{{Short description|Mosque in Buenos Aires, Argentina}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Al Ahmad Mosque | native_name = {{langx|es|Mezquita Al Ahmad}} | native_name_lang = es | image = Mezquita Al Ahmad 10.jpg | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = The mosque in 2016 | map_type = Buenos Aires | map_alt = | map_dot_mark = | map_dot_label = | relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Buenos Aires]] | coordinates = {{coord|34.6278|S|58.4003|W|type:landmark_region:AR|display=it|format=dms}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = [[Sunni Islam]] | locale = | location = Calle Alberti, 1541, [[San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires|San Cristobal]], [[Buenos Aires]] | country = [[Argentina]] | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival = <!-- or | festivals = --> | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status = [[Mosque]]<!-- or | organizational_status = --> | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = Islamic Center of Argentina (CIRA) | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | website = {{URL|islam.com.ar}} {{in lang|es}} | architect = Ahmed and Elia Ham | architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Mosque architecture]]}} | architecture_style = [[Islamic architecture|Islamic]] | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = 1985 | year_completed = 1986 | construction_cost = | date_demolished = <!-- or | date_destroyed = --> | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = One | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = One | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m = <!-- or | elevation_ft = --> | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | footnotes = }}
The '''Al Ahmad Mosque''' ({{langx|es|Mezquita Al Ahmad}}) is a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Islam]] [[mosque]], located in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Muhajirin |date=3 June 2023 |url=https://langit7.id/read/31393/1/fakta-menarik-argentina-punya-masjid-terbesar-di-amerika-latin-1685743568 |title=Fakta Menarik Argentina, Punya Masjid Terbesar di Amerika Latin |trans-title=Interesting Facts about Argentina, Has the Largest Mosque in Latin America |language=id |work=Langit7 |access-date=20 October 2024 }}</ref>
== Overview == Designed by Ahmed and Elia Ham, the mosque opened in 1986. It is the second oldest mosque in Buenos Aires and it is the oldest building in Argentina, completed in the [[Islamic architecture|Islamic style]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mezquita Al Ahmad |url=http://agendacultural.buenosaires.gob.ar/lugar/mezquita-al-ahmad/265 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 November 2015 |publisher=Agenda Cultural |language=Spanish |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118031055/http://agendacultural.buenosaires.gob.ar/lugar/mezquita-al-ahmad/265 }}</ref>
It is located on Alberti St. 1541, [[San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires|San Cristobal]] neighbourhood.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mezquita Al-Ahmad |url=http://www.salatomatic.com/spc/Ciudad-Autonoma-de-Buenos-Aires/Mezquita-Al-Ahmad/hreJ1C6efo |url-status=dead |access-date=17 November 2015 |publisher=Salatomatic |language=Spanish |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922211503/https://www.salatomatic.com/spc/Ciudad-Autonoma-de-Buenos-Aires/Mezquita-Al-Ahmad/hreJ1C6efo }}</ref> It has a minaret from which the muezzin issues the call for the five daily prays, the dome over the prayer hall also highlights. The mosque is part of the Islamic Center of Argentina. The Al Ahmad Mosque accommodates a large{{clarify|date=December 2024|reason=Large is so relative. 100,000 or 1 million worshippers? Spell out the number/capacity, please. Thanks.}} number of Muslims on Fridays at noon for ''[[Friday prayers|Jummah]]'', the most important Muslim prayer of the week and to hear the sermon delivered by the [[Imam]].
The nearby [[Inclán - Mezquita Al Ahmad (Buenos Aires Underground)|Inclán - Mezquita Al Ahmad]] station of [[Line H (Buenos Aires Underground)|Line H]] of the [[Buenos Aires Underground]] draws its name from the mosque.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/buenos-aires/proponen-llamar-inclan-mezquita-al-ahmad-a-una-estacion-de-la-linea-h-de-subte-nid1931064/ |work=[[La Nación]] |title=Proponen llamar "Inclán-Mezquita al Ahmad" a una estación de la línea H de subte |date=24 August 2016 |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Argentina|Islam}}}} * [[Islam in Argentina]] * [[List of mosques in Argentina]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} * {{official website|http://www.islam.com.ar}} {{in lang|es}}
{{Mosques in Argentina}} {{Mosques in Latin America}}
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