Islamic Centre Hamburg

The Islamic Centre Hamburg (German: Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg ) is one of the oldest Iranian Shiite mosques in Germany and Europe . Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people it rapidly developed into one of the leading Shia centres in the Western world. Many leading Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) here, have encountered and studied Western sciences and philosophy and contributed to the Western understanding of Shia Islam.

The Islamic Centre Hamburg (German: Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg ) is one of the oldest Shia mosques in Germany and Europe . Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people it rapidly developed into one of the leading Shia centres in the Western world. Many leading Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) here, have encountered and studied Western sciences and philosophy and contributed to the Western understanding of Shia Islam.

The Islamic Centre Hamburg ( ) is one of the oldest mosques in Germany and Europe . Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people it rapidly developed into one of the leading Islamic centres in the Western world. Many leading Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) here, have encountered and studied Western sciences and philosophy and contributed to the Western understanding of Islam.

Mosque in Germany The Islamic Centre Hamburg ( ) ( ) is one of the oldest mosques in Germany and Europe and is abbreviated IZH. Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people. It is also known as the Blaue Moschee (blue mosque). Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) at the IZH. "Neue Erkenntnisse über das Islamische Zentrum Hamburg" . hamburg.de (in German) .

Former mosque in Germany The Islamic Centre Hamburg ( German : Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg , IZH ; Persian : مرکز اسلامی هامبورگ , romanized : Merkēz Eslām-e Hambūrgū ), also known as the Blue Mosque ( German : Blaue Moschee ), was the oldest mosque in Hamburg , Germany . It was established in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people and built in the early 1960s. Amid investigations regarding its ties with Iran and Hezbollah , the IZH was judged unconstitutional and closed by the German government in July 2024. "Neue Erkenntnisse über das Islamische Zentrum Hamburg" [New findings about the Islamic Center Hamburg]. hamburg.de (in German).