- Source: Sunshine Mosque
The Sunshine Mosque is an Ottoman/Turkish-style mosque located in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The mosque contains 17 domes, a minaret, and a courtyard.: 295 The mosque is owned by the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Community of Victoria.
History
In 1985, the Turkish Cypriot community in Melbourne saw the potential to build a mosque on a vacant block on Ballarat Road in Sunshine, Melbourne.: 294 Three members of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society offered their homes as guarantors to the Bank and became the owners of the lot for $191,000.: 294 Construction of the Turkish Cypriot Mosque began in 1992. The Mosque was designed to mirror the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.: 295 According to a recent calculation by the committee of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society, the total expenditure of the Mosque exceeded $2,500,000.: 296
See also
Islam in Australia
List of mosques in Oceania
References
External links
Official Website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Masjid Sunshine
- Moskow
- Pariwisata di Brunei
- Kota Tua Yerusalem
- Kota Baguio
- Andrea Martin
- Sunshine Mosque
- List of mosques in Australia
- Islam in Australia
- Bulent Hass Dellal
- Turkish Australians
- Istanbul
- Baku
- Beijing
- Málaga
- Alexandria
