Kobe mosque

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Kobe Mosque, September 13, 2005

The Kobe Mosque ( Japanese 神 戸 モ ス ク , Kobe-mosuku ; also known in Kobe as 神 戸 回教 寺院 , Kobe-kaikyō-jiin , in German about "Kobe Islam Temple") is a mosque in the historic foreign quarter of Kitano-chō Borough Chuo-ku of the Japanese city of Kobe , about 10 minutes walk from the train station Sannomiya station.

Since the Kobe mosque is the only mosque in the Kansai area so far , it traditionally attracts many Muslims from the small Japanese community who live there, as well as Muslim tourists in Japan. In addition to the important Islamic ceremonies and rituals, courses in Arabic , Koran and Hadith are also offered .

history

The founding of the Kobe Mosque dates back to 1928, when the Islamic Committee for Kobe, founded in the same year, was given permission by the Shōwa - tennō to build a mosque in Kobe. The construction was financed with donations from India and its implementation was entrusted to the Czech architect Jan Josef Švagr (1885–1969), who designed the mosque based on the Turkish model, as Turkish immigrants from the Soviet Union made up a large part of the Islamic community in Kobe after the October Revolution .

The mosque was completed and inaugurated in October 1935. This makes it the oldest mosque on Japanese soil.

Towards the end of World War II, it was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy . Your basement served the military as a bunker during Allied bombing raids.

See also

Web links

Commons : Kobe Mosque  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 41 ′ 46.3 "  N , 135 ° 11 ′ 16.4"  E