Moschee Raižiai

Raižiai Mosque is a wooden mosque in the village of Raižiai, in the Punia eldership of Alytus County, Lithuania. It serves a Sunni congregation, and a registered Muslim religious community exists in the village. The mosque is described as a centre of activity for the Tatars living there, whose number is given in the sources as 500. During the Soviet period it was the only mosque in Lithuania that remained open. Local Muslim communities gather in it for religious observances at the major festivals. The village also has several Tatar cemeteries, where Lithuanian Tatars and Muslims of other nationalities are buried. The mosque has been listed as a cultural heritage site since 1999 (unique code 24828).

The mosque is first mentioned in documents in 1663. The present building dates from 1889 and was renovated in 1993. Throughout the Soviet era it was the only mosque in Lithuania that stayed open for worship. It was entered in the register of cultural heritage in 1999.