Wikipedia

List of mosques in Oceania

(Redirected from List of mosques in Fiji)

This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.

Australia

edit
Main article: List of mosques in Australia

Fiji

edit

Ahmadiyya

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit

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

edit
Region City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Papua Port Moresby Hohola Hohola Mosque 2007

Tonga

edit
Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Tongatapu Nukuʻalofa Al-Khadeejah Mosque 2010

Tuvalu

edit
Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Funafuti Funafuti Tuvalu Mosque
 
 Ahmadiyya Tuvalu's only mosque[47][better source needed]

Vanuatu

edit
Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Efate Port Vila Port Vila Grand Mosque 1992 Sunni Vanuatu's first mosque

See also

edit

References

edit
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosques in Oceania.
  1. ^ "Fiji imam killed in Christchurch attacks honoured at mosque opening". RNZ. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ Naikaso, Filipe (7 April 2019). "Fiji's largest Mosque opens in Saweni, Lautoka". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ Gopal, Avinesh; Kumar, Rohit (7 April 2019). "Big Mosque Opens In Lautoka". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ Shaw, Wata (4 April 2022). "Fasting and prayer". FijiTimes. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tent, Jan; Geraghty, Paul (1 October 2020). "Miegunyah : From bark huts to grand houses and a Fiji cane farm" (PDF). Australian Journal of Linguistics. 40 (4): 428–443. doi:10.1080/07268602.2020.1840334. ISSN 0726-8602. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  6. ^ Peiró, Begoña; Vargues, Sara (2022). "Nawajikuma Settlement (Fiji) Community-Based Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Action Plan (Abridged Version)" (PDF). UN-Habitat, Government of Fiji. Retrieved 15 September 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "🇫🇯 Fiji". Ahmadiyya Mosques. 31 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Nasokia, Waisea (6 January 2015). "Ahmadiyyas Gather In Lautoka". Fiji Sun. Lautoka. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Mosques and Islamic schools in Western, Fiji - Salatomatic - your guide to mosques & Islamic schools".
  10. ^ "🇲🇭 Marshall Islands". Ahmadiyya Mosques. 6 November 2017.
  11. ^ Wakahugneme, Cédrick (13 May 2021). "Les musulmans de Calédonie achèvent le mois du ramadan". Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  12. ^ a b Ali, Imran (9 May 2019). "Police to provide security at Islamic Centre in Whangārei during Ramadan". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  13. ^ Emhail, Isra'a (13 June 2018). "Fast friends: Ramadan helps mosque curb stereotypes". RNZ National. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Avondale". New Zealand Muslim Association. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  15. ^ Smith, Anneke (6 September 2021). "Muslim leader 'baffled' Corrections passed up rehabilitation offer for LynnMall terrorist". RNZ National. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  16. ^ Chen, Liu (6 September 2021). "Neighbours shocked terrorist lived among them". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  17. ^ Aaisha Dadi Patel (18 April 2019). "Muslims long at home in New Zealand". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  18. ^ Ali, Mahvash (29 July 2016). "West Auckland mosque looks to renovate". Stuff. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  19. ^ Picken, Dawn (23 March 2019). "Inside Story: Bay of Plenty Muslims say they feel welcomed". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  20. ^ Drury, Abdullah (31 October 2020). "Wish You Were Here; A Short History of New Zealand Muslims and Integration". Nazhruna: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam. 3 (3): 355–370. doi:10.31538/nzh.v3i3.1021.
  21. ^ Ashby-Coventry, Esther (28 March 2021). "Timaru Bilal Mosque opens to public". Stuff. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  22. ^ Hyde, Sahiban (27 March 2019). "Hawke's Bay mosque leader: 'We are safe here, we are stronger'". NZ Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  23. ^ Loo, Alex (5 July 2019). "Palmerston North mosque first in New Zealand to receive security upgrades". Stuff. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Home page". Manawatu Muslims Association. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  25. ^ Wilson, Zaryd (8 December 2014). "Mosque finds home in Taihape - Whanganui Chronicle News". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  26. ^ "New Mosque in Taihape - sanctuary for weary travellers". RNZ National. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Ad-Deen Mosque Taihape Islamic Centre". Rangitikei District Council. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  28. ^ Stowell, Laurel (3 November 2005). "Muslim community at home in Wanganui". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  29. ^ Eder, Jennifer (2 April 2022). "Celebration for Marlborough Muslims finally finding a home". Stuff. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  30. ^ Dinsdale, Mike (14 March 2020). "Northland Muslims thank community for aroha and support, one year on from mosque massacres". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  31. ^ Miller, Tim (28 March 2019). "Community has outgrown its mosque". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  32. ^ Henderson, Simon (24 October 2021). "Mosque expansion being mulled". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  33. ^ "Home - Al-Maryam Islamic Centre". dunedinmuslims.co.nz. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  34. ^ Todd, Katie (25 July 2019). "$178k boost to establish Queenstown's first mosque". RNZ National. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  35. ^ "Queenstown could have its own mosque by next week". NZ Herald. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  36. ^ "'Horror, disappointment': Hate material at Queenstown mosque investigated". RNZ National. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  37. ^ "Inside the world's southernmost mosque". Otago Daily Times. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  38. ^ "Muslims in Invercargill - New Zealand". Southland Muslim Association. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  39. ^ Coster, Deena (17 March 2019). "Prayer continues in Taranaki under watchful eye of armed police". Stuff. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  40. ^ Baker, Brittany (11 December 2016). "New Plymouth's Islamic Centre opens doors". Stuff. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  41. ^ McIlraith, Brianna (25 August 2019). "Open afternoon at Taranaki Islamic Centre". Stuff. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  42. ^ Shand, Matt (15 March 2017). "Taupo perfect place for prayer for travellers". Stuff. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  43. ^ Tso, Matthew (6 May 2019). "Muslim community thanks police for work following Christchurch shootings". Stuff. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  44. ^ "About the Community". Lower Hutt Islamic Center. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  45. ^ Maclean, Chris. "Mosque – Wellington region". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  46. ^ Keber, Ruth (9 October 2012). "Wellingtonian Interview: Islamic Centre Imam Mohammad Amir". Stuff. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  47. ^ "Mosque soon to open in Uliga". 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mosques_in_Oceania&oldid=1184111505#Fiji"