This is a list of Mosques in Brazil. It lists mosques (Arabic: Masjid, Portuguese: Mesquita) and Islamic centres in Brazil, South America. It lists some but by no means all of the mosques in Brazil.
There are currently about 150 mosques in Brazil. [1]
Note: Mesquita means mosque in the Portuguese language used in Brazil.
| Name | Images | City | State | Year Opened | Facilities & Services | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesquita (Musallah) Muhammad | São Paulo | São paulo | Feb 2019 | Av. Carlos de Campos 77 | Fazal Ahmad | ||
| Mesquita Brasil (São Paulo) |  | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | 1929 [2] | Oldest mosque in Brazil. [2] | [2] | |
| Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab (Mesquita Foz Do Iguaçu) |  | Foz do Iguaçu | Paraná | 1983 | City near Iguaçu Falls. | [3] [1] | |
| Mosque of Cuiabá |  | Cuiabá | Mato Grosso | 16 July 1978 | Open to tourist. | Founded in April 1972. | [4] |
| Centro Islâmico do Brasil (Brasilia Islamic Centre Mosque) | Brasilia | Federal District | [1] | ||||
| The Islamic Center of Brazil | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Masjid Abu Bakr Assiddik | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Mesquita Salah Ad-Din Al Ayubi | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Centro de Divulgacion do Islam da America Latina | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Al Firdaus Masjid (Mesquita Al-Firdaus) | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Masjid Hanzala | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Sociedade Beneficente Muçulmana | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Masjid Hamza (Mesquita Hz. Hamza) | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [1] [5] | ||||
| Liga Beneficente da Juventude Islâmica do Brasil | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [5] | ||||
| Masjid Salah ed-Din al-Ayubi | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [5] | ||||
| Sociedade Islâmica Brasileira. | São Paulo | São Paulo (state) | [5] | ||||
| Centro Islâmico Beneficente do Paraná | Curitiba | Paraná | R. Hildebrando de Araújo, 729 - Jardim Botânico, Curitiba - PR, 80210-260 Telefone: (41) 3040-6026 | [1] | |||
| Mosque of Curitiba (Mesquita Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib) | Curitiba | Paraná | 1972 [6] [7] [8] | Rua Kellers,383 – São Francisco Tel.: (41) 3222- 4515 [6] [7] [8] | [1] [6] [7] [8] | ||
| Mesquita de Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais | [9] | ||||
| Centro Islâmico de Campinas |  | Campinas | São Paulo (state) | [1] | |||
| Cemitério Islâmico De Guarulhos | Guarulhos | São Paulo (state) | [1] | ||||
| Sociedade Beneficente Muçulmana | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro (state) | [1] | ||||
| Islamic Cultural Center of Bahia | Salvador | Bahia | [10] | ||||
| Centro Cultural Árabe-Muçulmano | Salvador | Bahia | [10] | ||||
| Centro Islâmico do Amazonas | Manaus | Amazonas | [1] | ||||
| Centro Islâmico de Florianópolis | Florianópolis | Santa Catarina | [1] | ||||
| Centro Islâmico de Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul | [1] | ||||
| Centro Islâmico do Ceará | Fortaleza | Ceará | [1] [11] | ||||
| Musala As-Salaf As-Saalih | Fortaleza | Ceará | Friday prayers & Saturday Islamic Studies class only [11] | [11] | |||
| Islamic Center of Recife | Recife | Pernambuco | [1] | ||||
| Islamic Center of Natal | Natal | Rio Grande do Norte | [1] | ||||
| Iman Ali Mosque | Ponta Grossa | Paraná | R. do Rosário, 138 - Centro, Ponta Grossa - PR, Brazil. | ||||
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