List of mosques in Oceania

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2015)

This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.

Australia

Fiji

  • Hanifa Mosque, Nadroga-Navosa Province
  • Lautoka Jame Masjid, Lautoka, Ba Province
  • Masjid-Ul-Hilaal, Lautoka, Ba Province[1][2][3]
  • Toorak Jame Masjid, Suva, Rewa Province[4]
  • Maigania Masjid, Miegunyah, Nadi, Ba Province[5]
  • Mosque in Nawajikuma, Nadi, Ba Province[6]

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

Papua New Guinea

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

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[47][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

  • flagAustralia portal
  • Islam portal

References

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