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 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

References

  1. ↑ Barbados Today Traffic (March 17, 2021). "#BTColumn – History of Muslim prayer". Barbados Today. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  2. ↑ "City Mosque celebrating 60 years". Barbados Advocate. December 3, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ Muslim community officially opens Belize City Mosque
  4. ↑ Mwakikagile, Godfrey (June 2010). Belize and Its People. Continental Press. ISBN   9789987932214 . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Guzmán, Roberto Marín (2000). A Century of Palestinian Immigration Into Central America. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN   9789977675879 . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  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.
  8. ↑ "Centro Islamico Fatimah Az-Zahra in Mejicanos, San Salvador Department - Salatomatic - your guide to mosques & Islamic schools". www.salatomatic.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Centro Islámico Árabe Salvadoreño, San Salvador (2021)". www.localprayers.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  10. ↑ Prensalibre.com Archived 2007-09-27 at archive.today (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ "Islam finds a place in Haiti". Arab News. January 26, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  12. ↑ AA, Daily Sabah with (June 28, 2016). "Haiti's first mosque with minaret opens". Daily Sabah. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  13. ↑ Social and Economic Studies. 1999. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Islamic Heritage in Trinidad and Tobago". The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. November 2, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  15. ↑ Serrant, Catherine (May 12, 2021). "Celebrations in Focus: Eid-ul-Fitr". The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
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