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Ibrahim al Ibrahim Mosque

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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

Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque

Location
  
Europa Point, Gibraltar

Address
  
Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar

Similar
  
Shrine of Our Lady of Europe, Europa Point, Trafalgar Cemetery, The Convent, Cathedral of St Mary the Crow

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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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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.

References

Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque Wikipedia