Geneva mosque
The Geneva Mosque (also: Mosque Petit-Saconnex ) was founded in 1978 in the district of Le Petit-Saconnex in Geneva built.
It was inaugurated by the Saudi Arabian King Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz and the Swiss Federal Councilor Pierre Aubert and is the largest mosque in Switzerland. It offers space for around 1500 believers. The minaret reaches a height of 22 meters, making it the highest in Switzerland. The current imam of the mosque is Yahya Basalamah .
See also
- Islamic Center Geneva (Center islamique de Genève)
Web links
Commons : Geneva Mosque - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Islamic Cultural Foundation (Fondation Culturelle Islamique)
- Prevent Danish conditions , Tagesanzeiger on July 12, 2008 (with picture of the mosque)
- Visiting the controversial Geneva Mosque , SRF on April 17, 2016
Coordinates: 46 ° 13 '25 " N , 6 ° 7' 19" E ; CH1903: four hundred and ninety-eight thousand four hundred twelve / 119984