Affiliation Salafi Status Active Architectural style Modern Islamic Phone +350 200 47693 Year consecrated 1997 | Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque Architectural type Mosque Opened 1997 Construction cost 5 million GBP | |
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Similar Shrine of Our Lady of Europe, Europa Point, Trafalgar Cemetery, The Convent, Cathedral of St Mary the Crow | ||
Ibrahim al ibrahim mosque mezquita gibraltar
The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque, also known as the King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Mosque or the Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, is a mosque located at Europa Point in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, a peninsula connected to southern Spain. The mosque faces south towards the Strait of Gibraltar and Morocco several miles away.
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- Ibrahim al ibrahim mosque mezquita gibraltar
- Ibrahim al ibrahim mosque gibraltar
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Ibrahim al ibrahim mosque gibraltar
Construction
The building was a gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and took two years to build at a cost of around £5 million. It was officially inaugurated on 8 August 1997. When the building was opened there was over sixty limousines and impressive security measures.
It is the southernmost mosque in continental Europe, and is one of the largest mosques in a non-Muslim country.
Complex
The mosque complex also contains a school, library, and lecture hall. It is the only purpose-built mosque in Gibraltar to serve the Muslims in the territory who number over 1,000: around 4% of Gibraltar's total population.