Punto Fijo Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Punto Fijo, Venezuela}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Punto Fijo Mosque | native_name = {{lang|es|Mezquita de Punto Fijo}} | native_name_lang = es | image = Centro Islámico de Punto Fijo.jpg | religious_affiliation = [[Islam]] | status = [[Mosque]] | functional_status = Active | location = [[Punto Fijo]], [[Paraguaná Peninsula]], [[Falcón State]] | country = [[Venezuela]] | map_type = Venezuela | map_size = 250 | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Venezuela]] | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{coord|11.6692|-70.1982|type:landmark_region:VE|format=dms|display=it}} | year_completed = 2008 | dome_quantity = 1 {{small|(maybe more)}} | minaret_quantity = 1 }}

The '''Punto Fijo Mosque''' ({{langx|es|Mezquita de Punto Fijo}}) is a [[mosque]] located in the city of [[Punto Fijo]] on the [[Paraguaná Peninsula]], in the autonomous municipality of Carirubana in the northern part of [[Falcón State]], [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Menengok Islam di Venezuela |url=https://www.oase.id/read/WA5omW-menengok-komunitas-muslim-di-venezuela |date= |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Inspirasi Gaya Hidup Muslim Indonesia |language=id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Punto Fijo Mosque – Mosqpedia |url=https://mosqpedia.org/masajid/punto-fijo-mosque/ |access-date=2025-07-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I8E6DwAAQBAJ&dq=punto+fijo+mosque&pg=PA90 |title=The World Almanac of Islamism 2017: American Foreign Policy Council |year=2017 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-1-4422-7345-0 |language=en}}</ref>

It was established in 2008 owing to the growth of the Muslim community near the [[Free Trade Zone|duty-free area]] of Paraguaná.<ref>{{cite web |last=Castellanos |first=Diego Giovanni |title=Islam in Colombia: Latin America. Latin American Muslims |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/265120622/Islam-in-Colombia-Latin-America-Latin-American-Muslims |website=Scribd |date=2010 |access-date=12 July 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Musulmanes solidarios con damnificados |url=https://elfalconianodigital.com/2012/08/musulmanes-solidarios-con-damnificados/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629024628/http://elfalconianodigital.com/2012/08/musulmanes-solidarios-con-damnificados/ |archive-date=29 June 2013 |website=elfalconianodigital.com |lang=es }}</ref>

In 2012, during the events surrounding the [[Amuay Refinery]] incident, the Muslim community showed solidarity by collecting and donating supplies of food and clothing.

==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Islam|Venezuela}}}} * [[Islam in Venezuela]] * [[List of mosques in South America]]

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==External links==  *[http://wikimapia.org/5490498/es/Mezquita-de-Punto-Fijo Location map of the mosque]

[[Category:2008 establishments in Venezuela]] [[Category:21st-century mosques in South America]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Falcón]] [[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in South America]] [[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in South America]] [[Category:Mosques completed in 2008]] [[Category:Mosques in Venezuela]] [[Category:Punto Fijo]]