Mesquita Brasil, Islamic center in São Paulo, Brazil

Mesquita Brasil is a mosque at Avenida do Estado 5,382 in Cambuci, São Paulo. The first Brazilian mosque, it was built from 1940 and inaugurated on 20 May 1960, with Hussein Zulfaqqar Sabry of the United Arab Republic attending. Its interior has geometric patterns and Arabic calligraphy.

The mosque was founded in 1929 as Brazil's first Islamic place of worship. It marked the beginning of organized Muslim religious life in the country.

The mosque grew out of the Muslim Beneficent Society of São Paulo, formed in 1927 by Palestinian immigrants including Darwich Gazal and Hosni Adura, and renamed in 1929 as members arrived from Syria and Lebanon. Congregation prayers were first held in rented rooms on Avenida Rangel Pestana and Barão de Duprat before the society settled at Avenida do Estado in 1940.

The mosque is located near public transportation and provides prayer schedules and educational programs through its information center. Visitors should dress modestly and check guidelines before entering prayer areas.

The land at Av. do Estado, 5,382 was acquired in 1938, and the Society moved there permanently in 1940 before construction of the mosque began. The building was officially inaugurated only on 20 May 1960, attended by Hussein Zulfaqqar Sabry, deputy foreign minister of the United Arab Republic.