List of mosques in the Americas

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.

Name Images Country City Year Remarks
Al Ahmad Mosque  Argentina Buenos Aires 1985 [1]
Asociación Cultural y Culto Pan Islámica  Argentina San Miguel de Tucumán 1929 [2]
Asociación Unión Islámica Rosario  Argentina Rosario 1932 [3]
At-Tauhid Mosque  Argentina Buenos Aires 1983 [4] It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.
Centro Islámico Arabe de Mendoza  Argentina Mendoza 1926 [5]
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center  Argentina Buenos Aires 2000 Largest mosque in the Americas by area, measuring 34,000 m2 (370,000 sq ft).[6][7]
Mezquita de Mar del Plata  Argentina Mar del Plata 2014 [8]
Mezquita Islámica de Córdoba  Argentina Córdoba 1986 [9]
Mezquita Sufi de la Patagonia  Argentina El Bolsón 2001 Southernmost Sufi mosque in the world.[10]
Jama Mosque  Barbados Bridgetown 1951 First purpose-built mosque in Barbados. Expanded in the 1980s to become the largest mosque in Barbados.[11]
Madina Mosque  Barbados Bridgetown 1957 [12]
 Belize Belize City 2008 First purpose-built mosque in Belize.[13][14]
Mesquita Brasil  Brazil São Paulo, São Paulo (state) 1929 First purpose-built mosque in Brazil. The current building was completed in 1960.[15][16]
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab  Brazil Foz do Iguaçu, Sul 1983 [17]
Al-Rashid Mosque  Canada Edmonton, Alberta 1938 First purpose-built mosque in Canada.[18][19]
Baitun Nur Mosque  Canada Calgary, Alberta 2008 Largest mosque in Canada at 4,500 m2 (48,000 sq ft).[20][21][22]
Midnight Sun Mosque  Canada Inuvik, NWT 2010 Northernmost mosque in the Americas, as well as the only mosque in the Americas located north of the Arctic Circle.[23][24]
Mezquita As-Salam  Chile Santiago 1989 [25]
Mohammed VI Mosque  Chile Coquimbo 2007 [26]
Othman Ben Affan Mosque  Colombia Barranquilla 2005 [27]
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque  Colombia Bogotá 2012 [28]
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab  Colombia Maicao 1997 [29]
Omar Mosque  Costa Rica San José 1995 First purpose-built mosque in Costa Rica.[30]
Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque  Curaçao Willemstad 1965 First purpose-built mosque in Curaçao.[31]
Dar-Ibrahim Mosque  El Salvador San Salvador 2007 [32]
Fátimah Az-Zahra Islamic Center  El Salvador Mejicanos 2004 [33]
Salvadoran Arab Islamic Center  El Salvador San Salvador 1994 Also known as "Mezquita de La Luz".[34]
Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala  Guatemala Guatemala City [35]
Al Fatiha Mosque  Haiti Port-au-Prince 1993 First purpose-built mosque in Haiti.[36]
Boukman Buhara Mosque  Haiti Cap-Haïtien 2016 First mosque in Haiti to feature a minaret.[37]
 Jamaica Spanish Town and Westmoreland 1950s Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which itself was founded in 1950.[38]
Suraya Mosque  Mexico Torreón 1989 First purpose-built mosque in Mexico. Serves a predominantly Shia community.[39]
Bab al-Islam Mosque  Peru Tacna 2000 [40]
Mosque of Lima  Peru Lima 1986
Mosque Keizerstraat  Suriname Paramaribo 1984 [41]
 Suriname Wanica District 1906 First known mosque established in South America.[42]
Iere Village Mosque  Trinidad and Tobago Iere 1868 First known mosque established in the Americas. The current building was constructed in 1968.[43]
Jinnah Memorial Mosque  Trinidad and Tobago Saint Joseph 1954 [44]
Al-Sadiq Mosque  United States Chicago, Illinois 1922 Oldest extant mosque in the Americas.[45][46]
Islamic Center of America  United States Dearborn, Michigan 1963 Largest 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.[47][48][49]
Mother Mosque of America  United States Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1934 First purpose-built mosque in North America.[50]
 Venezuela Caracas 1968 First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela.[51]
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim  Venezuela Caracas 1993 Second 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.[52]

See also

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References

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