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The Linwood Islamic Centre was a Sunni Islamic mosque in Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand.[1][2]
Linwood Islamic Centre | |
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![]() Linwood Islamic Centre in March 2020 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
Ownership | Linwood Islamic Charitable Trust |
Location | |
Location | 223A Linwood Avenue, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand |
Location in Christchurch | |
Geographic coordinates | 43°31′56.6″S 172°40′21.2″E |
Architecture | |
Date established | 2018 |
Demolished | 2023 |
The mosque opened in 2018 on the grounds of the former Christchurch Baháʼí Centre and the Linwood Community Centre.[3] The building was formerly a Sunday school and was moved to Linwood in the late 1980s. It was the second mosque to open in Christchurch.[2]
On 15 March 2019, the mosque was one of two mosques targeted in a terrorist attack in Christchurch.[4] Most of the victims were at the Al Noor Mosque: out the 51 people shot and killed overall in the attacks, 7 were killed at Linwood and out of the 40 people injured, 5 were at Linwood.[5][6][7]It reopened on 23 March, the same day as Al Noor.[8] The terrorist, Brenton Tarrant, was convicted of multiple murder, attempted murder, and terrorism charges on 2 June 2020,[9][10] and sentenced to 52 life sentences with out the chance of parole plus 480 years on 27 August the same year.[11][12][13]
In November 2023, the Linwood Islamic Centre was demolished. With sponsorship from an Emirati fund, a $20 million new mosque and multipurpose hall will be built, which will hold 600 worshippers.[14][15]
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