List of mosques in Africa
This is a list of mosques in Africa.
| Name | Images | Country | City | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt Grand Mosque | _01.jpg)
|
 Egypt
|
New Administrative Capital | 2023 | Masjid Misr Al Kabeer, also known as the Egypt Grand Mosque is part of the newly opened Egypt Islamic Cultural Centre, is the largest mosque in Africa and third-largest in the middle east and is considered as one of the largest in the world.[1] |
| Al Nejashi Mosque | 
|
 Ethiopia
|
Negash | 7th century | Founded in the 7th century in Negash, by tradition the burial site of several followers of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad who, during his lifetime, fled to the Aksumite Kingdom to escape persecution in Mecca.[2] It was recently renovated by TIKA, a Turkish cooperation organization.[3] |
| Djamaa el Djazaïr | 
|
 Algeria
|
Algiers | 2019 | Djamaa el Djazaïr, also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers, is the second largest mosque in Africa and one of the largest in the world, and houses the world's largest minaret.[4][5] |
| Hamoudi Mosque | 
|
 Djibouti
|
City of Djibouti | 1906 | |
| Korijib Masjid | Djibouti
|
Tadjoura | 630–640 | Possibly the oldest mosque in Djibouti. | |
| Great Mosque of Asmara | .jpg)
|
 Eritrea
|
Asmara | 1938 | The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column. |
| Masjid as-Sahabah | 
|
Eritrea
|
Massawa | 613[6] | Believed by some to be the first mosque on the African continent and the first mosque in the world built by the companions of Muhammad in the 7th century.[6] |
| Sadat Quraish Mosque |  |
Egypt
|
Bilbeis | 640 | Claimed by some to be the first mosque in Egypt and in Africa.[7] |
| Ghana National Mosque | 
|
 Ghana
|
Accra | 2021 | The second largest mosque in West Africa |
| Medina Mosque | Ghana
|
Accra | 1959 | ||
| Larabanga Mosque | 
|
Ghana
|
Larabanga | 1421 | |
| Great Mosque of Djenné | 
|
 Mali
|
Djenné | 1300 | The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907. |
| Djinguereber Mosque | 
|
Mali
|
Timbuktu | 1327 | |
| Sidi Yahya Mosque | 
|
Mali
|
Timbuktu | 1440 | |
| Chinguetti Mosque | 
|
 Mauritania
|
Chinguetti | 13th-14th century | |
| Saudi Mosque | 
|
Mauritania
|
Nouakchott | ? | |
| Jummah Mosque | 
|
 Mauritius
|
Port Louis | ||
| List of mosques in Morocco |  Morocco
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| Agadez Mosque | 
|
 Niger
|
Agadez | 16th century | |
| Grand Mosque of Niamey | 
|
Niger
|
Niamey | ||
| Yamma Mosque | Niger
|
Tahoua | 1962 | ||
| Abuja National Mosque | 
|
 Nigeria
|
Abuja | 1984 | National mosque |
| Great Mosque of Kano | 
|
Nigeria
|
Kano | 15th century | |
| Shitta-Bey Mosque |  |
Nigeria
|
Lagos | 1892 | |
| Juma'a mosque of Zaria | Nigeria
|
Zaria | 19th century | ||
| Dakar Grand Mosque | 
|
 Senegal
|
Dakar | ||
| Mosque of Divinity | 
|
Senegal | Ouakam | ||
| Great Mosque of Saint-Louis | 
|
Senegal
|
Saint-Louis | 1847 [8] | |
| Great Mosque of Touba | 
|
Senegal
|
Touba | Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal | |
| Arba'a Rukun Mosque | 
|
 Somalia
|
Mogadishu | 1268/9 | Mihrab contains an inscription commemorating the masjid's founder, Khusrau ibn Muhammed. |
| Fakr ad-Din Mosque | 
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu | 1269 | Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din. |
| Mosque of Islamic Solidarity | 
|
Somalia
|
Mogadishu | 1987 | National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa. |
| Masjid al-Qiblatayn | 
|
Somalia
|
Zeila | Local tradition attributes it to the 7th century,[9] but no reliable dating has yet been established.[10][11] | |
| Jama Mosque | 
|
Somalia
|
Hargeisa | ||
| Juma Masjid Mosque | _Street-20140222.jpg)
|
 South Africa
|
Durban | 1881 | Largest mosque in South Africa |
| Nizamiye Mosque | _South_Africa.jpg)
|
South Africa
|
Midrand, Johannesburg | 2012 | |
| Al-Nilin Mosque | 
|
 Sudan
|
Khartoum | 1970s | |
| Gaddafi Mosque | 
|
 Tanzania
|
Dodoma | 2010 | |
| Great Mosque of Kilwa | 
|
Tanzania
|
Kilwa | 11th century and after | Largest historical mosque in East Africa. Built and expanded in multiple phases over a long period. The earliest parts still standing are likely from the 11th century.[12] |
| Kizimkazi Mosque | 
|
Tanzania
|
Dimbani | 1107 | |
| List of mosques in Tunisia |  Tunisia
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| Uganda National Mosque | .jpg)
|
 Uganda
|
Kampala | 2006 | Opened in June 2007[13] |
See also
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References
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- ^ "Bouteflika's mosque seen as monument to megalomania in Algeria". Arab News. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Algeria builds giant mosque with world's tallest minaret". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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- ^ Mire, Sada (2015-03-01). "Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: Religion, Art, Script, Time, Urbanism, Trade and Empire". African Archaeological Review. 32 (1): 129–130. doi:10.1007/s10437-015-9184-9. ISSN 1572-9842.
- ^ Insoll, Timothy (2020). "Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa". In Walker, Bethany; Insoll, Timothy; Fenwick, Corisande (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology. Oxford University Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-19-998788-7.
- ^ Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier; Hirsch, Bertrand; Bernard, Régis; Champagne, Frédéric (2011). "Le port de Zeyla et son arrière-pays au Moyen Âge: Investigations archéologiques et retour aux sources écrites". In Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier; Hirsch, Bertrand (eds.). Espaces musulmans de la Corne de l'Afrique au Moyen Âge (in French). Addis Ababa: Centre français des études éthiopiennes. pp. 27–74. ISBN 9782821882652.
- ^ Petersen, Andrew (1996). Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Routledge. pp. 74, 151. ISBN 978-0-203-20387-3.
- ^ New Mosque Redraws Kampala's Skyline, 24. August 2006; Libyans open Old Kampala mosque Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, 8. Juni 2007
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