List of first mosques by country

This is a list of the first known mosque established in each country. For the purposes of this list, the mosques given are the "first" to occur within the boundaries of the modern nations listed, though they may not have been part of those nations at the time of the founding of the listed mosque.

Country Year of establishment Name and location Notes
 Iraq 639 Great Mosque of Kufa, Kufa The Great Mosque of Kufa, was built soon after the establishment of Kufa as a military town during the Rashidun conquest of Iraq.
 Syria 634 Umayyad Mosque, Damascus The Umayyad Mosque, was originally built after the Muslim conquest of the city in 634. The current structure dates to 715.
 Egypt 642 Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo Built after the Muslim conquest of Egypt by the Sahabi Amr ibn al-As
 Niger 1515 Agadez Mosque, Agadez Niger's oldest mosque.
 China 742 Great Mosque of Xi'an, Xi'an The Great Mosque of Xi'an, was built in 742. The modern structure dates mostly to the 18th century.
 Taiwan 1947 Taipei Grand Mosque, Taipei Oldest and most famous mosque in Taiwan.
 United States 1929 Ross, North Dakota The Mother Mosque of America, built in Iowa in 1934, became the oldest standing mosque in America when the Ross mosque was torn down in the 1970s. The Ross mosque was later rebuilt in 2005.
 Saudi Arabia 622 Quba Mosque, Medina Quba Mosque, built by Prophet Muhammad upon his arrival in Madinah during the Hijrah. The first mosque of Islam.
 Hong Kong (then British Hong Kong) 1890 Jamia Mosque, Mid-Levels
 Macau (then Portuguese Macau) 1980 Macau Mosque, Our Lady of Fatima Parish
 Canada 1938 Al-Rashid Mosque, Edmonton, Alberta
 India 629 Cheraman Juma Masjid, Kodungallur, Kerala Built by Malik Deenar and named after king Cheraman Perumal[1]
628-630 Jumma Masjid of Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu Constructed by Yemeni merchants and traders, ordered by Yemeni governor Bazan ibn Sasan. Rebuild in the 11th century.
 Ireland 1976[2] 7 Harrington Street, Dublin The first purpose-built mosque was built in Ballyhaunis in 1987.
 Iceland 2002[3] Reykjavík Mosque, Reykjavik Not a purpose-built mosque, but serves as an interim gathering site
 Bulgaria 1363-1364 Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv During the reign of Sultan Murad II the old building was demolished and replaced by the modern-day mosque.
 United Kingdom 1891[4] Liverpool Muslim Institute Several sources state that a mosque was founded in 1860 at 2 Glynrhondda Street, Cardiff, Wales. This has been rejected by an academic paper as a transcription error.[5]
 Czech Republic 1998[2] Brno Construction began 1996, inaugurated 1998
 Brazil 1929[6] São Paulo
 Chile 1995[7] Mezquita as-Salam, Santiago Commissioned 1989, inaugurated 1995
 Australia 1882[7] Marree Mosque, Marree, South Australia Built by Australia's "Afghan" camel-drivers; no longer standing
 Taiwan 1947 Taipei Grand Mosque, Taipei Original building was firstly used in 1947, then it was relocated to a new site where it was reconstructed in 1960
 Papua New Guinea 2000[8] Port Moresby[7] Islam was introduced to the island in the 1970s,[8] and the first Islamic centre established in 1988.[7]
 South Africa (then Cape Colony) 1798[9] Awwal Mosque, Cape Colony
 Panama 1930[10] Built by the Ahmadiyya Muslims.[10]
 Suriname (then a colony of the Netherlands) 1906[11] Built by immigrant Javanese rice farmers.[11]
 Argentina 1983[12] At-Tauhid Mosque, Buenos Aires Opened in October 1983 by the shia community of Buenos Aires and with the support of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Argentina.
 Spain (then the Emirate of Córdoba) 784[13] Córdoba Build by Abd al-Rahman I, the first Muslim ruler of Spain
 Germany 1922-1924[14] Berlin Sources differ as to the original mosque: an Ahmadiyya mosque (Berlin Mosque) was built in 1924; the Deutsch-Moslemische Gesellschaft was built in 1922, and a wooden mosque for prisoners of war was built near Berlin during World War I. The first Islamic cemetery was founded in 1798.[14]
 France 1905, 1926[14] Saint-Denis, Réunion (1905), Paris (1926, first in Metropolitan France) The 1926 Paris mosque was the first mosque built in France since the 8th century; it was built in the Moroccan style, and honored Muslim French veterans of World War I.[15]
 New Zealand 1979 (begun)[16] Auckland Cornerstone laid in 1979; the first Islamic centre in the country was installed in an Auckland house bought in 1959
