Lami Mosque

Lami Mosque
Xhamia e Lamit
Ljamova Džamija
Basic information
Location Ulcinj
Montenegro
Affiliation Islam
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Ottoman Architecture
Completed 1689
Specifications
Capacity 150
Minaret(s) 1

The Lami Mosque is one of the six mosques in Ulcinj. It was built by Hajji Alia in 1689. The Friday Khutbah is given in three languages, in Arabic, Albanian and Bosnian language. Next to the mosque is the gasulhane, where the bodies of dead people are held. In this mosque is also prayed the xhenaze namaz for the dead peoples. In 1968 the Yugoslavian anti-Albanian government wanted to destroy the mosque, but the bravery of the imam Ibrahim ef. Llolla to stand in fornt of the Yugoslavian police saved the mosque, he was ready to sacrifice itself for this mosque. However, the Yugoslavian police destroyed another mosque, the Meraja Mosque.

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