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.

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Name	Images	Country	City	Year	Remarks
Al Ahmad Mosque		Argentina	Buenos Aires	1985	[1]
		Argentina	San Miguel de Tucumán	1929	[2]
		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.
		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]
		Argentina	Mar del Plata	2014	[8]
		Argentina	Córdoba	1986	[9]
		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]
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque		Colombia	Bogotá	2012	[27]
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab		Colombia	Maicao	1997	[28]
		Costa Rica	San José	1995	First purpose-built mosque in Costa Rica.[29]
Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque		Curaçao	Willemstad	1965	First purpose-built mosque in Curaçao.[30]
Dar-Ibrahim Mosque		El Salvador	San Salvador	2007	[31]
		El Salvador	Mejicanos	2004	[32]
		El Salvador	San Salvador	1994	Also known as "Mezquita de La Luz".[33]
Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala		Guatemala	Guatemala City		[34]
Al Fatiha Mosque		Haiti	Port-au-Prince	1993	First purpose-built mosque in Haiti.[35]
Boukman Buhara Mosque		Haiti	Cap-Haïtien	2016	First mosque in Haiti to feature a minaret.[36]
		Jamaica	Spanish Town and Westmoreland	1950s	Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which itself was founded in 1950.[37]
Suraya Mosque		Mexico	Torreón	1989	First purpose-built mosque in Mexico. Serves a predominantly Shia community.[38]
Bab al-Islam Mosque		Peru	Tacna	2000	[39]
Mosque Keizerstraat		Suriname	Paramaribo	1984	[40]
		Suriname	Wanica District	1906	First known mosque established in South America.[41]
Iere Village Mosque		Trinidad and Tobago	Iere	1868	First known mosque established in the Americas. The current building was constructed in 1968.[42]
Jinnah Memorial Mosque		Trinidad and Tobago	Saint Joseph	1954	[43]
Al-Sadiq Mosque		United States	Chicago, Illinois	1922	Oldest extant mosque in the Americas.[44][45]
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.[46][47][48]
Mother Mosque of America		United States	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	1934	First purpose-built mosque in North America.[49]
		Venezuela	Caracas	1968	First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela.[50]
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.[51]

See also[]

• Lists of mosques
• List of mosques in Brazil
• List of mosques in the United States
• List of mosques in Canada
• List of the oldest mosques in the world

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