List of mosques in Oceania
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This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.
Australia
Fiji
- Hanifa Mosque, Nadroga-Navosa Province
- Lautoka Jame Masjid, Lautoka, Ba Province
- Masjid-Ul-Hilaal, Lautoka, Ba Province[1][2][3]
- Toorak Jame Masjid, Suva, Rewa Province[4]
- Maigania Masjid, Miegunyah, Nadi, Ba Province[5]
- Mosque in Nawajikuma, Nadi, Ba Province[6]
Ahmadiyya
There are at least seven Ahmadiyya mosques in Fiji.[7][better source needed]
Name | City | Notes |
---|---|---|
Aqsa Mosque | Nadi | |
Baitul Jame Mosque | Taveuni | [8] |
Fazle Umar Mosque | Suva | |
Mahmood Mosque | Suva | |
Mubarak Mosque | Suva | |
Noor Mosque | Seaqaqa | [8] |
Rizwan Mosque | Lautoka | [8] |
Non-denominational
There are at least four non-denominational mosques in Fiji.[9][better source needed]
Name | City | Notes |
---|---|---|
Malamala Markaz | Nalovo | |
Momi Masjid | Nadi | |
Nadi Airport Mosque | Nadi | Located in Nadi Airport |
Nalovo Markaz | Nalovo |
Guam
The following is a list of mosques in Guam, United States.
Island | Village | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guam | Mangilao | An-Noor Mosque | 2000 | Guam's only mosque |
Marshall Islands
The following is a list of mosques in the Marshall Islands.
Island | City | Urban area | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Majuro Atoll | Majuro | Delap-Uliga-Djarrit | Baet-Ul-Ahad Mosque | 2012 | Ahmadiyya | [10] |
New Caledonia
The following is a list of mosques in New Caledonia.
Island | Commune | District | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grande Terre | Bourail | Nessadiou [fr] | Centre Islamique de Bourail | 1998 | [11] |
New Zealand
The following is a non-exhaustive list of mosques in New Zealand. As of 2019 there were about 60 mosques and Islamic centres in the country.[12]
Region | City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auckland | Auckland | Avondale | Avondale Islamic Centre | 1998 | Briefly closed in 2014 until 2015[13][14] | ||
Auckland | Manurewa | Baitul Muqeet Mosque | ![]() | 2013 | Ahmadiyya | ||
Auckland | Glen Eden | Masjid-e-Bilal | ![]() | [15][16] | |||
Auckland | Ponsonby | Ponsonby Masjid | 1979 | New Zealand's first mosque[17] | |||
Auckland | Rānui | West Auckland Mosque and Islamic Centre | 1995 | [18] | |||
Bay of Plenty | Tauranga | Tauranga South | Tauranga Mosque | [19] | |||
Canterbury | Christchurch | Riccarton | Al Noor Mosque | ![]() | 1985 | Sunni | First mosque in the South Island[20] |
Christchurch | Linwood | Linwood Islamic Centre | ![]() | 2018 | Sunni | ||
Timaru | Parkside | Bilal Mosque and Timaru Islamic Centre | 2021 | [21] | |||
Hawke's Bay | Hastings | Parkvale | Baitul Mokarram Masjid and Islamic Centre | ![]() | 2010 | [22] | |
Manawatū-Whanganui | Palmerston North | West End | Palmerston North Islamic Centre | 1995 | Originally established in 1985 at a different location[23][24] | ||
Taihape | Ad-Deen Mosque Taihape Islamic Centre | ![]() | 2014 | Claimed to be the highest mosque in New Zealand[25][26][27] | |||
Whanganui | Whanganui East | Masjid-E-Bilal | 2003 | [28] | |||
Marlborough | Blenheim | Blenheim Central | Blenheim Masjid and Community Centre | 2022 | [29] | ||
Northland | Whangārei | Morningside | Northland Islamic Centre | [12][30] | |||
Otago | Dunedin | Dunedin North | Al-Huda Mosque | ![]() | 2000 | [31][32] | |
Dunedin | South Dunedin | Al-Maryam Islamic Centre | 2020 | [33] | |||
Queenstown | Queenstown Central | Queenstown Masjid | 2020 | [34][35][36] | |||
Southland | Invercargill | Hawthorndale | Southland Muslim Association Masjid | 2010 | Claimed to be the southernmost mosque in the world[37][38] | ||
Taranaki | Hāwera | Hāwera Islamic Centre | [39] | ||||
New Plymouth | Hillsborough | Taranaki Islamic Centre | 2016 | [40][41] | |||
Waikato | Taupō | Taupō Central | Taupo Islamic Centre | 2015 | [42] | ||
Wellington | Lower Hutt | Taitā | Lower Hutt Islamic Centre | 1997 | [43][44] | ||
Wellington | Kilbirnie | Wellington Islamic Centre | Before 1999 | [45][46] |
Papua New Guinea
Region | City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Papua | Port Moresby | Hohola | Hohola Mosque | 2007 |
Tonga
Island | City | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tongatapu | Nukuʻalofa | Al-Khadeejah Mosque | 2010 |
Tuvalu
Island | City | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funafuti | Funafuti | Tuvalu Mosque | ![]() | Ahmadiyya | Tuvalu's only mosque[47][better source needed] |
Vanuatu
Island | City | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Efate | Port Vila | Port Vila Grand Mosque | 1992 | Sunni | Vanuatu's first mosque |
See also
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