| Aqsa Mosque | |||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | nl|Aksamoskee | ||||||||||||||
| Image Upright: | 1.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Religious Affiliation: | Islam | ||||||||||||||
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| Organizational Status: | --> | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | Wagenstraat, The Hague, South Holland | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | The Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Map Type: | Netherlands South Holland | ||||||||||||||
| Map Size: | 250 | ||||||||||||||
| Map Relief: | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 52.075°N 4.3133°W | ||||||||||||||
| Architect: | A. Roodenburg | ||||||||||||||
| Architecture Style: | Neoclassical | ||||||||||||||
| Date Destroyed: | --> | ||||||||||||||
| Minaret Quantity: | Two | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation Ft: | --> | ||||||||||||||
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The Aqsa Mosque (nl|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.
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]