page_title: Al-Quds Mosque Hamburg
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Al-Quds Mosque Hamburg / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Panoramabild der Quds-Moschee, 1. Stock, Männerraum von innen in Richtung Fenster. Man kann gut das Podest für die Predigt erkennen.
context_page_description: Al-Quds Mosque Hamburg was a mosque in Hamburg, Germany between 1993 and 2010 when it was shut down by Germany security officials. The mosque is known for preaching a radical form of Sunni Islam. Al-Quds mosque was attended by some of the September 11 attackers including Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Ziad Jarrah who formed the Hamburg cell.
context_section_description: The mosque opened in 1993, and was run by the Taiba German-Arab Cultural Association.  It occupied a three-story building near the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof rail station in a red-light district, in the St. Georg section of Hamburg.  
  Unlike many other mosques in Hamburg which cater to the Persian and Turkish populations, al-Quds served Hamburg's smaller Arab population.  Under leadership of Iman Mohammed al Fizazi (fr), the mosque preached a radical version of Sunni Islam.  Other leaders at the mosque have included Sheik Azid al Kirani.
  The prayer room for men was located on the first floor, and was able to accommodate up to 400. There was a separate prayer room for women, which was unpainted and uncarpeted.  On Fridays, the mosque usually had around 250 in attendance.
  By 2004, the mosque had, according to security authorities, become a meeting points for North Africans and Iraqi proponents of jihadism. By 2009, the mosque had become place where members of the Salafi movement traveled to meet.
caption: Interior of al-Quds
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