List of mosques in Oceania
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This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.
Australia
A listing of mosques (Arabic: masjids) and musallahs in Australia is maintained by Islamiaonline.[1]
Australian Capital Territory
The following is a list of mosques in the Australian Capital Territory.[2]
City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Canberra | Monash | Canberra Islamic Centre | Includes the Australian National Islamic Library[3] | |||
Yarralumla | Canberra Mosque | Sunni |
New South Wales
The following is a list of mosques in New South Wales.
City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Bourke | Bourke cemetery mosque | |||||
Broken Hill | William Street Mosque | |||||
Sydney | Arncliffe | Al-Zahra Mosque | Shia | |||
Auburn | Auburn Gallipoli Mosque | 1999 | Turkish Sunni | |||
Blacktown | Afghan Osman Mosque | Afghan | Afghan Community Support Association of NSW Australia | |||
Greenacre | Malek Fahd Islamic School Mosque | Sunni | ||||
Lakemba | Lakemba Mosque | 1977 | Lebanese Muslim Association Also known as the Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque Reportedly Australia's largest mosque.[4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||
Marsden Park | Baitul Huda Mosque | 1989 | Ahmadiyya[10] | |||
Mount Druitt | Mount Druitt Mosque | Turkish |
Queensland
The following is a list of mosques in Queensland.
City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Brisbane | West End | West End Mosque | Sunni | |||
Kuraby | Masjid al-Farooq (Kuraby Mosque) | Sunni | Original mosque was burnt down in 2001, rebuilt later in the year. [11][12] | |||
Holland Park | Holland Park Mosque | Sunni | Original building constructed in 1908, redeveloped with modern mosque later. | |||
Eight Mile Plains | Bosnian Islamic Centre | Sunni- Bosnian community | ||||
Algester | Algester Mosque | Sunni | ||||
Darra | Darra Mosque | Sunni | ||||
Eagleby | Eagleby Mosque | Sunni- Turkish community |
South Australia
The following is a list of mosques in South Australia.
City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Adelaide | Adelaide | Central Adelaide Mosque | 1888 | |||
Park Holme | Masjid Omar Bin Al Khattab | Also known as the Marion Masjid Islamic Society of South Australia[13] | ||||
Marree | Marree Mosque | Afghan | Considered to be the first mosque built on the Australian continent. No longer in use. |
Victoria
The following is a list of mosques in Victoria.
City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Melbourne | Coburg | Fatih mosque | Turkish | |||
Langwarrin | Baitus Salam Mosque | | | Ahmadiyya | Formerly an amusement park | ||
Preston | Preston Mosque | Arabic | ||||
Sunshine | Sunshine Mosque | 1985 | Turkish | The largest mosque in Victoria | ||
Albanvale | Deer Park Mosque | 1993 | Bosnian | |||
Mooroopna | Mooroopna Mosque | Turkish |
New Caledonia
The following is a list of mosques in New Caledonia.
Island | City | District | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Grande Terre | Nessadiou | Centre Islamique de Bourail | 1998 | ||||
New Zealand
The following is a list of mosques in New Zealand.
Region | City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Auckland | Auckland | Wiri | Baitul Muqeet Mosque | 2013 | Ahmadiyya | Largest in the country | |
Canterbury | Christchurch | Canterbury Mosque | |||||
Hawke's Bay | Hastings | Baitul Mokarram Masjid and Islamic Centre |
Papua New Guinea
Region | City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Papua | Port Moresby | Port Moresby Mosque | Papua New Guinea Muslims[14] |
Tuvalu
Island | City | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Funafuti | Funafuti | Tuvalu Mosque | Ahmadiyya | Tuvalu's only mosque |
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.islamiaonline.com/masjidfinder/ Masjids and Musallahs in Australia
- ↑ Saeed, Abdullah. "Muslim Australians: Their beliefs, practices and institutions." Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and Australian Multicultural Foundation, 2004.
- ↑ "Australian National Islamic Library (ANIL) - Public Library". Canberra Islamic Centre. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ Andrew Wilkie (1 Sep 2010). Axis of Deceit: The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Whistleblower. Black Inc. p. 130. ISBN 9781921825699.
- ↑ Jackson, Richard; Murphy, Eamon; Poynting, Scott, eds. (10 Sep 2009). Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice. Routledge. p. 181. ISBN 9781135245160.
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2015/10/31/mosque-islam-australia_n_8438558.html
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/lakemba-mosque-removes-christmas-fatwa-post-20121223-2btaj.html
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/national/lakemba-mosque-imam-issues-fatwa-against-christmas-report/story-fndo4eg9-1226542519830
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/between-two-worlds/story-e6frg8h6-1226617453922
- ↑ Ahmadiyya in Australia: Historie of Ahmadiyyat in Australia, Jalsa Salana Australia 2005
- ↑ "Jail for Australian mosque burner". www.radioaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ↑ Fickling, David (2002-10-17). "Mosque attacks leave Muslims fearing backlash". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ↑ http://islamicsocietysa.org.au/ Islamic Society of South Australia
- ↑ http://www.islamicpopulation.com/papuanewguinea_muslim.html Papua New Guinea Muslims