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Name	Images	Country	City	Year	G	Remarks
Baitul Awwal		Albania	Tirana	?	AMJ	Awwal = The First, The Alpha 41°19′54″N 19°49′2″W / 41.33167°N 19.81722°W / 41.33167; -19.81722 Photo 1, 2
Et'hem Bey Mosque		Albania	Tirana	?	U
Skadar Mosque		Albania	Shkodër	?	U
Great Mosque of Brussels		Belgium	Brussels	1879, 1978	SA	The original building was built to form the East Pavilion of the National Exhibition in Brussels in 1880.
Baitus Salam		Belgium	Brussels	?	AMJ	50°52′33″N 4°14′23″W / 50.87583°N 4.23972°W / 50.87583; -4.23972 Photo
Mosque Lebbeke		Belgium	Lebbeke	?	U	51°1′9″N 4°5′40″W / 51.01917°N 4.09444°W / 51.01917; -4.09444
Arnaudija mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka	1594	U
Ferhadija mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka	1579	U	destroyed in 1993, unter reconstruction
Coloured Mosque	File:Gracanica gracanica sarena dzamija 03.jpg	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Gračanica	1757	U
Šišman Ibrahim Paša Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Počitelj	?	U
Ali Pasha's Mosque Sarajevo		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1560-61	U
Baitus Salam		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	2004	AMJ
Gazi Husrev-beg's Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1531	U	aka “Begova Dzamija”
King Fahd Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	2000	SA	aka “Fahdova Dzamija”, Photo 1, 2
Emperor's Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	1462 / 1566	U	aka “Careva Dzamija”, first built 1462, rebuilt 1566
Coloured Mosque		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Travnik	?	U	aka “Süleymaniye-Moschee”
Djumaya Mosque		Bulgaria	Plovdiv	1364 (converted from a church)	U	Oldest Mosque in Europe!
Ibrahim Pasha Mosque		Bulgaria	Razgrad	1616	U
Tombul Mosque		Bulgaria	Shumen	1740-1744	U
Banya Bashi Mosque		Bulgaria	Sofia	1576	U
Hala Sultan Tekke		Cyprus	Larnaca	c.647	U	Considered the third holiest place for Muslims in the world, after Mecca and Medina.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque Famagusta		Cyprus	Famagusta	?	U	Saint Nicolas Cathedral was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman Empire captured Famagusta in 1571.
Selimiye Mosque		Cyprus	Nicosia	?	U	Originally constructed during 1209 and 1228 as the Saint Sophia Cathedral
Nusrat Jehan Mosque		Denmark	Copenhagen	1967	AMJ
Tauba Mosque		Denmark	Copenhagen	?	U
Bilal Mosque		France	Clichy-sous-Bois near Paris	?	U	^[8]
Mosquée d'Évry		France	Evry	1984	U
Lyon Mosque		France	Lyon	1994	U
Grande Mosquée de Paris „La Mosquée de Paris“		France	Paris	1922-1926	U	Spanish-Moorish mosque, center of the Moslem community in France.
Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque		Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1997	SA	August, 8 1997 (also known as: King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Mosque)
Old Mosque in Pécs		Hungary	Pécs	?	U
Mosque of Pasha Jacowali Hassan		Hungary	Pécs	?	U
Reykjavík Mosque		Iceland	Reykjavik	2002	U	Also home to the Félag Múslima á Íslandi (Association of Muslims in Iceland)
Dublin Mosque		Ireland	Dublin	1976	U
