Lists of mosques in South America

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This is a list of lists of mosques in South America, including mosques, Islamic centers, individual buildings, and congregations and administrative organizations, sorted by country in South America.

Argentina

Name Images Location Year Tradition Notes
Centro Islámico Arabe de Mendoza Mendoza 1926
Asociación Cultural y Culto Pan Islámica San Miguel de Tucumán 1929
Asociación Unión Islámica Rosario Rosario 1932
At-Tauhid Mosque

(Spanish: Mezquita At-Tauhid)

 Floresta, Buenos Aires 1983 Shia
Al Ahmad Mosque

(Spanish: Mezquita Al Ahmad)

 Buenos Aires 1985 Sunni
Mezquita Islámica de Córdoba Córdoba 1986
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center

(Spanish: Centro Cultural Islam King Fahd)[es]

 Buenos Aires 2000 Sunni
Mezquita Sufi de la Patagonia El Bolsón 2001 Sufi
Mezquita de Mar del Plata Mar del Plata 2014
The Arab Palace

Bolivia

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
As-Salam Mosque La Paz
Bolivian Islamic Center Calle San Joaquin, Santa Cruz,
Yebel An Nur Mosque

Brazil

Name Image City Year (CE) Remarks
Centro Islâmico do Amazonas Manaus
Islamic Cultural Center of Bahia Salvador
Centro Cultural Árabe-Muçulmano Salvador
Centro Islâmico do Ceará Fortaleza
Musala As-Salaf As-Saalih Fortaleza Friday prayers & Saturday Islamic Studies class only
Brasilia Islamic Centre Mosque

(Centro Islâmico do Brasil)

 Brasilia
Mosque of Cuiabá Cuiabá 1978 Founded in April 1972; open to tourists.
Mesquita de Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte
Mosque of Curitiba

(Mesquita Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib)

 Curitiba 1972 Rua Kellers,383 – São Francisco
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab

(Mesquita Foz Do Iguaçu)

 Foz do Iguaçu 1983 City near Iguaçu Falls.
Centro Islâmico Beneficente do Paraná Curitiba R. Hildebrando de Araújo, 729 - Jardim Botânico
Iman Ali Mosque Ponta Grossa R. do Rosário, 138 - Centro
Islamic Center of Recife Recife
Sociedade Beneficente Muçulmana Rio de Janeiro
Islamic Center of Natal Natal
Chui Mosque

(Mesquita Chui)

 Chui Groundbreaking commenced in 2007. As of 2021, the mosque was open, yet incomplete.
Centro Islâmico de Porto Alegre Porto Alegre
Centro Islâmico de Florianópolis Florianópolis
Mesquita Brasil São Paulo 1929 Oldest mosque in Brazil.
Mesquita (Musallah) Muhammad São Paulo 2019 Av. Carlos de Campos 77
The Islamic Center of Brazil São Paulo
Masjid Abu Bakr Assiddik São Paulo
Mesquita Salah Ad-Din Al Ayubi São Paulo
Centro de Divulgacion do Islam da America Latina São Paulo
Masjid Carapicuiba

(Mesquita Al-Firdaus)

 São Paulo
Masjid Hanzala São Paulo
Sociedade Beneficente Muçulmana São Paulo
Masjid Hamza

(Mesquita Hz. Hamza)

 São Paulo
Liga Beneficente da Juventude Islâmica do Brasil São Paulo
Masjid Salah ed-Din al-Ayubi São Paulo
Sociedade Islâmica Brasileira São Paulo
Centro Islâmico de Campinas Campinas
Cemitério Islâmico De Guarulhos Guarulhos

Chile

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
As-Salam Mosque Santiago 1989
Mohammed VI Mosque Coquimbo 2007
Bilal Mosque [es] Iquique 1997
Mezquita La Huayca La Huayca

Colombia

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Maicao 1997
Othman Ben Affan Mosque Barranquilla 2005
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque Bogotá 2012
Mezquita de As-Salam Medellin Medellin
Mezquita de Muhammad Cartagena
Islamic Center Al-Qurtubi Bogotá
Ahlul Bayt Mosque Bogotá
Mezquita Abu Bakr Cartagena

Paraguay

Name Image Location Established Tradition Notes
Arab-Islamic Center of Paraguay
Islamic Beneficial Cultural Center of Asunción
Mezquita del Este Ciudad del Este 2015
Mezquita Del La Profeta Muhammed Ciudad del Este 1999 SH
Ibrahim Mosque Ciudad del Este S
S = Sunni Islam; SH = Shia_Islam; A = Ahmadiyya; ND = Non-denominational

Peru

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Bab al-Islam Mosque Tacna 2000
Mosque of Lima Lima 1986

Suriname

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Mosque Keizerstraat Paramaribo 1984
Wanica District 1906 First known mosque established in South America.
Nabawi Suriname Mosque Paramaribo 1933
Ahmadiyya Muslim Nasir Mosque Paramaribo 1971

Uruguay

Name Image Location Year Remarks
Egyptian Center of Islamic Culture Montevideo
Islamic Center Uruguay
Musallah Al Haazimi

Venezuela

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Caracas 1968 First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela.
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim Caracas 1993 Second largest mosque in South America at 5,000 m2 (54,000 ft2). Possesses the tallest minaret in the Americas at 113 m (371 ft) tall.
Punto Fijo Mosque Punto Fijo, Falcón 2008
Al-Rauda Mosque Maracaibo, Zulia
Islamic Association of the Palestine Mosque El Limón, Aragua
Honorable Association of the Jerusalem Mosque Margarita, Nueva Esparta
Honorable Association of the Omar ben al-Khattab Mosque San Felipe
Mezquita en el Tigre Anzoátegui

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Mosques in Central America can be found in the Lists of mosques in North America.

References

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