List of mosques in France
There are currently about 2,300 mosques in France with a further 200 to 250 planned.[1]
It is difficult to say when the first mosque in France was built. There is archaeological evidence of an eighth-century mosque in Narbonne, France.[2] The Tsingoni Mosque in the overseas department of Mayotte was built in 1538.[3]
The Mosque of the Bois de Vincennes was built in 1916 for temporary use during World War I, and disaffected in 1919. The Grand Mosque of Paris opened in 1926 retains iconic status and is one of the largest standing mosques in France.
See also
[edit]- Islam in France
- List of mosques (Selected mosques worldwide)
- List of mosques in Europe
- List of mosques in Germany
- List of mosques in the Netherlands
- List of mosques in the United Kingdom
References
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2011) |
- ^ "France - Muslim leader calls for doubling number of mosques in France". France 24. 5 April 2015.
- ^ Islam Outside the Arab World, David Westerlund, Ingvar Svanberg, Palgrave Macmillan, 1999, page 342
- ^ Pauly, Martial (10 February 2011). "La mosquée de Tsingoni, la plus ancienne mosquée en activité de France (Tsingoni Mosque, the oldest active mosque in France)". Archeologie Mayotte, Océan Indien (in French). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Mosquée de Lunel " Accueil". Mosquee-lunel.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ "The Marseille synagogue that is becoming a mosque". BBC News. 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Grande Mosquée de Marseille". Lamosqueedemarseille.org. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ "Marseille's Muslims need their Grand Mosque – why is it still a car park?", The Guardian, 3 March 2015
- ^ "Metz: les 100 000 premiers euros de la mosquée", Le Républicain Lorrain (in French), 9 March 2015
- ^ "Mosquée Arrahma de Nantes - مسجد الرحمة". Mosquee-arrahma.fr. Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ a b c "Les six mosquées de Roubaix en pleine reconstruction", La Voix du Nord (in French), Lille, 7 March 2014
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