The Aqsa Mosque (Dutch: Mescidi Aksamoskee) is a mosque, located on the Wagenstraat, in the city of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The building was originally built as a synagogue.
Overview
The Neoclassical building on the Wagenstraat opened in 1844, serving the Ashkenazi Jews of the city. It was expanded in 1922 and damaged by fire in 1944.[1] Around 80% of the city's Jews were killed in the Holocaust, while the synagogues were plundered.[2]
In 1976 the Jewish community sold the building to the city on condition that it never be converted into a church.[1] The city's Turkish Muslim community began using it without permission during Ramadan 1979 due to safety concerns over their previous mosque.[3] The Turkish community took legal ownership of the building in 1981.[4] The Jewish community moved into a converted former Protestant church, which has since been mostly repurposed as apartments.[5]
The building is a Rijksmonument with the number 459778, inscribed 19 October 1993.[6]
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References
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