List of mosques in the Americas explained

This is a list of notable mosques and Islamic centres in the Americas, meaning individual buildings and congregations and administration, including notable current and former examples. This list is sorted alphabetically by country and building name.

NameImagesCountryCitydata-sort-type="data"YearRemarks
Al Ahmad Mosque ArgentinaBuenos Aires1985[1]
Asociación Cultural y Culto Pan Islámica ArgentinaSan Miguel de Tucumán1929[2]
Asociación Unión Islámica Rosario ArgentinaRosario1932[3]
At-Tauhid Mosque ArgentinaBuenos Aires1983[4] It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.
Centro Islámico Arabe de Mendoza ArgentinaMendoza1926[5]
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center ArgentinaBuenos Aires2000Largest mosque in the Americas by area, measuring .[6] [7]
Mezquita de Mar del Plata ArgentinaMar del Plata2014[8]
Mezquita Islámica de Córdoba ArgentinaCórdoba1986[9]
Mezquita Sufi de la Patagonia ArgentinaEl Bolsón2001Southernmost Sufi mosque in the world.[10]
Jama Mosque BarbadosBridgetown1951First purpose-built mosque in Barbados. Expanded in the 1980s to become the largest mosque in Barbados.[11]
Madina Mosque BarbadosBridgetown1957[12]
BelizeBelize City2008First purpose-built mosque in Belize.[13] [14]
Mesquita Brasil BrazilSão Paulo, São Paulo (state)1929First purpose-built mosque in Brazil. The current building was completed in 1960.[15] [16]
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab BrazilFoz do Iguaçu, Sul1983[17]
Al-Rashid Mosque CanadaEdmonton, Alberta1938First purpose-built mosque in Canada.[18] [19]
Baitun Nur Mosque CanadaCalgary, Alberta2008Largest mosque in Canada at .[20] [21] [22]
Midnight Sun Mosque CanadaInuvik, NWT2010Northernmost mosque in the Americas, as well as the only mosque in the Americas located north of the Arctic Circle.[23] [24]
Mezquita As-Salam ChileSantiago1989[25]
Mohammed VI Mosque ChileCoquimbo2007[26]
Othman Ben Affan Mosque ColombiaBarranquilla2005[27]
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque ColombiaBogotá2012[28]
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab ColombiaMaicao1997[29]
Omar Mosque Costa RicaSan José1995First purpose-built mosque in Costa Rica.[30]
Omar bin Al-Khattab MosqueWillemstad1965First purpose-built mosque in Curaçao.[31]
Dar-Ibrahim Mosque El SalvadorSan Salvador2007[32]
Fátimah Az-Zahra Islamic Center El SalvadorMejicanos2004[33]
Salvadoran Arab Islamic Center El SalvadorSan Salvador1994Also known as "Mezquita de La Luz".[34]
Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala GuatemalaGuatemala City[35]
Al Fatiha Mosque HaitiPort-au-Prince1993First purpose-built mosque in Haiti.[36]
Boukman Buhara Mosque HaitiCap-Haïtien2016First mosque in Haiti to feature a minaret.[37]
Jamaica1950sConstructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which itself was founded in 1950.[38]
Suraya Mosque MexicoTorreón1989First purpose-built mosque in Mexico. Serves a predominantly Shia community.[39]
Bab al-Islam Mosque PeruTacna2000[40]
Mosque of Lima PeruLima1986
Mosque Keizerstraat SurinameParamaribo1984[41]
SurinameWanica District1906First known mosque established in South America.[42]
Iere Village Mosque Trinidad and TobagoIere1868First known mosque established in the Americas. The current building was constructed in 1968.[43]
Jinnah Memorial Mosque Trinidad and TobagoSaint Joseph1954[44]
Al-Sadiq Mosque United StatesChicago, Illinois1922Oldest extant mosque in the Americas.[45] [46]
Islamic Center of America United StatesDearborn, Michigan1963Largest mosque in North America and the second largest mosque in the Americas at . The current building was completed in 2005.[47] [48] [49]
Mother Mosque of America United StatesCedar Rapids, Iowa1934First purpose-built mosque in North America.[50]
Caracas1968First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela.[51]
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-IbrahimCaracas1993Second largest mosque in South America at . Possesses the tallest minaret in the Americas at tall.[52]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 85 años de la Asociación Pan Islámica. Lagaceta.com.ar. 2 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Unión Islámica: Contactos. Unionislamica.blogspot.com. 2 April 2019.
