al-Quds Mosque
{{Short description|Mosque in Hamburg, Germany}}
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{{For|the mosque in Jerusalem|al-Aqsa Mosque}}
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The Al-Quds Mosque ({{langx|ar|مسجد القدس|Masjid al-Quds}}; {{langx|de|al-Quds-Moschee}}) was a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Hamburg, Germany. The mosque was opened in 1993 and operated until 2010 when it was shut down by German security officials. The mosque was known for preaching a radical form of Sunni Islam. The al-Quds Mosque was attended by some of the September 11 attackers including Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Ziad Jarrah who formed the Hamburg cell.{{cite news |first=Kirsten |last=Grieshaber |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_MOSQUE_CLOSED |title=German mosque used by Sept. 11 attackers shut down |date=2010-08-09 |agency=Associated Press |quote=Sept. 11 ringleader Mohamed Atta as well as attackers Marwan al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah had studied in Hamburg and frequented the al-Quds mosque |accessdate=2010-08-11}}
History
The mosque opened in 1993 and was run by the Taiba German-Arab Cultural Association.{{cite magazine |last=Moore |first=Tristana |date=2010-08-10 |title=Jihadi Tourism and the Closed Hamburg Mosque |url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2009618,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Time |access-date=2010-09-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828111317/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C2009618%2C00.html |archivedate=28 August 2010 }} It occupied a three-story building near the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof rail station in a red-light district, in the St. Georg section of Hamburg.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64793-2002Sep10.html |title=Hamburg's Cauldron of Terror |newspaper=The Washington Post |author=Finn, Peter |date=2002-09-11}}
Unlike many other mosques in Hamburg which cater to the Persian and Turkish populations, al-Quds served Hamburg's smaller Arab population.{{Cite book |author=McDermott, Terry |title=Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-058469-6| page=3 }} Under the leadership of Imam Muhammad Fizazi (fr), the mosque preached a radical version of Sunni Islam. Other leaders at the mosque have included Sheik Azid al-Kirani.
The prayer room for men was located on the first floor and was able to accommodate up to 400. There was a separate prayer room for women, which was unpainted and uncarpeted. On Fridays, the mosque usually had around 250 in attendance.
By 2004, the mosque had, according to security authorities, become a meeting point for North Africans and Iraqi proponents of jihadism. By 2009, the mosque had become a place where members of the Salafi movement traveled to meet.{{Cite news |url=https://www.focus.de/politik/experten/osthold/osthold-osthold_id_9181986.html |title=Islamismus-Experte klagt Hamburger Senat an: Integration von Muslimen gescheitert |work=FOCUS Online |access-date=2018-07-15 |language=de}}
= 2010 shut down =
The mosque was shut down by German security officials in August 2010 amid suspicion that the mosque was again being used as a meeting place for Islamic extremists involved in the 2010 European terror plot.{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/credible-specific-threat-terrorist-attack/story?id=11750454 |title=9/11 Mosque Continued To Produce Jihadis; German-Speaking Militants Came From Same Hamburg Mosque As 9/11 Hijackers |author1=Esposito, Richard |author2=Schwartz, Rhonda |author3=Cole, Matthew |author4=Schecter, Anna |date=September 29, 2010 |work=ABC News }}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10911542 |title=Germany shuts 9/11 plotters' mosque in Hamburg |work=BBC |date=2010-08-09 |access-date=2010-09-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100817142208/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10911542 |archive-date=17 August 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,710845,00.html |title=Hamburg Officials Raid Alleged Islamist Recruiting Site |date=2010-08-09 |work=Der Spiegel |access-date=2010-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817025307/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0%2C1518%2C710845%2C00.html |archive-date=17 August 2010 |url-status=live }} German authorities discovered that ten members of the mosque had traveled to the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Shahab D., an Iranian at the mosque, had joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.{{cite news |author1=Hengst, Björn |author2=Scheuermann, Christoph |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,710952,00.html |title=Hamburg Hate Preachers Lose Their Home |date=2010-08-09 |work=Der Spiegel |access-date=2010-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818184710/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0%2C1518%2C710952%2C00.html |archive-date=18 August 2010 |url-status=live }}
See also
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References
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External links
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- {{Wikinews inline|German mosque used by September 11 militants closed}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec02/germanycell_10-25.html |title=Al Qaeda in Germany |publisher=PBS, Online NewsHour |date=2002-10-25 |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-date=2014-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118075647/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec02/germanycell_10-25.html |url-status=dead }}
{{Mosques in Germany}}
Category:1993 establishments in Germany
Category:2010 disestablishments in Germany
Category:Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte
Category:Former mosques in Germany
Category:Islamic terrorism in Germany
Category:Mosque-related controversies in Europe