Mosque of Rome		Italy	Rome	1995	SA
		Macedonia	Ohrid	?	U
Aladja Mosque		Macedonia	Skopje	1438	U
Isak Bey Mosque		Macedonia	Skopje		U
Mustapha Pasha Mosque		Macedonia	Skopje	1492	U
Coloured Mosque in Tetovo		Macedonia	Tetovo	1495	U	Photo
Mariam Al-Batool Mosque		Malta	Paola	1978	WICS	The only Mosque in the Maltese Islands
Hussein Pasha Mosque		Montenegro	Pljevlja	?	U
Podgorica Mosque		Montenegro	Podgorica	?	U
Assoenna Mosque		Netherlands	Amsterdam	?	U
Fatih Mosque		Netherlands	Amsterdam	?	U	Formerly a Roman Catholic church San Ignacio
El Tawheed Mosque		Netherlands	Amsterdam	?	U
Sultan Ahmed Mosque		Netherlands	Delft	?	U
Aqsa Mosque		Netherlands	The Hague	?	U
Mobarak Mosque		Netherlands	The Hague	1955	AMJ	First purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands
Fatih Mosque		Netherlands	Eindhoven	?	U
Furqaan Mosque		Netherlands	Eindhoven	?	U
Essalaam Mosque		Netherlands	Rotterdam	?	U
Mevlana Mosque		Netherlands	Rotterdam	?	U
Bergen Mosque „Moske i Bergen“		Norway	Bergen	?	U
Oslo Mosque „Moske i Oslo“		Norway	Oslo	1980	AMJ
Bohoniki Mosque		Poland	Bohoniki	19/20th century	U	pl:Meczet w Bohonikach
Gdańsk Mosque		Poland	Gdańsk	1989	U	pl:Meczet w Gdańsku
Kruszyniany Mosque		Poland	Kruszyniany	18/19th century	U	pl:Meczet w Kruszynianach
Warsaw Mosque		Poland	Warsaw	1993	U	pl:Meczet w Warszawie
Lisbon Mosque		Portugal	Lisbon	1988	U
Carol I Mosque		Romania	Constanţa	1912	U
Mangalia Mosque		Romania	Mangalia	1525	U
Nurulla Mosque		Russia	Kazan	1849	U	1845-1849
Qolsharif Mosque		Russia	Kazan	?	U	Republic of Tatarstan, Reputedly the largest mosque in Europe^[9]
Moscow Cathedral Mosque		Russia	Moscow	1904	U
Saint Petersburg Mosque		Russia	St Petersburg	1909-20	U
Edinburgh Central Mosque		Scotland, UK	Edinburgh	1998	SA	King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh
Glasgow Central Mosque		Scotland, UK	Glasgow	1983	U
Bajrakli Mosque		Serbia	Belgrade	1575	U	Built around 1575
Mezquita de Córdoba		Spain	Córdoba	784	–	“Great Mosque of Cordoba”, now a Catholic cathedral
Albaicín Mosque		Spain	Granada	2003	U	http://www.mezquitadegranada.com
Basharat Mosque		Spain	Pedro Abad	1982	AMJ	First construction of a mosque after 700 years
Mosque of Madrid		Spain	Madrid	1992	SA	A.k.a. Islamic Cultural Center (es:). 40°26′18″N 3°39′26″W / 40.43833°N 3.65722°W / 40.43833; -3.65722
Madrid Central Mosque		Spain	Madrid	1988	UCIDE	A.k.a. Abu-Bakr Mosque. 40°27′24.2″N 3°42′3.6″W / 40.456722°N 3.701°W / 40.456722; -3.701
Mezquita de Bab al-Mardum		Spain	Toledo	999	–	Historical Mosque, convertet into a Hermitage “Chapel of the Holy Cross”
Bellevue Mosque		Sweden	Gothenburg	?	U
Nasir Mosque		Sweden	Gothenburg	1963	AMJ
Malmö Mosque		Sweden	Malmö	1984	U
Fittja Mosque		Sweden	Stockholm	?	T
Stockholm Mosque „Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Mosque“		Sweden	Stockholm	2000	U	1903 vom schwedischen Architekten Ferdinand Boberg als Elektrizitätskraftwerk entworfen
Uppsala Mosque		Sweden	Uppsala	?	U
Selimiye Mosque		Turkey	Edirne	1568-1575	U
Eyüp Sultan Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1458	U	It was the first mosque constructed by the Ottoman Turks following their conquest of Constantinople in 1453.
