Lists of mosques in North America

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This is a list of lists of mosques in North America, including mosques in Central America, sorted by country.

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The Bahamas

Barbados

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Jama Mosque Bridgetown 1951First purpose-built mosque in Barbados. Expanded in the 1980s to become the largest mosque in Barbados. [1]
Madina Mosque Bridgetown 1957 [2]

Belize

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Al-Falah Mosque Belize City 2008First purpose-built mosque in Belize. [3] [4]

Canada

Costa Rica

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica Mezquita de Omar, Costa Rica (cropped).png San José 1995First purpose-built mosque in Costa Rica. [5]

Cuba

Curaçao

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque Moscuracao.jpg Willemstad 1965First purpose-built mosque in Curaçao. [6]

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Dar-Ibrahim Mosque San Salvador 2007 [7]
Fátimah Az-Zahra Islamic Center Mejicanos 2004 [8]
Salvadoran Arab Islamic Center San Salvador 1994Also known as "Mezquita de La Luz". [9]

Guatemala

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala Guatemala City [10]

Haiti

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Al Fatiha Mosque Port-au-Prince 1993First purpose-built mosque in Haiti. [11]
Boukman Buhara Mosque Cap-Haïtien 2016First mosque in Haiti to feature a minaret. [12]

Jamaica

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Mahdi Mosque Spanish Town and Westmoreland 1950sConstructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, that was founded in 1950. [13]

Mexico

Panama

Puerto Rico

Trinidad and Tobago

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Iere Village Mosque Trinidad1stMasjid.JPG Iere 1868First known mosque established in the Americas. The current building was constructed in 1968. [14]
Jinnah Memorial Mosque TnT St. Joseph Mohammed Ali Jinnah Memorial Mosque.jpg Saint Joseph 1954 [15]

United States

United States Virgin Islands

See also

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  3. ↑ Muslim community officially opens Belize City Mosque
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  6. ↑ "Invitation to celebrate the end of the Ramadan". Curaçao Chronicle. June 16, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  7. ↑ Sasongko, Agung (October 30, 2017). "Dakwah Islam Terus Berkembang di El Salvador" [Preaching of Islam Keeps Expanding in El Salvador]. Republika (in Indonesian). Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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  10. ↑ Prensalibre.com Archived 2007-09-27 at archive.today (in Spanish)
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