Bab al-Islam Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Tacna, Peru}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Bāb al-Islām Mosque | native_name = {{lang|es|Mezquita Bab al-Islam}} | native_name_lang = es | image = FB IMG 1553100222656 Mezquita Bab Ul Islam.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Front entrance, 2018 | map_type = Peru | map_size = 250px | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location within [[Peru]] | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{Coord|18|1|11.5|S|70|15|24.5|W|type:landmark_region:PE|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = [[Sunni Islam]] | locale = | location = [[Tacna|San Pedro de Tacna]] | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival =  | cercle = | country = [[Peru]] | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status = [[Mosque]] | type = | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = [[Pakistani diaspora|Asociación Musulmana Pakistaní]] | patron = | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 2000 | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = 2 {{small|(maybe more)}} | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = 1 | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | footnotes = | website = }} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use Oxford spelling|date=January 2024}}

The '''Bab al-Islam Mosque''' ({{langx|es|Mezquita Bab al-Islam}}; {{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|مسجد باب الإسلام}}}} {{Transliteration|ur|Masjid Bab-ul-Islam}}) is a [[mosque]] in [[Tacna]], [[Peru]]. It is the only such Peruvian place of worship that is an example of [[Islamic architecture]] in the country, though it is not the only such building. It is the largest place of worship for [[Muslims]] in the entirety of the [[Department of Tacna]]. Prayers are offered in both Spanish and [[Classical Arabic|Arabic]].<ref>{{cite web |work=Islamic Bulletin |url=http://www.islamicbulletin.org/newsletters/issue_14/peru.aspx |title=Trip to Peru |issue=14 |date= |access-date= |publisher= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Masjid Babul Islam, Tacna, Peru |url=https://www.masjidinfo.net/2010/11/masjid-babul-islam-tacna-peru.html?m=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615162738/https://www.masjidinfo.net/2010/11/masjid-babul-islam-tacna-peru.html?m=1 |archive-date=2024-06-15 |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=www.masjidinfo.net |language=id}}</ref>

==History== It was built by [[Pakistanis]] who had arrived to Peru as merchants in the 1990s and were importing used cars from Japan and the United States with permission from the erstwhile Peruvian president [[Alberto Fujimori]]. The Pakistani community in [[Tacna]] grew to 95 people by 1995 and further to 500 people by the beginning of the 21st century. The complex was founded in 2000, and construction was completed by 2008. [[Imam]] Mohammad Usman was head of the Bab al-Islam Mosque in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elcomercio.pe/peru/tacna/vida-musulmana-ciudad-heroica-336312-noticia/|date=22 February 2015|language=es|title=La vida musulmana en la ciudad heroica|trans-title=Muslim life in the heroic city}}</ref>

==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Peru|Islam}}}} * [[Islam in Peru]] * [[List of mosques in the Americas]]

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== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Bab al-Islam Mosque}}

[[Category:2000 establishments in Peru]] [[Category:21st-century mosques in South America]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the Department of Tacna]] [[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in South America]] [[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in South America]] [[Category:Mosques completed in 2008]] [[Category:Mosques in Peru]] [[Category:Sunni mosques in South America]]