Mevlana Mosque, Rotterdam

{{Short description|Mosque in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands}}

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| location = Rotterdam, Netherlands

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| religious_affiliation = Sunni Islam

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| architecture_type = Mosque

| architecture_style = Moorish Revival architecture/Vernacular architecture

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| year_completed = 2001

| minaret_quantity = 2

| minaret_height = 33,8m

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The Mevlana Mosque ({{langx|nl|Mevlanamoskee}}; {{langx|tr|Mevlana Camii}}) is a mosque in northwestern Rotterdam, Netherlands which serves mainly Turkish-Dutch Muslims. The mosque, named after Rumi, was built in 2001 and has two minarets.{{Harvnb|Knippenberg|2005|loc=102}}. The mosque was voted{{by whom|date=November 2024}} as Rotterdam's most attractive building in 2006.{{Harvnb|Ulzen|2007|loc=214-215}}.

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Bibliography

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  • {{citation |last=Knippenberg|first=Hans|year=2005|title=The changing religious landscape of Europe |publisher=Het Spinhuis|isbn=90-5589-248-3}}.
  • {{citation |last=Ulzen|first=Patricia van|year=2007|title=Imagine a Metropolis: Rotterdam's Creative Class, 1970-2000|publisher=010 Publishers|isbn=978-90-6450-621-5}}.

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