Järvenpää Mosque () is a mosque located in the Finnish town of

Järvenpää Järvenpää (; , ; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Järvenpää is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region in the immediate vicinity of Lake Tuusula. The population of Järvenpää is approximately ...

. It is owned by The Finnish-Islamic Congregation, which members are

Finnish Tatars The Finnish Tatars (, Finnish Tatar: , ) are a Tatar ethnic group and minority in Finland, consisting of approximately 600–700 people. The community was formed between the late 1800s and the early 1900s, when Mishar Tatar merchants emigrated ...

. It was built in the 1940s. The Tatar community together raised the money for it. In the 1980s in the mosque, Tatars still arranged language and religious teaching for the children of the community. Later, most of the activity has been centered around a few religious occasions, such as

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. Around the time the Järvenpää mosque was built, a separate Islamic congregation was founded in

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by local Tatars. They practice

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External links

Изге мирас - Documentary on the Järvenpää Tatar community
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Finnish Tatars Mosques in Finland Järvenpää Mosques completed in 1942 1942 establishments in Finland Wooden mosques {{Finland-religious-struct-stub

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