Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque
The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque ( English Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque ; also known as King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Mosque and Mosque of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ) is a mosque on the southern tip of Gibraltar , on Europa Point . It lies at the foot of the monkey rock.
Establishment
The building was a gift from the Saudi Arabian King Fahd , cost 5 million pounds and after the laying of the foundation stone in 1995, the construction time was two years. The mosque was inaugurated on August 8, 1997.
It is the southernmost mosque in Europe as well as one of the largest mosques built in a non-Muslim country.
Building complex
The mosque complex also includes a school, library and lecture hall. It is the only mosque in Gibraltar to have been built as such, with a Muslim share of around 3.4% in the population.
Web links and individual references
- ^ DiscoverG Gibraltar.com - Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque
- ↑ Lifted Magazine - The Essential Gibraltar ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Census of Gibraltar 2001. (PDF; 830 kB)
Coordinates: 36 ° 6 ′ 43.1 ″ N , 5 ° 20 ′ 43.6 ″ W.