El Tawheed Mosque Explained

El Tawheed Mosque
Map Type:Netherlands Amsterdam
Coordinates:52.3675°N 4.8639°W
Location:Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Architecture Type:mosque
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The El Tawheed Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The foundation that manages the mosque was founded in 1986. The mosque is on Jan Hanzenstraat in the Old-West section of Amsterdam. Aside from its normal function, the mosque is used for social work, and for lessons in the Arabic language. It also houses a book store and a publisher of religious videos and DVDs.

The mosque was in-part funded by the Saudi non-governmental organization al-Haramain Foundation.[1]

Islamism association

The mosque at one time had been cited by the Dutch government as a potential propagator of extremism.[2] Mohammed Bouyeri the killer of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh attended the mosque. The September 11 attacks pilots Mohammed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, along with Ramzi Binalshibh, the man accused of co-ordinating the attacks, met in 1999 during a conference on 'Islamic puritanism' held at the mosque.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: The nexus between salafism and jihadism in the Netherlands. de Graaf, Beatrice. 3 March 2010. Combating Terrorism Center. 31 May 2017. 28 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170528191918/https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-nexus-between-salafism-and-jihadism-in-the-netherlands. dead.
  2. Web site: Radical Islam in The Netherlands: A Case Study of a Failed European Policy - Manfred Gerstenfeld. Jcpa.org. 7 November 2017.
  3. News: Amsterdamned, part one . 6 December 2004. The Guardian. 31 May 2017.