  4. El Islam en la Argentina contemporánea: estrategias institucionales y modos de estar en el espacio nacional. Montenegro. Silvia. Estudios Sociológicos. 32. 96. 2014. 593–617. 0185-4186. 29 June 2021. es.
  5. Web site: Ente de Turismo Mendoza . 14 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161115000536/http://www.mendoza.tur.ar/atractivo_detalle.php?id=1402 . 15 November 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Se inaugura la mezquita más grande de Sudamérica. Clarín.com. 25 September 2000 . 2 April 2019.
  7. Web site: 25 Simply Amazing Mosques. Intlistings.com. 2 April 2019.
  8. News: 20 August 2014. El mes próximo se inaugurará la primer Mezquita islámica de la ciudad. Mar del Plata Hoy. 2021-12-16.
  9. Web site: Nosotros | Islam en Cordoba . 14 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171012064907/http://www.islamencordoba.com.ar/nosotros/ . 12 October 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: Rabbani Argentina - Sitio del grupo Naqshbandi Rabbani de Argentina, desde aquí se apoya a quienes buscan llevar a cabo una "Vida Rabbani".. Rabbaniargentina.com.ar. 2 April 2019.
  11. News: Barbados Today Traffic. 17 March 2021.
    1. BTColumn – History of Muslim prayer
    . Barbados Today. 7 September 2021.
  12. Web site: 2017-12-03. City Mosque celebrating 60 years. 2020-07-31. Barbados Advocate. en.
  13. http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/4834 Muslim community officially opens Belize City Mosque
  14. Book: Belize and Its People. 15 March 2015. 9789987932214. Mwakikagile. Godfrey. June 2010.
  15. Web site: Mesquita Brazil . vejasp.abril.com.br . 20 September 2018.
  16. Web site: Mesquita Brasil não quer arrebanhar fiéis, garante entidade ao JM Notícia . jmnoticia.com.br . 20 September 2018 . 24 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200424165153/https://www.jmnoticia.com.br/2018/05/17/mesquita-brasil-nao-quer-arrebanhar-fieis-garante-instituicao/ . dead .
  17. Web site: Mesquita . pmfi.pr.gov.br . 20 September 2018.
  18. http://30mosques.com/2010/09/day-22-ross-north-dakota-a-leap-in-time/ Day 22: Ross, North Dakota – A Leap in Time
  19. News: The Al Rashid Mosque, Edmonton, Canada . BBC . h2g2 . 2009-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110408062256/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1081225 . April 8, 2011.
  20. News: Canada opens its largest mosque. 2008-07-05. afp.google.com. AFP. 2008-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20080907040448/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhH-NmPhim-wV_p5lSyw_Y_n1Yyw. 2008-09-07.
  21. News: Politicians and faithful open Canada's largest mosque. Morton. Graeme. canada.com. Canwest News Service. 2008-07-05. 2008-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012150130/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=c1ce5c3b-de23-4093-85b8-36162ac636a6. 2008-10-12.
  22. News: Canada's largest Ahmediha mosque opens in Calgary. Morton. Graeme. 2008-07-06. Calgary Herald. Canwest. 2008-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012145444/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=04fc055c-7361-4caa-a974-ae57846fae2d. 2008-10-12.
  23. News: 10 November 2010. 'Little mosque on the tundra' opens. CBC News. 2021-12-16.
  24. Web site: Canadian Muslims erect first mosque in Arctic. 28 October 2010. Egypt Independent . 30 July 2020.
  25. Book: Modern Muslim Societies. 1 September 2010. Marshall Cavendish. 978-0-7614-7927-7. 374–.
  26. Web site: En marzo del 2020 reabriría sus puertas la Mezquita de Coquimbo . www.diarioeldia.cl/ . 2 October 2019 . 29 August 2020.
