Trollhättan Mosque

The Trollhättan Mosque (Swedish: Trollhättans moské), is a large Shia Muslim mosque in the country located in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland County, Sweden.

Trollhättan Mosque
Trollhättans moské
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam
Location
LocationTrollhättan, Västra Götaland County
Sweden
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed1985 (Original mosque),
post-1993 (Current mosque)
Specifications
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)2

After Idi Amin ordered in 1972 the expulsion of all Asians from Uganda, many of them were Shia Muslims who settled in Sweden. In 1976 they've established local Islamic centre, and in 1985 the mosque was built.[1] On 14 August, 1993 neo-nazis attacked the (original) mosque with molotov cocktails causing extensive damage to the building and its destruction.[2] The present mosque is larger and built in the same place where the original mosque was located.

References

  1. Stenberg, Leif. ”Islam in Scandinavia”. i Shireen T. Hunter. Islam, Europe's second religion: the new social, cultural, and political landscape. Westport, Conn.: Praeger. sid. 122. ISBN 0-275-97608-4
  2. Tamas, Gellert (2016). Det svenska hatet : en berättelse om vår tid. Natur & Kultur. ISBN 9789127148963

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