The King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center is a 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...

 and center for Islamic culture located in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

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The largest Mosque in Latin America, it resulted from President Carlos Menem

Carlos Menem

Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...

's 1995 grant of 34,000 m² of municipal land in the Palermo

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 section of Buenos Aires to the Mosque, following a state visit to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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Inaugurated in 2000, the Mosque and cultural center was designed by Saudi architect Zuhair Faiz, and includes prayer halls with capacities for 1,200 men and 400 women, respectively. The cultural center hosts a primary and secondary school, as well as a divinities school and a dormitory for 50 students.