List of mosques in the Americas

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This is a list of mosques in North America and South America.

Name	Images	Country	City	Year	G	Remarks
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center		Argentina	Buenos Aires	2006	SA	Spanish Wiki: Centro Cultural Islámico Rey Fahd
Mesquita de Cuiabá		Brasil	Cuiabá	?	U
Baitunnur		Canada	Calgary (Alberta)	2008	AMJ
Baitul Islam		Canada	Maple (Ontario)	1992	AMJ
Jami Mosque		Canada	Toronto (Ontario)	1969	U	Formerly a Presbyterian church and converted into the city's first worship centre.
Mosque of Coquimbo		Chile	Coquimbo	2007	U	Spanish Wiki: Mezquita de Coquimbo
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab		Colombia	Maicao	1997	U
El Centro Cultural Islámico de Colón		Panama	Colón	?	U
Mosque Bab ul Islam		Peru	Tacna	2008	U
Mosque Keizerstraat		Suriname	Paramaribo	?	AAIIL	[1]
Masjid in Montrose		Trinidad and Tobago	Montrose, Chaguanas	?	U
Mosque Tucson		United States	Tucson (Arizona)	?	U
Tucson Islamic Center, University of Arizona		United States	Tucson (Arizona)	?	U
Muslim Temple No. 1		United States	Detroit (Michigan)	1931	NoI	First mosque of the Nation of Islam.
Mosque Maryam, Muslim Temple No. 2		United States	Chicago (Illinois)	1972	NoI	Originally a Greek Orthodox church, purchased in 1972 by the Nation of Islam.
Wabash Mosque		United States	Chicago (Illinois)	1922	AMJ
Mother Mosque of America		United States	Cedar Rapids (Iowa)	1934	U
Islamic Center of America		United States	Dearborn (Michigan)	2005	U
Dearborn Mosque		United States	Dearborn (Michigan)	1937	U
Islamic Center of Washington		United States	Washington	1957	U
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim		Venezuela	Caracas	1993	U	Spanish Wiki: Mezquita Ibrahim Al-lbrahim

Group

AAIIL	Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam
AMJ	Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
NoI	Nation of Islam
SA	Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism)
U	Unknown group (or undetermineted)

[edit] See also

• List of mosques (Selected mosques worldwide)
• List of mosques in the United States
• Places of worship in the United States
  • List of cathedrals in the United States
    • List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States
    • List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States
  • List of Buddhist temples in the United States

[edit] External links

• Directory of Mosques in the United States
• Directory of Mosques in the Canada

[edit] References

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