List of mosques in South Korea
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This is a list of mosques in South Korea. It lists mosques (Arabic: Masjid, Korean: 이슬람 사원[1]) and Islamic centres in South Korea .
According to Poi data, as of 2025 there is 208 mosques in South Korea. 4.33% mosques are in Dalseo District.[2]
The construction of Mosques been documented since the mid 7th century, when Muslim traders had been traversing the East Asian region since the Tang Dynasty period and formed a treaty with Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.[3][4] Later, the entry of Islam in South Korea can be verified as starting from the 9th century during the Unified Silla[5] period after the arrival of Persian and Arab traders and navigators.[6] This is a list of mosques in South Korea.
List
| Name | Korean | Images | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busan Al-Fatah Mosque |
한국 이슬람 부산성원 |  | Busan | 1980 | This was built after the Seoul Mosque with donations from Korean Muslims. |
| Kwangju Mosque | 경기 광주 이슬람 성원 | 1981 | it was opened on June 1981[7][8] | ||
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1950 | It was a temporary mosque built for Turkish soldiers. | |||
| Islamic Center of Daejeon | 대전 이슬라믹 센터 |  | Daejeon | 2006 | This is the third Mosque to be built in South Korea. |
| Seoul Central Mosque |
서울 중앙 성원 | _(cropped).jpg) | Seoul | 1976[9] | The first mosque in South Korea. It consists of an office and meeting room on the first floor, male prayer hall in the second floor and the third floor is for women. The population that frequents this mosque mostly consists of Non-Korean.
Islamic rules and customs should be respected if visiting. This includes but is not limited to wearing attire that covers the entire body, and refraining from smoking. Non-Muslims may enter the mosque, but should refrain from taking photos or exhibiting any behavior that may disrupt worshipers. |
| Jeonju Abu Bakr Al‑Seddiq Mosque | Jeonju[10] | 1985[11][12] | |||
| Anyang Rabita Al-Alam Al-Islamic Masjid[13][14] | Anyang | 1986 |
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| Ansan Mosque[13] | Ansan | 2007[12] | In 2017 this Mosque was attacked by Islamophobic person.[16] | ||
| Jeju Rahman Mosque | Jeju Island | It's managed by Jeju Islamic Cultural Centre (JICC)[17] | |||
| Jeju Islamic Cultural Centre | Jeju Island | ||||
| Bupyeong Mosque | Incheon | [18] | |||
| Daegu Islamic Center |  |
Daegu[19] | [20][21][22] | ||
| Paju Mosque | Gyeonggi[23] | [15] | |||
| Al-Fatah Mosque | Seoul | [24] | |||
| Gwangju Centre And Mosque | Gwangsan | 1981[25] | The third Mosque built in South Korea.[15] |
