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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.
Name | Images | Country | City | Year | Remarks |
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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] |
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