Fuengirola Mosque

Fuengirola Mosque
Spanish: Mezquita de Fuengirola
The mosque in 2012
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Fuengirola, Málaga, Andalusia
Country	Spain
Location of the mosque in Andalusia
Geographic coordinates	36°31′52.3″N 4°37′36.7″W
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Funded by	Government of Saudi Arabia
Groundbreaking	1983
Completed	1994
Minaret(s)	One

Fuengirola Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita de Fuengirola) is a mosque in Fuengirola, Province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. It is also known as the Suhail Islamic Cultural Centre.

Overview

Funded by the Government of Saudi Arabia, the construction of the mosque started in 1983 and was completed in 1994.[1]

The mosque's leader, Imam Mohamed Kamal Mostafa, served a jail term of a year and three months for inciting violence towards women.[2]

See also

• Islam in Spain
• List of mosques in Spain

References

1. Moreno Fernández, Francisco Javier (2001). "Mezquitas contemporáneas en la Costa del Sol". Dialnet.unirioja.es (in European Spanish).
2. "El abogado del imán Fuengirola presenta un recurso para suspender su ingreso en prisión". www.elpais.com (in European Spanish). 26 November 2004.

External links

Media related to Fuengirola Mosque at Wikimedia Commons