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This is a list of notable mosques and Islamic centres in the Americas, meaning individual buildings and congregations and administration, including notable current and former examples. This list is sorted alphabetically by country and building name.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2015)

Name	Images	Country	City	Year	Remarks
Al Ahmad Mosque		Argentina	Buenos Aires	1985
Asociación Cultural y Culto Pan Islámica		Argentina	San Miguel de Tucumán	1929
Asociación Unión Islámica Rosario		Argentina	Rosario	1932
At-Tauhid Mosque		Argentina	Buenos Aires	1983	It is a very simple building with a subtle Islamic style in its facade.
Centro Islámico Arabe de Mendoza		Argentina	Mendoza	1926
King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center		Argentina	Buenos Aires	2000	Largest mosque in the Americas by area, measuring 34,000 m (370,000 sq ft).
Mezquita de Mar del Plata		Argentina	Mar del Plata	2014
Mezquita Islámica de Córdoba		Argentina	Córdoba	1986
Mezquita Sufi de la Patagonia		Argentina	El Bolsón	2001	Southernmost Sufi mosque in the world.
Jama Mosque		Barbados	Bridgetown	1951	First purpose-built mosque in Barbados. Expanded in the 1980s to become the largest mosque in Barbados.
Madina Mosque		Barbados	Bridgetown	1957
		Belize	Belize City	2008	First purpose-built mosque in Belize.
Mesquita Brasil		Brazil	São Paulo, São Paulo (state)	1929	First purpose-built mosque in Brazil. The current building was completed in 1960.
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab		Brazil	Foz do Iguaçu, Sul	1983
Al-Rashid Mosque		Canada	Edmonton, Alberta	1938	First purpose-built mosque in Canada.
Baitun Nur Mosque		Canada	Calgary, Alberta	2008	Largest mosque in Canada at 4,500 m (48,000 sq ft).
Midnight Sun Mosque		Canada	Inuvik, NWT	2010	Northernmost mosque in the Americas, as well as the only mosque in the Americas located north of the Arctic Circle.
Mezquita As-Salam		Chile	Santiago	1989
Mohammed VI Mosque		Chile	Coquimbo	2007
Othman Ben Affan Mosque		Colombia	Barranquilla	2005
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque		Colombia	Bogotá	2012
Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab		Colombia	Maicao	1997
Omar Mosque		Costa Rica	San José	1995	First purpose-built mosque in Costa Rica.
Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque		Curaçao	Willemstad	1965	First purpose-built mosque in Curaçao.
Dar-Ibrahim Mosque		El Salvador	San Salvador	2007
Fátimah Az-Zahra Islamic Center		El Salvador	Mejicanos	2004
Salvadoran Arab Islamic Center		El Salvador	San Salvador	1994	Also known as "Mezquita de La Luz".
Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala		Guatemala	Guatemala City
Al Fatiha Mosque		Haiti	Port-au-Prince	1993	First purpose-built mosque in Haiti.
Boukman Buhara Mosque		Haiti	Cap-Haïtien	2016	First mosque in Haiti to feature a minaret.
		Jamaica	Spanish Town and Westmoreland	1950s	Constructed by the Islamic Society of Jamaica, which itself was founded in 1950.
Suraya Mosque		Mexico	Torreón	1989	First purpose-built mosque in Mexico. Serves a predominantly Shia community.
Bab al-Islam Mosque		Peru	Tacna	2000
Mosque of Lima		Peru	Lima	1986
Mosque Keizerstraat		Suriname	Paramaribo	1984
		Suriname	Wanica District	1906	First known mosque established in South America.
Iere Village Mosque		Trinidad and Tobago	Iere	1868	First known mosque established in the Americas. The current building was constructed in 1968.
Jinnah Memorial Mosque		Trinidad and Tobago	Saint Joseph	1954
Al-Sadiq Mosque		United States	Chicago, Illinois	1922	Oldest extant mosque in the Americas.
Islamic Center of America		United States	Dearborn, Michigan	1963	Largest mosque in North America and the second largest mosque in the Americas at 11,148 m (120,000 sq ft). The current building was completed in 2005.
Mother Mosque of America		United States	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	1934	First purpose-built mosque in North America.
		Venezuela	Caracas	1968	First purpose-built mosque in Venezuela.
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim		Venezuela	Caracas	1993	Second largest mosque in South America at 5,000 m (54,000 sq ft). Possesses the tallest minaret in the Americas at 113 m (371 ft) tall.

See also

• Lists of mosques
• List of mosques in Brazil
• List of mosques in the United States
• List of mosques in Canada
• List of the oldest mosques in the world

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