Masjid-an-Noor (Newfoundland)

{{Short description|Mosque in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}}

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Masjid-an-Noor is the first, and currently only, mosque in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The mosque is located in the provincial capital of St. John's. In 2025, the congregation relocated to a larger building on Torbay Road.

The original mosque was located at 430 Logy Bay Road and was built in 1990 by the Muslim Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.mun.ca/localreligions/profiles/masjid_al_noor.html|title=Masjid al-Noor|work=Local Religions - Profiles - Memorial University}} A large proportion of the congregation are students or faculty at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/2010-06-26/article-1438152/Births-1847|title=We thank you for this friendship|work=thetelegram.com|access-date=2015-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907151717/http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/2010-06-26/article-1438152/Births-1847|archive-date=2018-09-07|url-status=dead}}

A 2016 Master's degree thesis has studied the mosque and the role of five-times-daily prayer in the lives of Muslims who have immigrated to Newfoundland.{{cite report|url=https://research.library.mun.ca/12148/ |title=Five Times Daily: The Dynamics of Prayer Worship Among Muslim Immigrants in St. John's, NL |author=Scott Royle |publisher=Memorial University of Newfoundland |date=March 2016}} Full 126 page thesis available [https://research.library.mun.ca/12148/1/thesis.pdf here].

Being the only mosque in the province, it has been covered in the news for reaction to events involving Islam and mosques, such as the March 2019 shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand; in Newfoundland, Masjid-an-Noor held memorial services.{{cite news|url=https://www.saltwire.com/news/st-johns-muslim-community-mourns-new-zealand-mosque-shooting-victims-292599/?location=corner-brook |title=St. John’s Muslim community mourns New Zealand mosque shooting victims |author=Sam McNeish |publisher=The Telegram, distributed by SaltWire |date=March 15, 2019}}

An event at St. John's Farmers Market was held to express support for Newfoundland Muslims; some came to the event after hearing of it on CBC News.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cards-for-christchurch-messages-delivered-to-st-johns-mosque-1.5061777 |title=Love letters to Christchurch: St. John's supports Muslim community in wake of attack: Messages of love and support delivered to Masjid-an-Noor mosque |author=Andrew Sampson |publisher=CBC News |date=March 18, 2019}} Messages of support were also delivered to the mosque itself.{{cite news |url=https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/peace-and-love-must-overcome-evil-member-of-st-johns-muslim-community-says-293162/?location=corner-brook |title=Peace and love must overcome evil, member of St. John's Muslim community says |author=Barb Sweet |publisher=The Telegram |date=March 18, 2019}} It is the most eastern mosque in Canada.