El Tawheed Mosque

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El Tawheed Mosque
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Location
Location Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Shown within Amsterdam
Geographic coordinates 52°22′3″N4°51′50″E / 52.36750°N 4.86389°E / 52.36750; 4.86389
Architecture
Type mosque
Date established1986

The El Tawheed Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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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]

History

The mosque was established in 1986. [2]

Islamism association

The mosque at one time had been cited by the Dutch government as a potential propagator of extremism. [3] Mohammed Bouyeri the killer of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh attended the mosque.

See also

References

  1. ↑ de Graaf, Beatrice (3 March 2010). "The nexus between salafism and jihadism in the Netherlands". Combating Terrorism Center. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "El Tawheed Mosque". Religiana. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Radical Islam in The Netherlands: A Case Study of a Failed European Policy - Manfred Gerstenfeld". Jcpa.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.


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