| El Tawheed Mosque | |
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| Location | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
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| Geographic coordinates | 52°22′3″N 4°51′50″E / 52.36750°N 4.86389°E / 52.36750; 4.86389 |
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| Type | mosque |
The El Tawheed Mosque is a Sunni mosqueinAmsterdam, Netherlands.
The foundation that manages the mosque was founded in 1986. [citation needed] The mosque is on Jan Hanzenstraat in the Old-West section of Amsterdam. Aside from its normal function, the mosque is used for social work, and for lessons in the Arabic language. It also houses a book store and a publisher of religious videos and DVDs.
The mosque was in-part funded by the Saudi non-governmental organization al-Haramain Foundation.[1]
The mosque at one time had been cited by the Dutch government as a potential propagator of extremism.[2] Mohammed Bouyeri the killer of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh attended the mosque. The September 11 attacks pilots Mohammed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, along with Ramzi Binalshibh, the man accused of co-ordinating the attacks, met in 1999 during a conference on 'Islamic puritanism' held at the mosque.[3]
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