finland Mosque Finland Helsinki U Ahmadiyya Mosque Berlin Germany Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1924 AAIIL Oldest mosque in Germany, aka Wilmersdorfer Moschee Fazle Omar Mosque Germany Hamburg-Lokstedt 1957 AMJ First mosque built after Word War II. in Germany Noor Mosque Germany Frankfurt 1959 AMJ First mosque in Frankfurt Imam Ali Mosque Germany Hamburg-Uhlenhorst 1961 IZH Build by Iranian business men Bilal Mosque Germany Aachen 1964 IZA Maintained by Islamisches Zentrum Aachen Freimann Mosque Germany Munich-Freimann 1973 IZM Foundation stone in 6. October 1967 Şehitlik Mosque Germany Berlin-Neukölln 2004 DITIB Architect: Hilmi Senalp Central Mosque Duisburg Germany Duisburg-Marxloh 2008 DITIB Khadija Mosque Germany Berlin 2008, October 16 AMJ First mosque in East Berlin Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque Gibraltar Gibraltar 1997 SA August 8, 1997 (also known as: King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Mosque) Old Mosque in Pécs Hungary Pécs 1543–1546 U Mosque of Pasha Jacowali Hassan Hungary Pécs ~1550 U Reykjavík Mosque Iceland Reykjavik 2002 U Also home to the Félag Múslima á Íslandi (Association of Muslims in Iceland) Dublin Mosque Ireland Dublin 1976 U Mosque of Palermo Italy Palermo 2009 U Mosque Florence Italy Florence 2011 U Mosque of Turin Italy Turin 2011 U Mosque of Rome Italy Rome 1995 SA largest mosque of the EuropeTemplate:Coppa Alessandra, La moschea di Roma di Paolo Portoghesi, Federico Motta Editore, 2003. ISBN 8871793757 Ravenna Mosque Italy Ravenna 2011 U Mosque of Segrate Italy Segrate (Milan) 2007 U Mosque of Genoa Italy Genoa 2010 U N.N. Macedonia Ohrid ? U Aladja Mosque Macedonia Skopje 1438 U Işak Bey Mosque Macedonia Skopje U Mustapha Pasha Mosque Macedonia Skopje 1492 U Coloured Mosque in Tetovo Macedonia Tetovo 1495 U Photo Mariam Al-Batool Mosque Malta Paola 1978 WICS The only Mosque in the Maltese Islands Hussein Pasha Mosque Montenegro Pljevlja ? U Podgorica Mosque Montenegro Podgorica ? U Assoenna Mosque Netherlands Amsterdam ? U Fatih Mosque Netherlands Amsterdam ? U Formerly a Roman Catholic church of San Ignacio El Tawheed Mosque Netherlands Amsterdam ? U Sultan Ahmed Mosque Netherlands Delft ? U Aqsa Mosque Netherlands The Hague ? U Mobarak Mosque Netherlands The Hague 1955 AMJ First purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands Fatih Mosque Netherlands Eindhoven ? U Furqaan Mosque Netherlands Eindhoven ? U Essalam Mosque Netherlands Rotterdam 2010 the largest mosque of the Netherlands. Mevlana Mosque Netherlands Rotterdam ? Second largest mosque of the Netherlands. Bergen Mosque
„Moske i Bergen“Norway Bergen ? U Oslo Mosque
„Moske i Oslo“Norway Oslo 1980 AMJ Bohoniki Mosque Poland Bohoniki 19/20th century U pl:Meczet w Bohonikach Gdańsk Mosque Poland Gdańsk 1989 U pl:Meczet w Gdańsku Kruszyniany Mosque Poland Kruszyniany 18/19th century U pl:Meczet w Kruszynianach Warsaw Mosque Poland Warsaw 1993 U pl:Meczet w Warszawie Lisbon Mosque Portugal Lisbon 1988 U Carol I Mosque Romania Constanţa 1912 U Mangalia Mosque Romania Mangalia 1525 U Grozny Central Dome Mosque 160x160pxRussia Grozny 2008 U Republic of Chechnya, largest mosque of Russia and of the European continent. Nurulla Mosque Russia Kazan 1849 U Äcem Mosque Russia Kazan 1890 U 1845–1849 Qolsharif Mosque Russia Kazan 2005 U Republic of Tatarstan, Reputedly the largest mosque in Europe[9] Moscow Cathedral Mosque Russia Moscow 1904 U Saint Petersburg Mosque Russia St Petersburg 1909-20 U Edinburgh Central Mosque Scotland, UK Edinburgh 1998 SA King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh Glasgow Central Mosque Scotland, UK Glasgow 1983 U Bajrakli Mosque Serbia Belgrade 1575 U Built around 1575 Mezquita de Córdoba Spain Córdoba 784 U “Great Mosque of Cordoba”, now a Catholic cathedral Al Morabito Mosque Spain Córdoba 1936 U Constructed by the Nationalists for the Regulares at the Spanish Civil War
37°53′24″N 4°46′41″W / 37.89°N 4.77806°WFuengirola Mosque Spain Fuengirola 1994 SA (es:)
36°31′52″N 4°37′37″W / 36.53111°N 4.62694°WMezquita Mayor de Granada Spain Granada 2003 U (es:).
