Al Noor Mosque
Also known as: Al Noor Mosque
mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand
Key facts
- Built
- 1985
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Overview
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Al Noor Mosque stands in the Riccarton suburb of Christchurch, in New Zealand's Canterbury region, at the edge of Hagley Park. It is run by the Muslim Association of Canterbury, which has about 550 members from 40 countries. It was the first mosque built on the South Island and, until 1999, the southernmost mosque in the world. Muslims have lived in the Canterbury region since 1874. Today the mosque serves as a place of worship for the local Muslim community and as a site remembered in connection with the attack of 2019.
History
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The mosque was built with support from Saudi Arabia. One source gives the contribution as 460,000 New Zealand dollars, while the Arabic source says the cost was met by King Fahd bin Abdulaziz. Sources give either 1981 or 1984 as the start of construction; the building was completed in 1985.
On 15 March 2019 the mosque was one of two in Christchurch targeted in terrorist attacks. At least 50 people were killed.
From Wikipedia
The Al Noor Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النور, Masjid al-Noor) is a Sunni mosque in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton in New Zealand. It was built between 1983 and 1985 by the Muslim Association of Canterbury, an organisation founded in 1977 that also manages the mosque building. It was the primary target of the Christchurch mosque shootings of 15 March 2019.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Noor-Moschee_(Christchurch)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Noor_Mosque,_Christchurch
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_Al_Noor
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%86
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Al_Noor,_Christchurch
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9D%D1%83%D1%80_(%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%87)
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Nur_Camii_(Yeni_Zelanda)