Reykjavík Mosque
Reykjavík Mosque | |
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Moskan í Reykjavík | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Sunni |
Leadership | Sheikh Salmann Tamimi |
Location | |
Location | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Geographic coordinates | 64°08′3″N 21°52′30″W / 64.13417°N 21.87500°W |
Architecture | |
Type | mosque |
Style | office complex |
Groundbreaking | 1987 |
Completed | 1991 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 50 worshipers |
Dome height (outer) | 27 m (90 ft) |
Minaret height | 40 m (130 ft) |
Website | |
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The Reykjavík Mosque (
Services
It offers
Ramadan of 2013
In the year 2013, for the Islamic month of
New mosque
Permission to build a purpose-built mosque was first sought in 1999.
According to the chair of the Muslim Association of Iceland, Ibrahim Sverrir Agnarsson, "My hope is that the mosque can serve as a statement of liberalism, open to all, a place where a North African laborer can pray next to a U. S. businessman."[10]
The decision to grant the building plot free of charge proved to be controversial.
In 2010 Salmann Tamimi said that the Association of Muslims in Iceland would never raise money from abroad to build the new mosque.[18] His successor, however, has said that funds for the mosque will be raised abroad, including Muslims in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.[19]
In 2015, president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson expressed concern that Saudi Arabian financing of a Reykjavík mosque will fuel Islamic extremism in Iceland, and he was, "shocked to the point of paralysis when he learned last March, in a meeting with Saudi Arabian Ambassador, that the government of Saudi Arabia had decided to interfere in Icelandic religious life by donating one million US Dollars to the planned mosque".[20]
References in art and literature
A positive, fictional account of the building of Reykjavík's first purpose-built mosque appears in Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl's 2009 novel Gæska: Skáldsaga.[21] Iceland's submission to the 2015 Venice Biennale, by Christoph Büchel, was an installation in a deconsecrated church entitled The Mosque: The First Mosque in the Historic City of Venice. This was partly inspired by the Reykjavík Mosque controversy, and was itself a source of rancour, being swiftly shut down by the Venetian authorities.[22]
See also
- Islam in Iceland
- List of first mosques by country
External links
References
- ISBN 9780160813993. GGKEY:5QXCANS2SXR. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006
- ^ "Ambassador's Blog: Sharing with Iceland's Muslim community". 6 August 2013.
- ^ Paul Fontaine, 'Bishop Of Iceland, Progressive Minister Disagree With Progressive Mayoral Candidate', The Reykjavík Grapevine 27.5.2014, http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Bishop-Of-Iceland-Progressive-Minister-Disagree-With-Progressive-Mayoral-Candidate.
- ^ Paul Fontaine-Nikolov, 'You Can Worship Your God', The Reykjavík Grapevine, 13.1.2006, "The Reykjavik Grapevine Features / You Can Worship Your God". Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-03-06..
- ^ Fontaine-Nikolov, Paul (2006-01-13). "You Can Worship Your God". The Reykjavík Grapevine. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ Kristín Loftsdóttir. 2012a. Whiteness is from Another World: Gender, Icelandic International Development and Multiculturalism. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 19(1), 41–54 (p. 47).
- ^ Paul Fontaine, 'Winning Design For Mosque In Iceland Unveiled', The Reykjavík Grapevine (November 28, 2015), https://grapevine.is/news/2015/11/28/winning-design-for-mosque-in-iceland-unveiled/.
- ^ Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir, 'To a Mosque on a Magic Carpet', Iceland Review, 52.1 (2014), 64--68 (p. 66).
- ^ Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir, 'To a Mosque on a Magic Carpet', Iceland Review, 52.1 (2014), 64--68 (p. 66).
- ^ Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir, 'To a Mosque on a Magic Carpet', Iceland Review, 52.1 (2014), 64--68 (pp. 66-67).
- ^ "The Reykjavík Grapevine".
- ^ "Ólík afstaða til trúfélaga".
- ^ Kári Tulinius, 'So What Is This Reykjavík Mosque I Keep Hearing About?', The Reykjavík Grapevine, 8.8.2013, "The Reykjavik Grapevine Features / So What is This Reykjavík Mosque I Keep Hearing About?". Archived from the original on 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-15..
- ^ Jón Bjarki Magnússon, 'Kirkjurnar sem oddviti Framsóknar sá ekki: Sagði enga kirkju að finna í borginni - Að minnsta kosti sex kirkjur í borginni', DV, 23. May 2014, http://www.dv.is/frettir/2014/5/23/kirkjurnar-i-abu-dabi-foru-fram-hja-sveinbjorgu/; Paul Fontaine, 'Bishop Of Iceland, Progressive Minister Disagree With Progressive Mayoral Candidate', The Reykjavík Grapevine, 27.5.2014, http://grapevine.is/Home/ReadArticle/Bishop-Of-Iceland-Progressive-Minister-Disagree-With-Progressive-Mayoral-Candidate.
- ^ Tulinius, Kári (2 January 2016). "So What's This Presidential Election I Keep Hearing About". The Reykjavík Grapevine. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Yfirlýsing frá Siðmennt vegna fyrirhugaðrar byggingar mosku í Reykjavík | Siðmennt". Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2014-11-13.
- ^ "Salmann Tamimi: Moska verður að vera á íslenskum forsendum - Vísir".
- ^ "Umdeild moska | RÚV". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ^ "President of Iceland fears Saudi Arabian funding of Reykjavík Mosque will fuel Muslim extremism in Iceland". 24 November 2015.
- ^ Reykjavík: Mál og Menning.
- ^ Underwood, York (June 6, 2015). "Life Imitating Art: Iceland's "Mosque" Installation In Venice". The Reykjavík Grapevine. Retrieved 3 September 2016.