{{Short description|Mosque in Paramaribo, Suriname}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Mosque Keizerstraat | native_name = {{lang|nl|Moskee Keizerstraat}} | native_name_lang = nl | image = Moschee-Keizerstraat-Suriname.jpg | image_upright = | caption = | map_type = Suriname | map_size = 250 | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Suriname]] | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{coord|5.828556|-55.159861|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | religious_affiliation = [[Ahmadiyya Islam]] | status = [[Mosque]] | functional_status = Active | location = [[Keizerstraat]], [[Paramaribo]] | country = [[Suriname]] | ownership = [[Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement]] | architecture_type = Mosque | established = 1932 | year_completed = 1984 | dome_quantity = 1 | minaret_quantity = 2 }}
The '''Mosque Keizerstraat''' ({{langx|nl|Moskee Keizerstraat}}), officially known as the '''Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at Islam Mosque Keizerstraat''', is a [[mosque]] and the headquarters of the [[Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement]] ({{lang|nl|Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging}}), located in [[Paramaribo]], [[Suriname]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lmpublishers.nl/product/hoofdmoskee-surinaamse-islamitische-vereniging/ |title=De hoofdmoskee van de Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging|website=LM Publishers|access-date=26 May 2021|language=nl}}</ref> The mosque is situated in the [[Keizerstraat]], adjacent to the [[Neveh Shalom Synagogue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cityofparamaribo.nl/read/keizerstraat |title=Keizerstraat|website=City of Paramaribo|access-date=26 May 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
==History== The Muslim community of Paramaribo was established in 1929. Its first mosque, a wooden rectangular building with [[minaret]]s, was completed in 1932.<ref name="keizer">{{cite web|url=https://cityofparamaribo.nl/read/keizerstraat88 |title=Moskee [X 1984], Keizerstraat 88|website=City of Paramaribo|access-date=26 May 2021|language=nl}}</ref> In 1979 boxing legend [[Muhammad Ali]] visited the mosque.
The current mosque was completed in 1984.<ref name="keizer"/>
The construction of this mosque is part of the [[Ahmadiyya]] community's policy of expanding Islam. Its founder, [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], aimed to replicate the missionary activities carried out by Christian denominations in India during his time. Therefore, many of the first mosques built in Western countries belong to this sect of Islam—although, for the majority of Muslims, they would not be considered part of Islam.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ortega Sánchez |first=José María |date=2017-12-13 |title=El Islam soñado: la fe ahmadía |url=https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/socireli/article/view/1567 |journal=Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion |volume=6 |pages=55–83 |doi=10.24197/jstr.0.2017.55-83 |issn=2255-2715 |lang=es }}</ref>
==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Islam|Suriname}}}} [[Image:Srmosqueandsynagogue.jpg|thumb|Mosque Keizerstraat and the adjacent [[Neveh Shalom Synagogue]]]] * [[Islam in Suriname]] * [[List of mosques in the Americas]]
==References== <references/>
==External links== * {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.cityofparamaribo.com/read/keizerstraat88 City of Paramaribo, Keizerstraat 88]
{{Religious buildings in Suriname}} {{Mosques in South America}}
[[Category:20th-century mosques in South America]] [[Category:Ahmadiyya mosques in Suriname|Keizerstraat]] [[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in South America]] [[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in South America]] [[Category:Mosques completed in 1984]] [[Category:Pakistani diaspora]] [[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Paramaribo]]