Al-Quds Mosque | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany |
Geographic coordinates | 53°33′25″N 10°01′10″E / 53.55694°N 10.01944°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Completed | 1993 |
Al-Quds Mosque (Arabic: مسجد القدس) was a mosque in Hamburg, Germany between 1993 and 2010 when it was shut down by German security officials. The mosque was known for preaching a radical form of Sunni Islam. The al-Quds Mosque was attended by some of the September 11 attackers including Muhammad Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Ziad Jarrah who formed the Hamburg cell.[1]
Sept. 11 ringleader Mohamed Atta as well as attackers Marwan al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah had studied in Hamburg and frequented the al-Quds mosque