South Asia
Pakistan
Islamabad

Lal Masjid

The Lal Masjid, officially the Markazi Jāmi Masjid Islamabad is a Congregational mosque located in , the capital of . The mosque was constructed in 1966 and is one of the oldest mosques in the city.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Lal Masjid, Islamabad” and “Lal Mosque”
  • Address: Masjid Road, اسلام آباد

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Azerbaijan and Jinnah Stadium.

Government office
The in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of to . It is located at Plot 1D and 1E in II, . is situated 1 km northeast of Lal Masjid.

Stadium
Photo: Toofllab, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jinnah Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently mostly used for football matches and serves as the home venue for the Pakistan national football team. is situated 1½ km south of Lal Masjid.

Garden
Photo: Bakhtawar.hasan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a public garden located within the recreational area of near Sports Complex Aabpara, on Kashmir Highway in , , . is situated 1¼ km south of Lal Masjid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamabad and Diplomatic Enclave.

Photo: Mustafajp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A modern planned city that is well-maintained and well-organised, is 's clean, calm, and green capital. Founded in the 1960s, it attracts people from all over Pakistan, and hosts a large number of diplomats, politicians and government employees, making it one of the nation's most cosmopolitan and urbanized cities.

Neighborhood
is a secure zone in , Pakistan which contains diplomatic missions. The enclave is located in Sector G-5 and houses 43 embassies and high commissions. The secure zone is not accessible to the general public without a pass. is situated 3½ km northeast of Lal Masjid.

Village
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is a village and union council located in a ravine in Pakistan in the Margalla Hills, near the overlook, in the . is situated 3½ km northwest of Lal Masjid.

Lal Masjid

Latitude
33.71281° or 33° 42′ 46″ north
Longitude
73.08718° or 73° 5′ 14″ east
Elevation
555 metres (1,821 feet)
Open location code
8J5MP37P+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25315033
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Geo­Names ID
7038574
Wiki­data ID
Q915851
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Lal Masjid” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المسجد الأحمر”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡыҙыл мәсет (Исламабад)”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡыҙыл мәсет”
  • Bengali: “লাল মসজিদ, ইসলামাবাদ”
  • Bulgarian: “Червената джамия”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita Roja”
  • Chinese: “紅清真寺”
  • Chinese: “紅色清真寺”
  • Chinese: “红色清真寺”
  • Dutch: “Lal Masjid”
  • Dutch: “Rode Moskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الاحمر”
  • Esperanto: “Lal-Masjid-moskeo”
  • Esperanto: “Ruĝa Moskeo”
  • Finnish: “Lal Masjid”
  • Finnish: “Punainen moskeija”
  • French: “Lal Masjid”
  • French: “Mosquée Lal”
  • French: “Mosquee rouge”
  • French: “mosquée rouge”
  • French: “Mosquée rouge”
  • German: “Lal Masjid”
  • German: “Lal-Masjid-Moschee”
  • German: “Rote Moschee”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד האדום (אסלאמאבאד)”
  • Hindi: “लाल मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Merah”
  • Japanese: “ラール・マスジド”
  • Japanese: “ラル・マスジード”
  • Japanese: “レッド・モスク”
  • Malay: “Masjid Lal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den røde moske”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den røde moské”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lal Masjid”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Røde moske”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den raude moske”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den raude moské”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den raude moskeen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den raude moskéen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den røde moske”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den røde moské”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den røde moskeen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den røde moskéen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lal masdjid”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lal masjid”
  • Norwegian: “Den røde moské”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਾਲ ਮਸਜਿਦ”
  • Persian: “لال مسجد”
  • Persian: “لعل مسجد”
  • Persian: “مسجد لال”
  • Polish: “Lal Masjid”
  • Russian: “Красная мечеть”
  • Russian: “Лал Масджид”
  • Russian: “Лал-Масджид”
  • Russian: “Лаль Масджид”
  • Spanish: “Lal Masjid”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Roja”
  • Swedish: “Röda moskén”
  • Ukrainian: “Червона мечеть (Ісламабад)”
  • Ukrainian: “Червона мечеть”
  • Urdu: “لال مسجد”
  • Western Panjabi: “لال مسیت”
  • Yue Chinese: “Lal Masjid”
  • Yue Chinese: “Red Mosque”
  • Yue Chinese: “لال مسجد”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉爾清真寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “紅清真寺”
  • Yue Chinese: “紅色清真寺”

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