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The Quba Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد قُبَاء, romanized: Masjid Qubāʾ, standard pronunciation: [mas.dʒid qu.baːʔ], Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [mas.dʒɪd ɡʊ.ba]) is a mosque located in Medina, in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, first built in the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century C.E. [1] [2] [3] It is thought to be the first mosque in the world ...
A number of wooden mosques were built by local Islamic assemblies around 1922. [163] Port Moresby [69] Papua New Guinea: 2000 [164] Islam was introduced to the island in the 1970s, [164] and the first Islamic centre established in 1988. [69]
The Cheraman Juma Mosque is a mosque in Kodungallur in the Thrissur district, in the state of Kerala, India.According to hagiographical legends, it is claimed that the mosque was built in 629 CE by Malik Bin Dinar; [2] and consequently, it is claimed to be the first mosque to be built in India, [2] [3] and the oldest mosque on the Indian subcontinent that is in current use.
In 1994, the Islamic Center of Yuba City, in California, was destroyed by a fire set in a hate-crime, the first mosque destroyed by a hate crime in U.S. history. It had just been completed at the cost of $1.8 million plus sweat equity of the Muslims of its rural community, including descendants of Pakistan who immigrated to the area c. 1902.
William Henry Quilliam (10 April 1856 [1] [2] [3] – 23 April 1932), who changed his name to Abdullah Quilliam and later Henri Marcel Leon or Haroun Mustapha Leon, was a 19th-century British convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre, and Britain's oldest Muslim organization, the Association of British Muslims.
The association of the mosque with education remained one of its main characteristics throughout history, [123] and the school became an indispensable appendage to the mosque. From the earliest days of Islam, the mosque was the center of the Muslim community, a place for prayer, meditation, religious instruction, political discussion, and a school.
According to Islamic tradition, Islam as a religion precedes Muhammad, [12] [13] [14] representing previous prophets such as Abraham. [15] According to Islamic scholars, Abraham is seen as having built the Kaaba in Mecca, and consequently its sanctuary, which according to the Muslim view is seen as the first mosque [16] that ever existed.
Area of the mosque containing the shrines, including the golden dome over a tomb chamber (left) The Great Mosque of Kufa was the place where Ali ibn Abi Talib was fatally wounded by a poison-coated sword while prostrating in the Fajr prayer. [16] Also, the mosque contains the tombs of Muslim ibn Aqil, Hani ibn Urwa, and Al-Mukhtar.