As the fourth oldest mosque in Germany, the Imam Ali Mosque has stood along the Outer Alster in Hamburg since 1965.
The foundation stone was laid in 1960, and five years later the mosque was completed. In the style of Iwan architecture, the Imam Ali Mosque has a dome and two minarets. The mosque is run by the Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg e.V., one of the oldest Islamic institutions in Europe. It forms the centre of Shiite Islam in Germany.
