Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica, Islamic center in Calle Blancos, Costa Rica.

The Omar Mosque and Islamic Center of Costa Rica stands in Calle Blancos, San José. The complex was completed in 2002 and combines a prayer hall with a library holding Islamic texts in Arabic and Spanish, plus rooms where classes on Islamic education are held for the local community.

In the early 1990s a Palestinian migrant and 14 other people met at his house and decided to build a mosque; they travelled to Panama to seek financial support from the local community there. The building was completed in 2002.

The center's library holds Islamic texts in Arabic and Spanish, and the community organizes classes on Islamic education open to local residents. The mosque takes its name from Omar, and its founding by a Palestinian migrant and fourteen companions links it to Costa Rica's small Muslim community.

The mosque stands in Calle Blancos, in the eastern part of San José. The building holds a prayer hall, a library of Islamic texts in Arabic and Spanish, and rooms used for classes on Islamic education. Visitors should dress modestly and avoid the prayer hall during services.

The mosque grew from a meeting of 15 people, a Palestinian migrant and fourteen others, held in his house in the early 1990s. They travelled to Panama to ask that country's Muslim community for money, and the building was completed in 2002. Its library holds Islamic texts in Arabic and Spanish.