Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab

Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque
Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque
Mesquita Omar Ibn Al-Khatab, Mesquita Foz Do Iguaçu
	Mesquita Foz Do Iguaçu as seen on 2010
Religion
Province	Paraná
Year consecrated	1983
Location
Location	Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
Country	Brazil
	Shown within Paraná
Geographic coordinates	25°31′14.8″S 54°34′42.6″W / 25.520778°S 54.578500°W
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Date established	23 March 1983
Specifications
Dome(s)	1
Minaret(s)	2

The Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque (Mesquita Foz Do Iguaçu) is a mosque located at Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil.^[1] It is situated in the city near the Iguaçu Falls.

The mosque was inaugurated on 23 March 1983 featuring a beautiful exterior design painted in uniform white color.^[1] Its architecture was inspired by Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem. The mosque is named after Omar Ibn Al-Khatab a pious companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and one of the first four caliphs of Islam.^[1] Outside the mosque are tall two minaret towers from which the Muslim call to prayer (Adaan) is sounded five times each day which gathers the faithful for congregational prayers in the spacious main hall.^[1]

The interior of the mosque is more beautiful than the outside. There is a spacious main prayer hall which covers 400 m² of the total built area of 600 m². In the main prayer hall, there is a beautiful Mihrab built into the back wall of the mosque. The beautifully decorated Mihrab of the mosque indicates the direction to the Holy Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where all Muslims are required to face when they perform their prayers.^[1]

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Mosque interior, main prayer hall.
The mihrab inside the mosque, which indicates the direction to face when Muslims perform their prayer.
Mosque main entrance door.