Fatih Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1463-1470	U	The original mosque was destroyed by the earthquake of 1766; the current mosque dates from 1767.
Hagia Sophia		Turkey	Istanbul	1453 (converted from a church)	–	Constructed as a patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum.
Hamidiye Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1885	U
Süleymaniye Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1557	T	Second biggest mosque of Instanbul
Sultan Ahmed Mosque		Turkey	Istanbul	1609-1616	U
Birmingham Central Mosque		United Kingdom	Birmingham	1975	U
Green Lane Mosque		United Kingdom	Birmingham	1970s	AH	Run by Ahle Hadith
Markazi mosque		United Kingdom	Dewsbury	1982	TJ	European headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat. Situated in an almost entirely Muslim district named Savile Town.
Leeds Grand Mosque		United Kingdom	Leeds	Converted from church in 1994	U
Al-Rahma mosque		United Kingdom	Liverpool	1889	U	Third mosque in England: December, 25 1889
Baitul Futuh		United Kingdom	London	2003	AMJ	Largest Mosque in all of Western Europe^[10]
Fazl Mosque		United Kingdom	London	1924	AMJ	One of the first mosques to be constructed in England, also the first mosque to have been built in London ^[11]
London Central Mosque (Regent's Park-Mosque)		United Kingdom	London	1977	U
North London Central Mosque (aka Finsbury Park Mosque)		United Kingdom	London	1995	U
East London Mosque (London Muslim Centre)		United Kingdom	London	1985	U
Manchester Central Mosque (aka Victoria Park Mosque)		United Kingdom	Manchester	?	U
Medina Mosque		United Kingdom	Sheffield	2006	U
Shah Jahan Mosque		United Kingdom	Woking	1889	U	First mosque in England (second mosque in Great Britain): October/November 1889
Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah		United Kingdom	Cardiff	1860	U	First mosque established in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Ahmadiyya Mosque Berlin		Germany	Berlin-Wilmersdorf	1924	AAIIL	Oldest mosque in Germany, aka Wilmersdorfer Moschee
Fazle Omar Mosque		Germany	Hamburg-Lokstedt	1957	AMJ	First mosque built after Word War II. in Germany
Noor Mosque		Germany	Frankfurt	1959	AMJ
Imam Ali Mosque		Germany	Hamburg-Uhlenhorst	1961	IZH	Build by Iranian business men
Bilal Mosque		Germany	Aachen	1964	IZA	Maintained by Islamisches Zentrum Aachen
Freimann Mosque		Germany	Munich-Freimann	1973	IZM	Foundation stone in 6. October 1967
Şehitlik Mosque		Germany	Berlin-Neukölln	2004	DITIB	Architect: Hilmi Senalp
Central Mosque Duisburg		Germany	Duisburg-Marxloh	2008	DITIB
Mahmood Mosque		Switzerland	Zürich	1963	AMJ	First mosque in Switzerland.
Geneva Mosque		Switzerland	Geneva	1978	U	Inaugurated by rey Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz.
Winterthur Mosque		Switzerland	Winterthur	?	U	Mosque of an islamic-Albanian Community.
Telfs Mosque		Austria	Telfs	1998	DITIB	Minaret later built in 2006
Vienna Islamic Centre		Austria	Vienna	1977	U	Built in order of rey Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz.
Rasheed Mosque		Austria	Vienna	2005	U	Built by Muslims of Ghana, Nigeria and Benin.
Mosque Bad Vöslau		Austria	Bad Vöslau	–	DITIB	Construction started in 2008.

