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Fuengirola Mosque ( es, Mezquita de Fuengirola) is an Islamic place of worship in
Fuengirola Fuengirola (), in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located on the central coast of the pr ...
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Islamic Cultural Centre.


Background

The construction of the mosque started in 1983 and finished in 1994. It was funded by
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. The mosque's leader, Mohamed Kamal Mostafa, served a jail term of a year and three months for inciting
violence towards women Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), are violent acts primarily or exclusively committed against women or girls, usually by men or boys. Such violence is often consi ...
.El abogado del imán Fuengirola presenta un recurso para suspender su ingreso en prisión
''www.elpais.com'', 26 November 2004


See also

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Islam in Spain Spain is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority religion, practised mostly by the immigrants and their descendants from Muslim majority countries. Due to the secular nature of the Spanish constitution, Muslims are free to pro ...


References

Mosques in Spain
Mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
Mosques completed in 1994 1994 establishments in Spain {{Spain-mosque-stub