Linwood Islamic Centre
Also known as: Linwood Islamic Centre
islamic centre in Christchurch, New Zealand
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Overview
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The Linwood Islamic Centre is a Sunni mosque in the Linwood district of Christchurch, in New Zealand's Canterbury region. It stands on Linwood Avenue. It is recorded as the second mosque to open in the city and was built on land that had previously belonged to a church. The mosque is run by the Linwood Islamic Charitable Trust, which was founded in 2017.
History
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The Linwood Islamic Charitable Trust, which operates the mosque, was founded in 2017. The building was constructed in early 2018 on the site of a former church and became the second mosque in Christchurch.
On 15 March 2019 the centre was one of two mosques in Christchurch targeted in a terrorist attack that killed at least 50 people in total. According to the sources, seven people died inside the Linwood mosque and three more outside it.
From Wikipedia
The Linwood Islamic Centre was a Sunni Islamic mosque in Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand. Opened in 2018 and later targeted in the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, the mosque was demolished in 2023 with plans to establish a new mosque on the site.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A
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Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood_Islamic_Centre
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Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood_%C4%B0slam_Merkezi