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This is a list of lists of mosques in South America, including mosques, Islamic centers, individual buildings, and congregations and administrative organizations, sorted by country in South America.[a]
Argentina
[edit]| Name | Images | Location | Year | Tradition | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centro Islámico Arabe de Mendoza | Mendoza | 1926 | [1][2][3] | ||
| Asociación Cultural y Culto Pan Islámica | San Miguel de Tucumán | 1929 | [4] | ||
| Asociación Unión Islámica Rosario | Rosario | 1932 | [5] | ||
| At-Tauhid Mosque
(Spanish: Mezquita At-Tauhid) |
Floresta, Buenos Aires | 1983 | Shia | [6] | |
| Al Ahmad Mosque
(Spanish: Mezquita Al Ahmad) |
Buenos Aires | 1985 | Sunni | [7] | |
| Mezquita Islámica de Córdoba | Córdoba | 1986 | [8] | ||
| King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center | Buenos Aires | 2000 | Sunni | [9][10][11] | |
| Mezquita Sufi de la Patagonia | El Bolsón | 2001 | Sufi | [12] | |
| Mezquita de Mar del Plata | Mar del Plata | 2014 | [13] | ||
| The Arab Palace | [14] |
Bolivia
[edit]| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As-Salam Mosque | La Paz | [15] | ||
| Bolivian Islamic Center | Calle San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, | [16][17] | ||
| Yebel An Nur Mosque | [18] |
Brazil
[edit]| Name | Image | City | Year (CE) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centro Islâmico do Amazonas | Manaus | [19] | ||
| Islamic Cultural Center of Bahia | Salvador | [20] | ||
| Centro Cultural Árabe-Muçulmano | Salvador | [20] | ||
| Centro Islâmico do Ceará | Fortaleza | [21][22] | ||
| Musala As-Salaf As-Saalih | Fortaleza | Friday prayers & Saturday Islamic Studies class only[22] | ||
| Brasilia Islamic Centre Mosque
(Centro Islâmico do Brasil) |
Brasilia | [23] | ||
| Mosque of Cuiabá | Cuiabá | 1978 | Founded in April 1972; open to tourists.[24] | |
| Mesquita de Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte | [25] | ||
| Mosque of Curitiba
(Mesquita Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib) |
Curitiba | 1972 | Rua Kellers,383 – São Francisco[26][27][28][29] | |
| Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab
(Mesquita Foz Do Iguaçu) |
Foz do Iguaçu | 1983 | City near Iguaçu Falls.[30][26] | |
| Centro Islâmico Beneficente do Paraná | Curitiba | R. Hildebrando de Araújo, 729 - Jardim Botânico[26] | ||
| Iman Ali Mosque | Ponta Grossa | R. do Rosário, 138 - Centro | ||
| Islamic Center of Recife | Recife | [31] | ||
| Sociedade Beneficente Muçulmana | Rio de Janeiro | [32] | ||
| Islamic Center of Natal | Natal | [33] | ||
| Chui Mosque
(Mesquita Chui) |
Chui | Groundbreaking commenced in 2007. As of 2021[update], the mosque was open, yet incomplete.[34] | ||
| Centro Islâmico de Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | [35] | ||
| Centro Islâmico de Florianópolis | Florianópolis | [36] | ||
| Mesquita Brasil | São Paulo | 1929 | Oldest mosque in Brazil.[37] | |
| Mesquita (Musallah) Muhammad | São Paulo | 2019 | Av. Carlos de Campos 77; Fazal Ahmad | |
| The Islamic Center of Brazil | São Paulo | [38] | ||
| Masjid Abu Bakr Assiddik | São Paulo | [38] | ||
| Mesquita Salah Ad-Din Al Ayubi | São Paulo | [38] | ||
| Centro de Divulgacion do Islam da America Latina | São Paulo | [38] | ||
| Al Firdaus Masjid
(Mesquita Al-Firdaus) |
São Paulo | [38] | ||
| Masjid Hanzala | São Paulo | [38] | ||
| Sociedade Beneficente Muçulmana | São Paulo | [38] | ||
| Masjid Hamza
(Mesquita Hz. Hamza) |
São Paulo | [38][39] | ||
| Liga Beneficente da Juventude Islâmica do Brasil | São Paulo | [39] | ||
| Masjid Salah ed-Din al-Ayubi | São Paulo | [39] | ||
| Sociedade Islâmica Brasileira | São Paulo | [39] | ||
| Centro Islâmico de Campinas | Campinas | [38] | ||
| Cemitério Islâmico De Guarulhos | Guarulhos | [38] |
Chile
[edit]| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mezquita As-Salam | Santiago | 1989 | [40] | |
| Mohammed VI Mosque | Coquimbo | 2007 | [41] | |
| Bilal Mosque | Iquique | 1997 | [42][43] | |
| Mezquita La Huayca | La Huayca | [44][45] |
Colombia
[edit]| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab | Maicao | 1997 | [46] | |
| Othman Ben Affan Mosque | Barranquilla | 2005 | [47] | |
| Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque | Bogotá | 2012 | [48] | |
| Mezquita de As-Salam Medellin | Medellin | [49] | ||
| Mezquita de Muhammad | Cartagena | [50] | ||
| Islamic Center Al-Qurtubi | Bogotá | [51] | ||
| Ahlul Bayt Mosque | Bogotá | [52][53] | ||
| Mezquita Abu Bakr | Cartagena | [54] |
Paraguay
[edit]| Name | Image | Location | Established | Tradition | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab-Islamic Center of Paraguay | [55][56] | ||||
| Islamic Beneficial Cultural Center of Asunción | [57] | ||||
| Mezquita del Este | Ciudad del Este | 2015 | [58][59] | ||
| Mezquita Del La Profeta Muhammed | Ciudad del Este | 1999 | SH | [60][61][59] | |
| Ibrahim Mosque | Ciudad del Este | S | [62] | ||
| S = Sunni Islam; SH = Shia_Islam; A = Ahmadiyya; ND = Non-denominational | |||||
Peru
[edit]| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bab al-Islam Mosque | Tacna | 2000 | [63] | |
| Mosque of Lima | Lima | 1986 |
Suriname
[edit]| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosque Keizerstraat | Paramaribo | 1984 | [64] | |
| Wanica District | 1906 | First known mosque established in South America.[65] | ||
| Nabawi Suriname Mosque | Paramaribo | 1933 | [66] | |
| Ahmadiyya Muslim Nasir Mosque | Paramaribo | 1971 | [67] |
Uruguay
[edit]| Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Center of Islamic Culture | Montevideo | |||
| Islamic Center Uruguay | [68] | |||
| Musallah Al Haazimi |
Venezuela
[edit]| Name | Images | Location | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caracas | 1968 | First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela.[69] | ||
| Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim | Caracas | 1993 | Second largest mosque in South America at 5,000 m2 (54,000 ft2). Possesses the tallest minaret in the Americas at 113 m (371 ft) tall.[70] | |
| Punto Fijo Mosque | Punto Fijo, Falcón | 2008 | ||
| Al-Rauda Mosque | Maracaibo, Zulia | |||
| Islamic Association of the Palestine Mosque | El Limón, Aragua | |||
| Honorable Association of the Jerusalem Mosque | Margarita, Nueva Esparta | |||
| Honorable Association of the Omar ben al-Khattab Mosque | San Felipe | |||
| Mezquita en el Tigre | Anzoátegui |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Mosques in Central America can be found in the Lists of mosques in North America.
References
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