Zagreb Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Zagreb, Croatia}}

{{distinguish|text=the Meštrović Pavilion, colloquially called "the Mosque" (Džamija)}}

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The Zagreb Mosque, located in the city of Zagreb, is the largest mosque in Croatia.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} The Islamic Secondary School "Dr. Ahmed Smajlović" and a cultural centre operate within the mosque. The construction began in 1981{{cite web|url=http://www.islamska-zajednica.hr/nasi_uzori/sabic_biografija.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610024154/http://www.islamska-zajednica.hr/nasi_uzori/sabic_biografija.php |archive-date=2007-06-10 |url-status=dead|title=Islamska zajednica u Hrvatskoj|access-date=2014-08-25}} and finished in 1987.

Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the Emir of Sharjah, donated US$2.5 million for the construction of the mosque. In 1983, he visited the Islamic community in Zagreb.

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  • {{cite journal|url=http://www.casopis-gradjevinar.hr/assets/Uploads/JCE652013611Vremeplov.pdf|title=Prva gradska džamija u Hrvatskoj|journal=Građevinar|volume=65|issue=6|year=2013|last=Nadilo|first=Branko|pages=591–594|format=PDF|language=hr|access-date=21 November 2014}}
  • {{cite journal|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/70357|title=Moderna i suvremena islamska arhitektura u Hrvatskoj|journal=Prostor|last=Žunić|first=Alen|volume=19|issue=1(41)|year=2011|pages=92–112|language=hr|format=PDF|access-date=14 September 2020}}

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