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Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica
Mezquita de Omar y el Centro Cultural Musulmán de Costa Rica
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	San José, Costa Rica
Shown within Costa Rica
Geographic coordinates	9°57′9.4″N 84°3′58.8″W / 9.952611°N 84.066333°W / 9.952611; -84.066333
Architecture
Type	mosque
Date established	2002

The Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica (Spanish: Mezquita de Omar y el Centro Cultural Musulmán de Costa Rica) is a mosque in San José, Costa Rica.

History

The construction of the mosque originated from a Palestinian migrant to the country. In early 1990s, he and other 14 people gathered at his house where they decided to build a mosque. They also traveled to Panama to ask to the local community there for financial support. The mosque was finally built and completed in 2002.

Activities

The mosque houses a library which features a collection of Islamic texts in Arabic and Spanish. It also holds classes on Islamic education to the local community.

See also

• Lists of mosques in North America
• Islam in Costa Rica

References

1. ^ Rosch, Carla (21 January 2022). "Discovering the small and little known Muslim community in Costa Rica". The New Arab. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
2. "Churches of San José: Years of History and Culture". The Costa Rica News. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
3. J., Arnoldo Rivera (1 February 2015). "El islam en la tierra del gallo pinto" [Islam in the Land of the Gallo Pinto] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

External links

• Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica on Facebook

v t e   Mosques in Central America
The Bahamas	Jamaa' Ahlus Sunnah Bahamas Mosque
Barbados	Jama Mosque Madina Mosque
Belize	Al-Falah Mosque
Costa Rica	Omar Mosque and Islamic Center
Cuba	Abdallah Mosque
Curaçao	Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque
Dominican Republic	Al-Noor Mosque
El Salvador	Dar-Ibrahim Mosque Fátimah Az-Zahra Islamic Center Salvadoran Arab Islamic Center
Guatemala	Da'wah Mosque
Haiti	Al Fatiha Mosque Boukman Buhara Mosque
Jamaica	Mahdi Mosque
Mexico	Suraya Mosque many others without articles, see: list
Panama	Jama Mosque
Puerto Rico	Al-Faruq Mosque Río Piedras Mosque
Trinidad and Tobago	Iere Village Mosque Jinnah Memorial Mosque
US Virgin Islands	Nur Mosque
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