List of mosques in Oceania

This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.

Australia

Main article: List of mosques in Australia

Fiji

Ahmadiyya

There are at least seven Ahmadiyya mosques in Fiji.[7][better source needed]

Name City Notes
Aqsa Mosque Nadi
Baitul Jame Mosque Taveuni [8]
Fazle Umar Mosque Suva
Mahmood Mosque Suva
Mubarak Mosque Suva
Noor Mosque Seaqaqa [8]
Rizwan Mosque Lautoka [8]

Non-denominational

There are at least four non-denominational mosques in Fiji.[9][better source needed]

Name City Notes
Malamala Markaz Nalovo
Momi Masjid Nadi
Nadi Airport Mosque Nadi Located in Nadi Airport
Nalovo Markaz Nalovo

Guam

The following is a list of mosques in Guam, United States.

Island Village Name Images Year Group Remarks
Guam Mangilao An-Noor Mosque 2000 Guam's only mosque

Marshall Islands

The following is a list of mosques in the Marshall Islands.

Island City Urban area Name Images Year Group Remarks
Majuro Atoll Majuro Delap-Uliga-Djarrit Baet-Ul-Ahad Mosque 2012 Ahmadiyya [10]

New Caledonia

The following is a list of mosques in New Caledonia.

Island Commune District Name Images Year Group Remarks
Grande Terre Bourail Nessadiou [fr] Centre Islamique de Bourail
1998 [11]

New Zealand

The following is a non-exhaustive list of mosques in New Zealand. As of 2019 there were about 60 mosques and Islamic centres in the country.[12]

Region City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Auckland Auckland Avondale Avondale Islamic Centre 1998 Briefly closed in 2014 until 2015[13][14]
Auckland Manurewa Baitul Muqeet Mosque
2013 Ahmadiyya At the time of opening, the mosque was the largest in the country.[15] Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya community, led the first prayers.
Auckland Glen Eden Masjid-e-Bilal
[16][17]
Auckland Ponsonby Ponsonby Masjid 1979 New Zealand's first mosque[18]
Auckland Rānui West Auckland Mosque and Islamic Centre 1995 [19]
Bay of Plenty Tauranga Tauranga South Tauranga Mosque [20]
Canterbury Christchurch Riccarton Al Noor Mosque
1985 Sunni First mosque in the South Island[21]
Christchurch Linwood Linwood Islamic Centre
2018 Sunni
Timaru Parkside Bilal Mosque and Timaru Islamic Centre 2021 [22]
Hawke's Bay Hastings Parkvale Baitul Mokarram Masjid and Islamic Centre
2010 [23]
Manawatū-Whanganui Palmerston North West End Palmerston North Islamic Centre 1995 Originally established in 1985 at a different location[24][25]
Taihape Ad-Deen Mosque Taihape Islamic Centre
2014 Claimed to be the highest mosque in New Zealand[26][27][28]
Whanganui Whanganui East Masjid-E-Bilal 2003 [29]
Marlborough Blenheim Blenheim Central Blenheim Masjid and Community Centre 2022 [30]
Northland Whangārei Morningside Northland Islamic Centre [12][31]
Otago Dunedin Dunedin North Al-Huda Mosque
2000 [32][33]
Dunedin South Dunedin Al-Maryam Islamic Centre 2020 [34]
Queenstown Queenstown Central Queenstown Masjid 2020 [35][36][37]
Southland Invercargill Hawthorndale Southland Muslim Association Masjid 2010 Claimed to be the southernmost mosque in the world[38][39]
Taranaki Hāwera Hāwera Islamic Centre [40]
New Plymouth Hillsborough Taranaki Islamic Centre 2016 [41][42]
Waikato Taupō Taupō Central Taupo Islamic Centre 2015 [43]
Wellington Lower Hutt Taitā Lower Hutt Islamic Centre 1997 [44][45]
Wellington Kilbirnie Wellington Islamic Centre Before 1999 [46][47]

Papua New Guinea

Region City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Papua Port Moresby Hohola Hohola Mosque 2007

Solomon Islands

Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Guadalcanal Honiara Mbokonovera Masjid

Tonga

Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Tongatapu Nukuʻalofa Al-Khadeejah Mosque 2010

Tuvalu

Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Funafuti Funafuti Tuvalu Mosque
Ahmadiyya Tuvalu's only mosque[48][better source needed]

Vanuatu

Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Efate Port Vila Port Vila Grand Mosque 1992 Sunni Vanuatu's first mosque

See also

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