Group

AAIIL	Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam
AMJ	Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
DITIB	Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği
IZA	Islamic Centre Aachen
IZH	Islamic Centre Hamburg
IZM	Islamic Centre Munich
WICS	World Islamic Call Society
SA	Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism)
TJ	Tablighi Jamaat
T	Turkish group
UCIDE	Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
U	Unknown

[edit] See also

List of mosques (outside of Europe)
List of mosques in Great Britain
List of mosques in Germany
List of mosques in Sweden
List of mosques in Turkey
In 2007 there are approximately 1,500 masaajid (mosques) in Britain. Various lists of these have been published of which the most comprehensive is at http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org and is displayed using Google Maps.

[edit] References

^ Bowen, George E. (April 3, 2001). "Assessing the Isle of Cyprus". Patrick S. O'Brien on the University of Tennessee server. http://notes.utk.edu/bio/unistudy.nsf/0/3ed1a6838771b4f485256fc4005d54a1?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. "Three historic churches and monasteries are within the city. Just outside the city is the location of the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque, the third holiest place for Muslims in the world."
^ Drayton, Penny (January 1993). "Aphrodite's island". Wood & water 2 (41). Cited by: Trubshaw, Bob (February 1993). "The Black Stone - the Omphalos of the Goddess". Mercian Mysteries (14). http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/blstone.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. "In Cyprus is another highly venerated Islamic site - the third most important after Mecca and Medina - the Hala Sultan Tekke. This, too, has a black rock, said to have fallen as a meteorite as part of the tritholon over the shrine. The shrine is to a woman - the aunt and foster mother of Prophet Mohammed".
^ Daniel, Geoff; John Oldfield, Christine Oldfield (2004). Landscapes of Cyprus. Sunflower. p. 36. ISBN 1856912299.
^ The Story of Hala Sultan Tekke, University of Arizona: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, "The Mosque of Umm Haram is the chief Muslim shrine on the island of Cyprus and an important holy site for the entire Muslim world... The Hala Sultan Tekke is the third most revered site of pilgrimage in the Muslim world." Retrieved: 23-02-2009
^ Papalexandrou, Nassos. Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: An Elusive Landscape of Sacredness in a Liminal Context, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 26, Number 2. John Hopkins University Press, (October 2008) pp. 251-281. "Der Parthog calls it the “third most holy space in Islam” (1995:222–223)"
^ "Hala Sultan Tekke: Where East Meets West". Issue 1. United Nations Development Programme. Spring 2006. http://www.undp-act.org/main/data/Articles/E-NEWSLETTER/IS1_story5.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. "Islam’s third sacred holy site after the Ka’ba and the Prophet Mohammad’s grave in Mecca, and among the greatest cultural heritage monuments of the world, Hala Sultan Tekke, or Umm Haram, has long been the destination of Muslim pilgrims from Cyprus and the Middle East."
^ "Monuments: Hala Sultan Tekke". Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communications and Works; Department of Antiquities. 2005. http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/DA/DA.nsf/All/18513FF955C9F917C225719900332619?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2006-03-06. "The Muslim mosque of Hala Sultan is located in the center of a spectacular garden at the west bank of the Salt Lake, about 6 km southwest of Larnaca. It is the main Muslim pilgrimage site of Cyprus and the third most important holy place of Islam."
^ Annuaire Musulman
^ YouTube - Qolsharif (Kul Sharif) Mosque in Kazan
^ Bait-ul-Futuh
^ YouTube - London's First Mosque

[0] Bowen, George E. (April 3, 2001). "Assessing the Isle of Cyprus". Patrick S. O'Brien on the University of Tennessee server. http://notes.utk.edu/bio/unistudy.nsf/0/3ed1a6838771b4f485256fc4005d54a1?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. "Three historic churches and monasteries are within the city. Just outside the city is the location of the Hala Sultan Tekke Mosque, the third holiest place for Muslims in the world."

[1] Drayton, Penny (January 1993). "Aphrodite's island". Wood & water 2 (41). Cited by: Trubshaw, Bob (February 1993). "The Black Stone - the Omphalos of the Goddess". Mercian Mysteries (14). http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/blstone.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. "In Cyprus is another highly venerated Islamic site - the third most important after Mecca and Medina - the Hala Sultan Tekke. This, too, has a black rock, said to have fallen as a meteorite as part of the tritholon over the shrine. The shrine is to a woman - the aunt and foster mother of Prophet Mohammed".

[2] Daniel, Geoff; John Oldfield, Christine Oldfield (2004). Landscapes of Cyprus. Sunflower. p. 36. ISBN 1856912299.

[3] The Story of Hala Sultan Tekke, University of Arizona: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, "The Mosque of Umm Haram is the chief Muslim shrine on the island of Cyprus and an important holy site for the entire Muslim world... The Hala Sultan Tekke is the third most revered site of pilgrimage in the Muslim world." Retrieved: 23-02-2009

[4] Papalexandrou, Nassos. Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: An Elusive Landscape of Sacredness in a Liminal Context, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Volume 26, Number 2. John Hopkins University Press, (October 2008) pp. 251-281. "Der Parthog calls it the “third most holy space in Islam” (1995:222–223)"

[5] "Hala Sultan Tekke: Where East Meets West". Issue 1. United Nations Development Programme. Spring 2006. http://www.undp-act.org/main/data/Articles/E-NEWSLETTER/IS1_story5.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-12. "Islam’s third sacred holy site after the Ka’ba and the Prophet Mohammad’s grave in Mecca, and among the greatest cultural heritage monuments of the world, Hala Sultan Tekke, or Umm Haram, has long been the destination of Muslim pilgrims from Cyprus and the Middle East."

[6] "Monuments: Hala Sultan Tekke". Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communications and Works; Department of Antiquities. 2005. http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/DA/DA.nsf/All/18513FF955C9F917C225719900332619?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2006-03-06. "The Muslim mosque of Hala Sultan is located in the center of a spectacular garden at the west bank of the Salt Lake, about 6 km southwest of Larnaca. It is the main Muslim pilgrimage site of Cyprus and the third most important holy place of Islam."

[7] Annuaire Musulman

[8] YouTube - Qolsharif (Kul Sharif) Mosque in Kazan

[9] Bait-ul-Futuh

[10] YouTube - London's First Mosque

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