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The mosques are mostly situated in regular city blocks, and are not easily visible features of the cities. Some of the earliest attempts to organize Islamic worship in Norway was done by labor organizations as early Muslims were labor migrants. [35] The first mosque was established in 1972 by Pakistani immigrants. [35]
Name Images City Year G Remarks World Islamic Mission mosque Oslo: 1995 S Nur mosque: Oslo: 1980 AMJ Urtehagen mosque: Oslo: 1991 S Baitun Nasr Mosque: Oslo: 2011 AMJ Biggest mosque in Norway Inaugurated on 30 September 2011 Al Nor mosque: Tromsø: U World's northernmost mosque
Baitun Nasr Mosque (Norwegian: Baitun Nasr moské), also known as the Furuset Mosque (Norwegian: Furuset moské), is an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Furuset in the borough of Alna, northeast of Oslo, Norway. [1] The mosque is the largest in the country, and can accommodate up to 5,000 people.
Lists of mosques cover mosques, places of worship for Muslims. These lists are primarily arranged by continent, with the exception of lists for the largest, tallest, and oldest mosques. These lists are primarily arranged by continent, with the exception of lists for the largest, tallest, and oldest mosques.
The move came as a consequence of three individuals who contacted Yousuf themselves, when they became interested in Islam. Following their conversion, the Ahmadiyya Community of Norway was founded. [1] [2] However, the Community was first officially registered in the country in 1974, following larger immigration of Pakistani Ahmadis into Norway ...
This timeline of Islamic history relates the Gregorian and Islamic calendars in the history of Islam. This timeline starts with the lifetime of Muhammad, which is believed by non-Muslims to be when Islam started, [1] though not by Muslims. [2] [3] [4]
On April 6, 2024, a white supremacist threatened and supposedly planned an attack on the mosque using an assault rifle, using the social network app, Discord.A photo was posted with a rifle, a combat vest and a piece of paper which said “THIS IS MY GUN, CENTRAL JAM-E MOSQUE, TMD NORWAY”, along with a map with routes to three mosques, with Central Jamaat being number “1”.
Norway's largest Arctic mosque is in Tromsø, built in 2006 by a convert to Islam and financed by a donation from an anonymous Saudi businessman. [3] [43] There are two mosques further north in Alta and Hammerfest. [3] As of 2013, the only known Muslim living in Greenland is a Lebanese citizen who operates a restaurant in Nuuk. [44]