The El Tawheed Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The mosque is on Jan Hanzenstraat in the Old-West section of Amsterdam. Aside from its normal function, the mosque is used for social work, and for lessons in the Arabic language. It also houses a book store and a publisher of religious videos and DVDs.
The mosque was in-part funded by the Saudi non-governmental organization al-Haramain Foundation.
History The mosque was established in 1986.
Islamism association The mosque at one time had been cited by the Dutch government as a potential propagator of extremism. Mohammed Bouyeri the killer of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh attended the mosque.
See also
List of mosques in the Netherlands Tawhid
References
External links Website of El Tawheed Foundation