Navahrudak Mosque

Navahrudak Mosque (Belarusian: Наваградзкі мячэт, Polish: Meczet w Bohonikach) is a wooden mosque located in Navahrudak, Grodno Region in Belarus.[1]

Navahrudak Mosque
Наваградзкі мячэт
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
Location Belarus Navahrudak, Belarus
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed1796

It was the largest Lipka Tatar mosque in the Second Polish Republic. Following the 22 September 1929, it was the first mosque to be visited by a Polish senior state official - the Polish president, Ignacy Mościcki.[2]

Following the Second World War, the mosque was transformed into a residential building (the minaret and tower was destroyed). During the nineteen-nineties, there were increasing efforts to rebuild the Tatar mosque. The mosque was reopened in 1997.

See also

References

  1. "The Tatar mosque in Navahrudak". Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. Miśkiewicz, Aleksander Ali; Kamocki, Janusz (2004). Tatarzy słowiańszczyzną obłaskawieni (in Polish). Warsaw: Kraków : Universitas. p. 110. ISBN 9788324202874. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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