37°10′52″N 3°35′37″W / 37.18111°N 3.59361°WBasharat Mosque Spain Pedro Abad 1982 AMJ Mosque of Madrid Spain Madrid 1992 SA Also known as Islamic Cultural Center (es:).
40°26′18″N 3°39′26″W / 40.43833°N 3.65722°WMadrid Central Mosque Spain Madrid 1988 UCIDE Also known as Abu-Bakr Mosque (es:).
40°27′24.2″N 3°42′3.6″W / 40.456722°N 3.701°WAl-Andalus Mosque Spain Malaga 2009 SA (es:)
36°46′9″N 4°26′18″W / 36.76917°N 4.43833°WKing Abdul Aziz Mosque Spain Marbella 1981 SA (es:)
36°30′15″N 4°55′38″W / 36.50417°N 4.92722°WMezquita de Bab al-Mardum Spain Toledo 999 U Historical Mosque, converted into a Hermitage Chapel of the Holy Cross Mezquita de las Tornerías Spain Toledo Middle of the 11th century U Historical Mosque, converted into the cultural center Centro de Promoción de la Artesanía de Castilla-La Mancha Bellevue Mosque Sweden Gothenburg ? U Nasir Mosque Sweden Gothenburg 1963 AMJ First mosque in Sweden Malmö Mosque Sweden Malmö 1984 U Fittja Mosque Sweden Stockholm ? T Stockholm Mosque
„Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Mosque“Sweden Stockholm 2000 U 1903 vom schwedischen Architekten Ferdinand Boberg als Elektrizitätskraftwerk entworfen Uppsala Mosque Sweden Uppsala ? U Mahmood Mosque Switzerland Zürich 1963 AMJ First mosque in Switzerland. Geneva Mosque Switzerland Geneva 1978 U Inaugurated by rey Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz. Winterthur Mosque Switzerland Winterthur ? U Mosque of an islamic-Albanian Community. Selimiye Mosque Turkey Edirne 1568–1575 U Eyüp Sultan Mosque Turkey Istanbul 1458 U It was the first mosque constructed by the Ottoman Turks following their conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Fatih Mosque Turkey Istanbul 1463–1470 U The original mosque was destroyed by the earthquake of 1766; the current mosque dates from 1767. Hagia Sophia Turkey Istanbul 1453 (converted from a church) U Constructed as a patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum. Hamidiye Mosque Turkey Istanbul 1885 U Süleymaniye Mosque Turkey Istanbul 1557 T Second biggest mosque of Istanbul Sultan Ahmed Mosque Turkey Istanbul 1609–1616 U The Big Khan Mosque Ukraine Bakhchisaray 1532 U Ar-Rahma Mosque Ukraine Kyiv 2000 SDMU Ozbek Han Mosque Ukraine Staryi Krym 1314 U Birmingham Central Mosque United Kingdom Birmingham 1975 U Darul Barakaat Mosque United Kingdom Birmingham 2004 AMJ 30 September 2004, app. 500 worshippers[10] Green Lane Mosque United Kingdom Birmingham 1970s AH Run by Ahle Hadith Al Mahdi Mosque United Kingdom Bradford 2008 AMJ Markazi mosque United Kingdom Dewsbury 1982 TJ European headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat. Situated in an almost entirely Muslim district named Savile Town. Nasir Mosque United Kingdom Hartlepool 2005 AMJ 11 November 2005, cost: £500,000,[11]
54°41′35″N 1°12′58.4″W / 54.69306°N 1.216222°WMadina Mosque United Kingdom Horsham 2008 U Opened in 2008 in the former Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel (built in 1857)[12] Leeds Grand Mosque United Kingdom Leeds Converted from church in 1994 U Al-Rahma mosque United Kingdom Liverpool 1889 U Third mosque in England: December, 25 1889 Baitul Futuh United Kingdom London 2003 AMJ Largest Mosque in Western Europe.[13] Fazl Mosque United Kingdom London 1924 AMJ First mosque in London London Central Mosque (Regent's Park-Mosque) United Kingdom London 1977 U North London Central Mosque (aka Finsbury Park Mosque) United Kingdom London 1995 U East London Mosque (London Muslim Centre) United Kingdom London 1985 U Manchester Central Mosque (aka Victoria Park Mosque) United Kingdom Manchester ? U Medina Mosque United Kingdom Sheffield 2006 U Shah Jahan Mosque United Kingdom Woking 1889 U First mosque in England (second mosque in Great Britain): October/November 1889 Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah United Kingdom Cardiff 1860 U First mosque established in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. - Group
AAIIL Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam AMJ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community DITIB Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği IZA Islamic Centre Aachen IZH Islamic Centre Hamburg IZM Islamic Centre Munich WICS World Islamic Call Society SA Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism) SDMU Ukraine (The Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of Ukraine) TJ Tablighi Jamaat T Turkish group UCIDE Union of Islamic Communities of Spain U Unknown
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- In 2007 there are approximately 1,500 masaajid (mosques) in Britain. Various lists of these have been published of which the most comprehensive is at http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org and is displayed using Google Maps.
