Welcome to the prayer timings section of Muslim and Quran, showing today's prayer times in all cities and towns of Malta. Muslim and Quran is a trusted website, worldwide, providing accurate, precise, and authentic information on prayer timings that will help you fulfill your religious obligation of reciting five daily prayers. Here, you can find the correct prayer times for your current location or any other location in Malta.
Five regular prayers are an essential part of the faith of a Muslim and the times to offer these prayers are specified in Islamic teachings. Accordingly, Fajr is performed before sunrise; Dhuhr is offered in the early afternoon, whereas Asr is prayed in the late afternoon. Similarly, the time for Maghrib prayer is just after the sunset, and that for Isha is at night. Following these parameters, the exact timings of each prayer are calculated every day based on the geographic location of each city. At Muslim and Quran, you can find the exact timings of the mandatory five prayers in all locations of Malta, including your current location.
The Muslim and Quran website and mobile application provides accurate prayer times for cities in Malta. To get access to the updated daily prayer times for your current location, you are required to enable auto detect current location option on your mobile phone. Additionally, you can also explore the accurate prayer timings for any other location in your country by choosing the city, listed on this page. Prayer timings are updated on our website and mobile application after verifying their accuracy, strictly per the parameters defined by Islamic scholars.
Malta is an Island situated in the Mediterranean Sea, near Italy and Libya. Geographically, it falls in Eastern Europe. Historically, it remained under the influence of Muslim Culture for centuries. The impact of this influence on Islamic culture can still be noticed in their language. However, the majority of the population of Malta has been and is still dominated by Christianity. The Muslim population in Malta was just 6000 in the year 2010. Per the latest census of 2021, the Muslim population increased to 17,454, which comes to 3.9% of the total population. The majority of these Muslims are foreigners, with only 1,746 being local Maltese. Most of the Muslim population lives in the cities of Marsa and Birzebbuga, where one of every ten persons follows Islam as their religion.
Historically, Islam is believed to have reached Malta Island in 870 AD. Before that, it was predominantly a Christian Country. Malta remained under the influence of Islam and Muslim Culture from 870 to 1127. The impact of this influence is still noticed, specifically in their language, literature, and arts, and even in agriculture. The irrigation techniques were first introduced by the Muslims on this Island. The impact of these irrigation techniques was reflected in their economy. Islamic architecture has also shown its impact in Malta, which can still be seen in wooden oriel windows.
Despite the historical presence of Islam, there is only one official mosque in Malta, known as Mariam Al-Batool Mosque, which is situated in the city of Paola. It is also known as Paola Mosque, Corradino Mosque, or The Virgin Mary Mosque. The land for this mosque was allocated by the Government of Malta in 1975. Construction of the building was completed by 1982, mainly with the financial help of Libya.
Apart from Mariam Al-Batool Mosque, there are around 15 prayer houses in different parts of Malta which do not have the official status of a Mosque. These Prayer houses are situated in Birkirkara, Bugibba, Fgura, Ghaxaq, Marsa, Hal Safi, Pieta, St. Paul's Bay, San Gwann, Sliema Hal Far, Qawra, Msida, Zurrieq. However, a couple of these houses are officially granted the status of informal mosques by the Maltese Government. Efforts are underway to establish another formal Mosque in Malta by the local Muslim Society.
With a very small Muslim population in Malta, the observance of Islamic festivals and events is quite limited. There are no significant activities on any Islamic event, and life goes as usual in Malta, even on the most festive occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. However, the Islamic Cultural Center of Malta manages to celebrate Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr. The Islamic Cultural Center organizes a formal event on the occasion of Eid after the completion of the fasting month of Ramadan. They organize a formal reception on this occasion and often invite the Prime Minister and other important officials of the Maltese Government to this festive Islamic event.