 Fiji 1922 (approximate)[17] Vitogo, Nausori, and Tavua[17] A number of wooden mosques were built by local Islamic assemblies around 1922.[17]
 Philippines 1380[18] Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque, Tubig Indangan, Simunul island, Tawi-Tawi province Founded by Makhdum Karim, who introduced Islam to the Philippines
 Japan 1935[19] Kobe Mosque, Kobe Designed in the Turkish style by a Czech architect; confiscated by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1943 and later returned
 South Korea 1976[20] Seoul Central Mosque, Seoul
 Costa Rica 1995[21] Founded by the Islamic Cultural Association of Costa Rica
 Venezuela 1968[22] Alparaiso
 Oman 600s[23] Masjid Mazin, Sumail Founded by Mazin Ben Ghadooba, the first Omani to adopt Islam, and adopted it during Mohammed's lifetime[23]
 Tunisia 670 Mosque of Uqba, Kairouan Oldest mosque in the Western Islamic world, first in the Maghreb
 Finland 1942 Järvenpää mosque Finland's first Muslim cemetery was established in the 1830s for Russian troops.[24]
 Denmark 1967[24] Hvidovre, outside Copenhagen Founded by the Ahmadiyya; first purpose-built mosque in a Nordic country
 Sweden 2000[25] Stockholm Converted from Katarinastation, a former power station
 Norway 1974 Islamic Cultural Centre, Oslo Founded by Pakistani-Norwegians aided by Danish Muslims; of the Sunni Deobandi school. The first Shi'a mosque, Anjuman-e Hussain, opened in 1975; the first Sunni Barelvi mosque opened in 1976.
  Switzerland 1961 Islamic Center in Geneva, Geneva Founded by Said Ramadan
 Austria 1979[26] Vienna Islamic Centre, Vienna
 Bahrain 1000–1200 (approximate)[27] Suq al-Khamis mosque Though most of the structure is dated to the 11th or 12th century, popularly believed to have been founded by the Caliph Omar in the 600s.[28]
 Russia (Dagestan then part of the Arabian Caliphate) 700-900 (approximate)[27] Dzhuma Mosque, Derbent, Dagestan
 Lithuania (then the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) 1500-1600[29] various Records indicate Lithuanian Tatars built mosques in the Duchy during the 16th century[29]
 Poland 1558 (earliest attestation in writing)[30] Tatar mosques in Poland were noted in a 1558 treatise Risale-i Tatar-i Lech.[30]
 Swaziland 1981[31] Heavily financed by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth[31]
 Botswana 1960s[32] Lobatse Founded by Indian Muslims brought over during the British colonial period
 Rwanda (then German East Africa) 1913[33] Al-Fatah Mosque, Kigali Founded by coastal Swahili-speaking Tanzanian Muslims who came to Rwanda to work in the German administration.[33]
 Togo 1820[34] Sokodé
 Brunei 1430 (approximate)[35] Built under the direction of Sharif Ali ("Sultan Berkat"), who reigned 1425-1432.
 Singapore 1820[36] Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka Originally a wooden structure built by Arab merchant Syed Omar Ali Aljunied
 Lesotho 1900 (approximate)[37] Butha Buthe Founded by Soofie Saheb at the turn of the century; the community is described as African Muslim yet speaking an Indian language.[37]
 Kenya 830 (approximate)[37] Shanga, Pate Island Foundation discovered, with coins attesting dates, during the 1980s excavations. The earliest concrete evidence of Muslims in East Africa.[38]
 Eritrea 620-630 (approximate)[39] Massawa Believed to be the first mosque on the African continent.[39]
 Belize 2008 (approximate)[40] Belize City[41] Founded by Belizeans who converted to Islam while in the United States.[40]
 Jamaica 1950s[42] Westmoreland and Spanish Town Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which was founded in 1950.
 Haiti 1985[43]
 Montenegro 1471[44] Plav Built during the Ottoman rule in the city.
 Slovenia 1916[45] Log pod Mangartom Mosque Built by Bosniak members of the Austro-Hungarian army.
 Kosovo 1268[46] Al-Agha Mosque, Dragaš Built by Muslims who migrated from Aleppo, Syria to Kosovo.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1448-1449[47] Ustikolina Built by Turhan Emin-beg. Known that was destroyed two times (1941, 1992) and rebuilt two times (1956, 2007).
 Albania 1466[48] Elbasan Castle Built by the orders of Sultan Mehmed II.
 Croatia 1969 Gunja One of the few mosques in Croatia, located near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 Romania 1575 Mangalia Mosque, Mangalia
 Turkey 717-718 Arap Mosque, Istanbul Mosque was built on this site during the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople in 717–18 by the Umayyad prince and general Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik.

See also

References

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