Linwood Islamic Centre, Mosque in Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand

The Linwood Islamic Centre is a mosque in Christchurch with prayer halls and education rooms for worshippers. The building has separate prayer areas for men and women, along with facilities for the ritual washing that precedes prayer.

The building began as a Sunday School Hall on Highstead Road and was moved to Linwood in the late 1980s, later serving as the Linwood Community Centre on the grounds of the former Christchurch Baháʼí Centre. It opened as a mosque in early 2018, the second in Christchurch, owned by the Linwood Islamic Charitable Trust founded in 2017. On 15 March 2019 seven people were killed and five injured here during the shootings that struck this mosque and Al Noor; it reopened on 23 March. Demolition began in November 2023 to make way for a NZ$20 million mosque and hall seating about 650 worshippers.

The centre was the second mosque to open in Christchurch. It was owned by the Linwood Islamic Charitable Trust, founded in 2017. The building had earlier served as the Linwood Community Centre and, before that, a Sunday School Hall moved to Linwood in the late 1980s.

The building was demolished in November 2023, so there is no mosque to enter at the Linwood site; only the gravel yard remains. A NZ$20 million mosque and multipurpose hall, funded by an Emirati sponsor, is planned for the site to hold about 650 worshippers. Check the Linwood Islamic Charitable Trust's current arrangements before travelling there.

The building was not purpose-built: it began as a Sunday School Hall on Highstead Road and was moved to Linwood in the late 1980s, later serving as the Linwood Community Centre before the mosque opened in early 2018 on the former Christchurch Baháʼí Centre grounds. It was demolished in November 2023, and a NZ$20 million mosque and multipurpose hall for about 650 worshippers is planned with Emirati funding.