List of mosques in the Americas

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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.

NameImagesCountryCityYearRemarks
Al Ahmad Mosque Mezquita Al Ahmad 10.jpg Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Buenos Aires 1985 [1]
Asociación Cultural y Culto Pan Islámica Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán 1929 [2]
Asociación Unión Islámica Rosario Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Rosario 1932 [3]
At-Tauhid Mosque Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Buenos Aires 1983 [4] It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.
Centro Islámico Arabe de Mendoza Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Mendoza 1926 [5]
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center Centro Cultural Islamico Rey Fahd, Buenos Aires.jpg Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Buenos Aires 2000Largest mosque in the Americas by area, measuring 34,000 m2 (370,000 sq ft). [6] [7]
Mezquita de Mar del Plata Mezquita de Mar del Plata.JPG Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Mar del Plata 2014 [8]
Mezquita Islámica de Córdoba Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Córdoba 1986 [9]
Mezquita Sufi de la Patagonia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina El Bolsón 2001Southernmost Sufi mosque in the world. [10]
Jama Mosque Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Bridgetown 1951First purpose-built mosque in Barbados. Expanded in the 1980s to become the largest mosque in Barbados. [11]
Madina Mosque Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Bridgetown 1957 [12]
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Belize City 2008First purpose-built mosque in Belize. [13] [14]
Mesquita Brasil Mesquita.JPG Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil São Paulo, São Paulo (state) 1929First purpose-built mosque in Brazil. The current building was completed in 1960. [15] [16]
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab MesquitaFozDoIguacuParanaBrasil.JPG Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Foz do Iguaçu, Sul 1983 [17]
Al-Rashid Mosque Al-Raschid Mosque on 1920 Street, Fort Edmonton Park, Alberta, Canada.jpg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Edmonton, Alberta 1938First purpose-built mosque in Canada. [18] [19]
Baitun Nur Mosque Ahmadiyya Mosque 05a.jpg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Calgary, Alberta 2008Largest mosque in Canada at 4,500 m2 (48,000 sq ft). [20] [21] [22]
Midnight Sun Mosque Midnight Sun mosque and photographer's shadow in the midnight sun, Inuvik, NT.jpg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Inuvik, NWT 2010Northernmost mosque in the Americas, as well as the only mosque in the Americas located north of the Arctic Circle. [23] [24]
Mezquita As-Salam Mezquita As-Salam.JPG Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Santiago 1989 [25]
Mohammed VI Mosque Mezquita de Coquimbo5.jpg Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Coquimbo 2007 [26]
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque 2017 Bogota calle 80 con carrera 30 - mezquita Central Abou Bakr Alsiddiq.jpg Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bogotá 2012 [27]
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mezquita Maicao Colombia Yuri Romero Picon.JPG Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Maicao 1997 [28]
Omar Mosque Mezquita de Omar, Costa Rica (cropped).png Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica San José 1995First purpose-built mosque in Costa Rica. [29]
Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque Moscuracao.jpg Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Willemstad 1965First purpose-built mosque in Curaçao. [30]
Dar-Ibrahim Mosque Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador San Salvador 2007 [31]
Fátimah Az-Zahra Islamic Center Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Mejicanos 2004 [32]
Salvadoran Arab Islamic Center Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador San Salvador 1994Also known as "Mezquita de La Luz". [33]
Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Guatemala City [34]
Al Fatiha Mosque Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Port-au-Prince 1993First purpose-built mosque in Haiti. [35]
Boukman Buhara Mosque Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Cap-Haïtien 2016First mosque in Haiti to feature a minaret. [36]
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Spanish Town and Westmoreland 1950sConstructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which itself was founded in 1950. [37]
Suraya Mosque Mezquita soraya.JPG Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Torreón 1989First purpose-built mosque in Mexico. Serves a predominantly Shia community. [38]
Bab al-Islam Mosque FB IMG 1553100222656 Mezquita Bab Ul Islam.jpg Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Tacna 2000 [39]
Mosque of Lima Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Lima 1986
Mosque Keizerstraat Moschee-Keizerstraat-Suriname.jpg Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Paramaribo 1984 [40]
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Wanica District 1906First known mosque established in South America. [41]
Iere Village Mosque Trinidad1stMasjid.JPG Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Iere 1868First known mosque established in the Americas. The current building was constructed in 1968. [42]
Jinnah Memorial Mosque TnT St. Joseph Mohammed Ali Jinnah Memorial Mosque.jpg Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Saint Joseph 1954 [43]
Al-Sadiq Mosque Al-Sadiq mosque.jpg Flag of the United States.svg  United States Chicago, Illinois 1922Oldest extant mosque in the Americas. [44] [45]
Islamic Center of America Islamic Center of America.jpg Flag of the United States.svg  United States Dearborn, Michigan 1963Largest mosque in North America and the second largest mosque in the Americas at 11,148 m2 (120,000 sq ft). The current building was completed in 2005. [46] [47] [48]
Mother Mosque of America FrontMotherMosque.jpg Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1934First purpose-built mosque in North America. [49]
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Caracas 1968First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela. [50]
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim GAN Mezquita CANTV.JPG Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Caracas 1993Second largest mosque in South America at 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft). Possesses the tallest minaret in the Americas at 113 m (371 ft) tall. [51]

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