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Al-Quds Mosque

Mosque in Hamburg, Germany

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name	al-Quds Mosque
native_name
image	Quds-panorama.JPG
image_upright	1.4
caption	Panoramic interior of al-Quds, in 2009,
prior to its closure
map_type	Hamburg
map_size	250px
map_relief	yes
map_caption	Location of the former mosque in Hamburg
coordinates
religious_affiliation	Sunni Islam (former)
location	St. Georg, Hamburg
country	Germany
festival
organisational_status	Mosque (1993–2010)
functional_status	Closed
architecture_type	Mosque architecture
year_completed	1993
date_demolished
capacity	400 male worshippers
elevation_m

prior to its closure

The al-Quds Mosque (; ) was a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Hamburg, Germany. The mosque was opened in 1993 and operated until 2010 when it was shut down by German security officials.

The mosque was known for preaching a radical form of Sunni Islam. The al-Quds Mosque was attended by some of the September 11 attackers including Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Ziad Jarrah who formed the Hamburg cell.

History

The mosque opened in 1993 and was run by the Taiba German-Arab Cultural Association. It occupied a three-story building near the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof rail station in a red-light district, in the St. Georg section of Hamburg.

Unlike many other mosques in Hamburg which cater to the Persian and Turkish populations, al-Quds served Hamburg's smaller Arab population. Under the leadership of Imam Muhammad Fizazi (fr), the mosque preached a radical version of Sunni Islam. Other leaders at the mosque have included Sheik Azid al-Kirani.

Overview

The prayer room for men was located on the first floor and was able to accommodate up to 400. There was a separate prayer room for women, which was unpainted and uncarpeted. On Fridays, the mosque usually had around 250 in attendance.

By 2004, the mosque had, according to security authorities, become a meeting point for North Africans and Iraqi proponents of jihadism. By 2009, the mosque had become a place where members of the Salafi movement traveled to meet.

Shutdown

The mosque was shut down by German security officials in August 2010 amid suspicion that the mosque was again being used as a meeting place for Islamic extremists involved in the 2010 European terror plot. German authorities discovered that ten members of the mosque had traveled to the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Shahab D., an Iranian at the mosque, had joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

References

Grieshaber, Kirsten. (2010-08-09). "German mosque used by Sept. 11 attackers shut down".
Moore, Tristana. (2010-08-10). "Jihadi Tourism and the Closed Hamburg Mosque".
Finn, Peter. (2002-09-11). "Hamburg's Cauldron of Terror". The Washington Post.
McDermott, Terry. (2005). "Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers: Who They Were, Why They Did It". HarperCollins.
"Islamismus-Experte klagt Hamburger Senat an: Integration von Muslimen gescheitert". FOCUS Online.
(September 29, 2010). "9/11 Mosque Continued To Produce Jihadis; German-Speaking Militants Came From Same Hamburg Mosque As 9/11 Hijackers". ABC News.
(2010-08-09). "Germany shuts 9/11 plotters' mosque in Hamburg". BBC.
(2010-08-09). "Hamburg Officials Raid Alleged Islamist Recruiting Site". Der Spiegel.
(2010-08-09). "Hamburg Hate Preachers Lose Their Home". Der Spiegel.

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