Järvenpää Mosque | |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Location: | , Järvenpää, Uusimaa, Finland |
Tradition: | Sunni |
Festivals: | --> |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Ownership: | The Finnish-Islamic Congregation |
Architecture Type: | mosque |
Established: | 1942 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Järvenpää Mosque (Finnish: Järvenpään moskeija) is a mosque located in the Finnish town of Järvenpää.[1] [2] It is owned by The Finnish-Islamic Congregation, which members are Finnish Tatars. It was built in the 1940s. The Tatar community together raised the money for it.[3]
In the 1980s in the mosque, Tatars still arranged language and religious teaching for the children of the community. Later, most of the activity has been centered around a few religious occasions, such as Ramadan.
Around the time the Järvenpää mosque was built, a separate Islamic congregation was founded in Tampere by local Tatars.[4] They practice Sunni Islam.[5]