Geneva Mosque
Encyclopedia
The Geneva Mosque was constructed in 1978 in the neighbourhood Le Petit-Saconnex in Geneva
, Switzerland
.
The mosque
was inaugurated by the Saudi Arabian
King Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz
and President of the Swiss Confederation Willi Ritschard and is the greatest mosque in Switzerland
. The building has space for 1,500 worshippers. The Imam
of the mosque is Yahya Basalamah.
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
The mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
was inaugurated by the Saudi Arabian
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
King Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz
Khalid of Saudi Arabia
Khalid bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982. He ruled during Saudi Arabia's oil boom years. In 1979, he had to deal with the Grand Mosque Seizure...
and President of the Swiss Confederation Willi Ritschard and is the greatest mosque in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The building has space for 1,500 worshippers. The Imam
Imam
An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...
of the mosque is Yahya Basalamah.
See also
- Islam in SwitzerlandIslam in SwitzerlandAccording to the Confederate census of 2001, a total number of 310,807 Muslims were living in Switzerland which made up 4.26% of the total population. In 2009 there were an estimated 400,000 Muslims in Switzerland, accounting to around 5% of the total population....
- Minaret controversy in SwitzerlandMinaret controversy in SwitzerlandThe minaret controversy in Switzerland refers to construction of minarets, which has been subject to legal and political controversy in Switzerland during the 2000s and a Swiss referendum regarding this issue. In a November 2009 referendum, a constitutional amendment banning the construction of new...
- List of mosques in Europe
External links
- Fondation Culturelle Islamique
- Dänische Zustände verhindern, Tagesanzeiger on Juli 12, 2008 (with photograph of the mosque)