Järvenpää Mosque (Finnish: Järvenpään moskeija) is a mosque located in the Finnish town of Järvenpää.[1][2] It is owned by The Finnish-Islamic Congregation, which members are Finnish Tatars. It was built in the 1940s. The Tatar community together raised the money for it.[3]
| Järvenpää Mosque | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Branch/tradition | Sunni |
| Ownership | The Finnish-Islamic Congregation |
| Location | |
| Location | Kinnari, Järvenpää, Uusimaa, Finland |
| Architecture | |
| Type | mosque |
| Date established | 1942 |
In the 1980s in the mosque, Tatars still arranged language and religious teaching for the children of the community. Later, most of the activity has been centered around a few religious occasions, such as Ramadan.[3]
Around the time the Järvenpää mosque was built, a separate Islamic congregation was founded in Tampere by local Tatars.[4]
They practice Sunni Islam.[5]
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edit- ^ "Järvenpää Mosque: The first mosque in the Nordic countries". International Media Center (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Al Fozan". mosqpedia.org. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ a b Moilanen, Kaisu (2015). "Suomen ainoa minareetillinen moskeija on Järvenpäässä, ja se kuuluu tataareille (for subscribers)". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish).
- ^ Baibulat, Muazzez (2004). The Tampere Islamic Congregation: the roots and history (in English, Tatar and Finnish). Jyväskylä: Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy. p. 30. ISBN 952-91-6753-9.
- ^ Marjamäki, Kolehmainen, Marja-Leena, Ilkka (1980). Suomen tataarimusiikki (in a book: Tugan Tel - Kirjoituksia Suomen tataareista. 2011. Reporter: Kadriye Bedretdin). Helsinki: Suomen Itämainen Seura. p. 355. ISBN 978-951-9380-78-0.
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