Geneva Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Geneva, Switzerland}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Geneva Mosque | native_name = Mosquée de Genève | native_name_lang = fr | image = Mosquée de Genève, extérieur-1.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = Canton of Geneva | map_size = 220px | map_alt = | map_relief = yes | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|46|13|25|N|6|7|19|E|type:landmark_region:CH|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = Islam | locale = | location = Geneva, Switzerland | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = Sunni | festival =  | cercle = | sector = | municipality = | district = | territory = | prefecture = | state = | province = | region = | country = | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status =  | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | architect = | architecture_type = mosque | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1978 | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = 1 | minaret_height = 22 m | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | footnotes = | website = }}

The '''Geneva Mosque''', also known as the '''Petit-Saconnex Mosque''' ({{langx|fr|Mosquée de Genève, Mosquée de Petit-Sacconex}}) is the largest mosque in Geneva, Switzerland. It was financed by the Saudi-based Muslim World League and constructed in 1978 in the neighborhood of Le Petit-Saconnex.<ref name="US">{{Cite web|title=Switzerland|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71411.htm|last=Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information|first=Bureau of Public Affairs|website=2001-2009.state.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>

The mosque was inaugurated by the Saudi Arabian King Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz and President of the Swiss Confederation Willi Ritschard, and is the largest mosque in the city and Switzerland as a whole. The building has space for 1,500 worshippers. It is managed by the Islamic Cultural Foundation of Geneva and the imam of the mosque is Yahya Basalamah. In November 2017, the secretary general of the Muslim World League Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa said that he will constitute a new board of the Islamic Cultural Foundation of Geneva and that two mosque employees, who have been placed by French officials on an anti-terrorism backlist known as “Fiche S” since at least 2012, will be removed from their posts. He said he had ambitions for the Geneva mosque to become a model of dialogue and integration otherwise the MWL would consider withdrawing all support to the mosque.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saudi funder announces plans to reform Geneva mosque|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/muslim-world-league-_saudi-funder-announces-plans-to-reform-geneva-mosque/43683620|last=swissinfo.ch|first=S. W. I.|last2=Corporation|first2=a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>

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== External links == {{commons category|Mosquée de Genève}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913161731/http://www.mosque.ch/view.asp?nLang=1031 Fondation Culturelle Islamique] * [http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/schweiz/909392.html Dänische Zustände verhindern], Tagesanzeiger on Juli 12, 2008 (with photograph of the mosque)

Category:Mosques completed in 1978 Category:Mosques in Switzerland Category:Buildings and structures in Geneva Category:Religious buildings and structures in Geneva Category:Tourist attractions in Geneva Category:20th-century architecture in Switzerland