List of mosques in Oceania

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This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.

Australia

Fiji

Ahmadiyya

There are at least seven Ahmadiyya mosques in Fiji. [7] [ better source needed ]

Contents

NameCityNotes
Aqsa Mosque Nadi
Baitul Jame Mosque Taveuni [8]
Fazle Umar Mosque Suva
Mahmood Mosque Suva
Mubarak Mosque Suva
Noor Mosque Seaqaqa [8]
Rizwan Mosque Lautoka [8]

Non-denominational

There are at least four non-denominational mosques in Fiji. [9] [ better source needed ]

NameCityNotes
Malamala Markaz Nalovo
Momi Masjid Nadi
Nadi Airport Mosque Nadi Located in Nadi Airport
Nalovo Markaz Nalovo

Guam

The following is a list of mosques in Guam, United States.

IslandVillageNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Guam Mangilao An-Noor Mosque 2000Guam's only mosque

Marshall Islands

The following is a list of mosques in the Marshall Islands.

IslandCityUrban areaNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Majuro Atoll Majuro Delap-Uliga-Djarrit Baet-Ul-Ahad Mosque 2012Ahmadiyya [10]

New Caledonia

The following is a list of mosques in New Caledonia.

IslandCommuneDistrictNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Grande Terre Bourail Nessadiou  [ fr ]Centre Islamique de Bourail
Centre culturel arabes.JPG
1998 [11]

New Zealand

The following is a non-exhaustive list of mosques in New Zealand. As of 2019 there were about 60 mosques and Islamic centres in the country. [12]

RegionCitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Auckland Auckland Avondale Avondale Islamic Centre1998Briefly closed in 2014 until 2015 [13] [14]
Auckland Manurewa Baitul Muqeet Mosque
Baitul Muqueet Mosque, Auckland.jpg
2013AhmadiyyaAt the time of opening, the mosque was the largest in the country. [15] Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya community, led the first prayers.
Auckland Glen Eden Masjid-e-Bilal
Masjid-E-Bilal 20230422 153324.jpg
[16] [17]
Auckland Ponsonby Ponsonby Masjid1979New Zealand's first mosque [18]
Auckland Rānui West Auckland Mosque and Islamic Centre1995 [19]
Bay of Plenty Tauranga Tauranga South Tauranga Mosque [20]
Canterbury Christchurch Riccarton Al Noor Mosque
Christchurch Mosque, New Zealand.jpg
1985SunniFirst mosque in the South Island [21]
Christchurch Linwood Linwood Islamic Centre
Linwood Islamic Centre, March 2020.jpg
2018Sunni
Timaru Parkside Bilal Mosque and Timaru Islamic Centre2021 [22]
Hawke's Bay Hastings Parkvale Baitul Mokarram Masjid and Islamic Centre
Hastings Mosque, New Zealand.jpg
2010 [23]
Manawatū-Whanganui Palmerston North West End Palmerston North Islamic Centre1995Originally established in 1985 at a different location [24] [25]
Taihape Ad-Deen Mosque Taihape Islamic Centre
Ad-Deen Mosque.jpg
2014Claimed to be the highest mosque in New Zealand [26] [27] [28]
Whanganui Whanganui East Masjid-E-Bilal2003 [29]
Marlborough Blenheim Blenheim Central Blenheim Masjid and Community Centre2022 [30]
Northland Whangārei Morningside Northland Islamic Centre [12] [31]
Otago Dunedin Dunedin North Al-Huda Mosque
Al-Huda Mosque, Dunedin, NZ.jpg
2000 [32] [33]
Dunedin South Dunedin Al-Maryam Islamic Centre2020 [34]
Queenstown Queenstown Central Queenstown Masjid2020 [35] [36] [37]
Southland Invercargill Hawthorndale Southland Muslim Association Masjid2010Claimed to be the southernmost mosque in the world [38] [39]
Taranaki Hāwera Hāwera Islamic Centre [40]
New Plymouth Hillsborough Taranaki Islamic Centre2016 [41] [42]
Waikato Taupō Taupō Central Taupo Islamic Centre2015 [43]
Wellington Lower Hutt Taitā Lower Hutt Islamic Centre1997 [44] [45]
Wellington Kilbirnie Wellington Islamic CentreBefore 1999 [46] [47]

Papua New Guinea

RegionCitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Papua Port Moresby Hohola Hohola Mosque 2007

Solomon Islands

IslandCityNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Guadalcanal Honiara Mbokonovera Masjid

Tonga

IslandCityNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Tongatapu Nukuʻalofa Al-Khadeejah Mosque 2010

Tuvalu

IslandCityNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Funafuti Funafuti Tuvalu Mosque
Tuvalu Mosque.jpg
AhmadiyyaTuvalu's only mosque [48] [ better source needed ]

Vanuatu

IslandCityNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Efate Port Vila Port Vila Grand Mosque 1992SunniVanuatu's first mosque

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