Reykjavík Mosque

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Félag múslima á Íslandi (Islamic Association of Iceland)
Basic information
Location Reykjavík, Iceland
Geographic coordinates 64°08′3″N 21°52′30″W / 64.13417°N 21.87500°W / 64.13417; -21.87500
Affiliation Islam
Leadership Sheikh Salmann Tamimi
Architectural type Office Complex
Architectural style Late Modernism
Direction of façade Mecca
Groundbreaking 1987
Completed 1991
Capacity Main Prayer Hall: 50
Dome height (outer) 90 ft (27 m)
Minaret height 130 ft (40 m)
Materials Steel, Concrete, Marble, Glass

The Reykjavík Mosque (Icelandic: Moskan í Reykjavík Arabic: Masjid an-nuur The Mosque of the Light) is a Sunni mosque and gathering area for Muslims in Iceland. It is located in the Ármúli district. The mosque was opened in 2002 by the Islamic Association of Iceland after requesting the city government to build a mosque in 2000,[1][2] although the city government still has not given any response to the building of a mosque. The Reykjavík Mosque is funded by the Association of Muslims in Iceland. It offers Friday Juma prayers every week and it is open for prayers nightly also. There are two imams, Salmann Tamimi a Palestinian immigrant who is also president of the Association of Muslims in Iceland, and an imam from Algeria. During Ramadan, a sheikh from Libya joins and leads the taraweeh prayers. In January 2009, a new wooden altar was built by members of the association.

Ramadan of 2013

In the year 2013, for the Islamic month of Ramadan (which fell in most of July and the beginning of August), the Islamic Association of Iceland invited Ismaeel Malik, an American currently studying at Umm al-Qura University, to lead the prayers and deliver the Friday sermons. On Saturdays, the mosque held dinners along with motivational lectures. Ismaeel Malik was also invited to an Iftar dinner hosted by Luis E. Arreaga, the current United States Ambassador to Iceland. The ambassador and the embassy staff were "particularly pleased" to have an American Muslim visiting Iceland participate in the dinner.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Államok. Egyesült, Congress. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. Government Printing Office. pp. 1374–. GGKEY:5QXCANS2SXR. Retrieved 24 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ International Religious Freedom Report 2006
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