Islam in Iceland - Mosques

Mosques

There are currently no mosques in Iceland as of 2012. The community, Association of Muslims in Iceland, has had its own Muslim Chapel on the third floor of an office building in Reykjavík since 2002. The Muslim Chapel offers daily and nightly prayers, which attracts a core group of 30 individuals, with a mix of local Icelanders and Muslims from all over the world. The Chapel also offers weekly Friday prayers for Juma'a. The Muslim Chapel is located inside an office building on the third floor in Ármúli 38 in Reykjavík.

In 2000 the Muslim Association applied to build a mosque in Reykjavík. However, the city has not approved the full plans, although they authorized a plot of land measuring 1,500 m^2 in 2001 – less than half of the land requested by the Muslim Association. The approval of additional land was subsequently tied to approval of a Russian Orthodox church, which the city indicates is to be located in an adjacent facility.