The Jusuf Efendi Mosque ( mk, Јусуф Ефенди Џамија; ; tr, Yusuf Efendi Camii) was built in 1773 at a time when
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
was a part of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. It was damaged in the 1963
earthquake
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and reconstructed in 1967.
See also
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Macedonian Muslims
The Macedonian Muslims ( mk, Македонци-муслимани, Makedonci-muslimani), also known as Muslim Macedonians or ''Torbeši'' ( mk, Торбеши), and in some sources grouped together with Pomaks, are a minority religious group w ...
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Muftiship of Kumanovo
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Islam in North Macedonia
Muslims in North Macedonia represent a third of the nation's total population according to the census of 2002, making Islam the second most widely professed religion in the country. Muslims in North Macedonia follow Sunni Islam of the Hanafi ...
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Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia
References
External links
Gallery of mosques in Kumanovo area including Jusuf Efendi Mosque
Ottoman mosques in North Macedonia
Lipkovo Municipality
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