Izhevsk Mosque of Iman Noor, Islamic prayer center in Ustinovsky District, Izhevsk, Russia
The Iman Noor Mosque is a brick mosque on Petrova Street in Izhevsk's Ustinovsky District, built between 2006 and 2009. Its minaret, topped with a crescent on 5 September 2008, rises above the prayer hall, which holds 120 people and receives over 150 men for Friday prayer. The building was designed by the federal unitary enterprise GUSST No. 8.
The mosque's history began in 1996, when Izhevsk's cathedral mosque could no longer hold all worshippers on holidays. A plot in the Ustinovsky District was allocated in 2001, construction started in 2006, and the crescent-topped minaret was installed on 5 September 2008. Building work finished in 2009, but the operating permit came only in April 2012; the mosque opened on 14 June 2012.
The name comes from Tatar and means "Light of Faith". President of Udmurtia proposed keeping the symbolic name "Mosque of Mothers" for the elderly women parishioners, jokingly called the "Ustinovsky grandmothers", who found the site and donors. The mosque holds 120 people, and more than 150 men attend Friday prayer.
The mosque is located on Petrova Street and is accessible via several public transportation routes including buses and trolleybuses. Visitors should be aware of prayer times and dress appropriately when entering the prayer halls.
The mosque's construction was driven by elderly women parishioners living nearby, jokingly called the "Ustinovsky grandmothers." They found the building plot, secured support from the Izhevsk muftiate and the Tatar national-cultural association, and located benefactors. The President of Udmurtia proposed keeping the symbolic name "Mosque of Mothers" in their honour.
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