References
- ^ Drayton, Penny (January 1993). "Aphrodite's island". Wood & water 2 (41). Cited by: Trubshaw, Bob (February 1993). "The Black Stone - the Omphalos of the Goddess". Mercian Mysteries (14). http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/blstone.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-12. "In Cyprus is another highly venerated Islamic site - the third most important after Mecca and Medina - the Hala Sultan Tekke. This, too, has a black rock, said to have fallen as a meteorite as part of the tritholon over the shrine. The shrine is to a woman - the aunt and foster mother of Prophet Mohammed"
- ^ Daniel, Geoff; John Oldfield, Christine Oldfield (2004). Landscapes of Cyprus. Sunflower. p. 36. ISBN 1856912299.
- ^ The Story of Hala Sultan Tekke, University of Arizona: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, "The Mosque of Umm Haram is the chief Muslim shrine on the island of Cyprus and an important holy site for the entire Muslim world... The Hala Sultan Tekke is the third most revered site of pilgrimage in the Muslim world." Retrieved: 23-02-2009
- ^ Papalexandrou, Nassos. Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: An Elusive Landscape of Sacredness in a Liminal Context, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 26, Number 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, (October 2008) pp. 251-281. "Der Parthog calls it the “third most holy space in Islam” (1995:222–223)"
- ^ "Hala Sultan Tekke: Where East Meets West". Issue 1. United Nations Development Programme. Spring 2006. http://www.undp-act.org/main/data/Articles/E-NEWSLETTER/IS1_story5.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-12. "Islam’s third sacred holy site after the Ka’ba and the Prophet Mohammad’s grave in Mecca, and among the greatest cultural heritage monuments of the world, Hala Sultan Tekke, or Umm Haram, has long been the destination of Muslim pilgrims from Cyprus and the Middle East."
- ^ "Monuments: Hala Sultan Tekke". Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communications and Works; Department of Antiquities. 2005. http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/DA/DA.nsf/All/18513FF955C9F917C225719900332619?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2006-03-06. "The Muslim mosque of Hala Sultan is located in the center of a spectacular garden at the west bank of the Salt Lake, about 6 km southwest of Larnaca. It is the main Muslim pilgrimage and the most important holy place of Islam in Cyprus "
- ^ Annuaire Musulman
- ^ Strasbourg: mosquee-strasbourg.com
- ^ YouTube - Qolsharif (Kul Sharif) Mosque in Kazan
- ^ Birmingham: Photo; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Darul Barakaat
- ^ Hartlepool: Photo; Big audience for mosque opening
- ^ Bauldry, Jess (14 May 2008). "Mosque finds a home in Horsham salon". The Argus (Newsquest Media Group). http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/2269818.print/. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ London: Largest mosque in western Europe
List of mosques in Africa Sovereign
states- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
- Western Sahara
List of mosques in Asia Sovereign
states- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- People's Republic of China
- Cyprus
- East Timor (Timor-Leste)
- Egypt
- Georgia
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
States with limited
recognition- Abkhazia
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- Palestine
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- South Ossetia
Dependencies and
other territories- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Hong Kong
- Macau
List of mosques in Europe Sovereign
states- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- (England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales)
States with limited
recognition- Abkhazia
- Kosovo
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- South Ossetia
- Transnistria
Dependencies
and other territories- Åland
- Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Jan Mayen
- Jersey
- Isle of Man
- Svalbard
Other entities List of mosques in North America Sovereign states - Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
Dependencies and
other territories- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saba
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
List of mosques in South America Sovereign states - Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Dependencies and
other territories- Aruba
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Falkland Islands
- French Guiana
- List of mosques in Oceania
Sovereign states - Australia
- East Timor (Timor-Leste)
- Fiji
- Indonesia
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Dependencies and
other territories- American Samoa
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Cook Islands
- Easter Island
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Pitcairn Islands
- Tokelau
- Wallis and Futuna
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