  27. Web site: Yidi. Odette. 19 Apr 2023. Musulmanes en Barranquilla, una historia de tolerancia. Bahath. 2 May 2024.
  28. Web site: Dar. Eissa. 22 September 2019. Musulmanes: Islam's Home In Bogotá, Colombia. Bahath. 30 October 2021.
  29. News: La Mezquita Omar Ibn Al Khattab, 10 años ligada a la historia de Maicao . El Informador . 17 September 2007 . 27 October 2009 . Spanish . The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, 10 years linked to the history of Maicao . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174900/http://www.el-informador.com/detgua.php?id=20723 . 3 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  30. Book: A Century of Palestinian Immigration Into Central America. 15 March 2015. 9789977675879. Guzmán. Roberto Marín. 2000.
  31. Web site: 2018-06-16. Invitation to celebrate the end of the Ramadan. 2020-07-31. Curaçao Chronicle. en-US.
  32. News: Sasongko. Agung. 30 October 2017. Dakwah Islam Terus Berkembang di El Salvador. Republika. 2 September 2021. id. Preaching of Islam Keeps Expanding in El Salvador.
  33. Web site: Centro Islamico Fatimah Az-Zahra in Mejicanos, San Salvador Department - Salatomatic - your guide to mosques & Islamic schools. 2021-12-17. www.salatomatic.com.
  34. Web site: Centro Islámico Árabe Salvadoreño, San Salvador (2021). 2021-12-17. www.localprayers.com.
  35. http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/domingo/archivo/revistad/2005/junio05/050605/dfondo.shtml Prensalibre.com
  36. News: 26 January 2013. Islam finds a place in Haiti. Arab News. 6 September 2021.
  37. Web site: AA. Daily Sabah with. 2016-06-28. Haiti's first mosque with minaret opens. 2020-08-01. Daily Sabah. en.
  38. Book: Social and Economic Studies . 15 March 2015. 1999 .
  39. News: Desde Torreón hasta Chiapas: islam en México. 2014-10-04. Excélsior. 2016-10-12.
  40. Islamic Bulletin, Trip to Peru, Issue 14
  41. Web site: SURINAME: Jüdische Gemeinde in Paramaribo mit neuem Leben. David.juden.at. 2 April 2019.
  42. Book: Arabian American Oil Company . Saudi Aramco . Aramco Services . Aramco world . Aramco . 67 . 1987 . 5 July 2012. – Then, in 1902, Indonesian Muslims from Java arrived to cultivate Suriname's coastal rice fields, and four years later, the country's first mosque was built at Wanica.
  43. Web site: 2 November 2020. Islamic Heritage in Trinidad and Tobago. The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. 4 September 2021.
  44. Web site: 12 May 2021. Celebrations in Focus: Eid-ul-Fitr. The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. 17 September 2021.
  45. Web site: Archived copy . 17 December 2021 . 16 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120216024715/http://www.muslimsunrise.com/dmddocuments/1922_issue_3.pdf . dead .
  46. http://www.muslimsunrise.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=30 “The Moslem Sunrise”
  47. https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w1200-h630-c1200x630/upload/b3/21/9d/shutterstock-753299998.jpg
  48. http://www.michigandaily.com/content/new-dearborn-mosque-be-nations-largest New Dearborn mosque to be the nation's largest
  49. Web site: Founders. 2021-12-16. Islamic Center of America.
  50. News: Freedman . Samuel G. . North Dakota Mosque a Symbol of Muslims' Long Ties in America . May 27, 2016 . . March 15, 2020 . U.S..
  51. Book: Islam Outside the Arab World . 15 March 2015. 9780312226916 . Westerlund . David . Svanberg . Ingvar . 1999 .
  52. https://apnews.com/fdc548954577ee3e5b0f475d4fd0be96

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