Järvenpää Mosque

Järvenpää Mosque (Finnish: Järvenpään moskeija) is a mosque located in the Finnish town of Järvenpää.^[1][2] It is owned by The Finnish-Islamic Congregation, which members are Finnish Tatars. It was built in the 1940s. The Tatar community together raised the money for it.^[3]

Järvenpää Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sunni
Ownership	The Finnish-Islamic Congregation
Location
Location	Kinnari [fi], Järvenpää, Uusimaa, Finland
Architecture
Type	mosque
Date established	1942

In the 1980s in the mosque, Tatars still arranged language and religious teaching for the children of the community. Later, most of the activity has been centered around a few religious occasions, such as Ramadan.^[3]

Around the time the Järvenpää mosque was built, a separate Islamic congregation was founded in Tampere by local Tatars.^[4]

Imam Enver Yıldırım and Finnish Tatars during a prayer service in 1989.

They practice Sunni Islam.^[5]

See also

• Islam in Finland
• Tatars
• The Finnish-Islamic Congregation

External links

• Изге мирас - Documentary on the Järvenpää Tatar community