List of mosques in Africa

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This is a list of mosques in Africa.

Name Images Country City Year Remarks
Al Nejashi Mosque Negash 8.jpg  Ethiopia Negash 614/683 Second oldest mosque in Africa. Built in the 7th century in Negash, the mosque in Negash, by tradition burial site of several followers of Mohammad who, during his lifetime, fled to the Aksumite Kingdom to escape persecution in Mecca.[1] It was recently renovated by TIKA, a Turkish cooperation organization.[2]
Hamoudi Mosque Djibouti mosque.JPG  Djibouti City of Djibouti 1906
Korijib Masjid  Djibouti Tadjoura 630–640 Possibly the oldest mosque in Djibouti.
Great Mosque of Asmara Great Mosque (8351473351).jpg  Eritrea Asmara 1938 The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column.
Mosque of the Companions Sahaba Shrine, Massawa, Eritrea.jpg  Eritrea Massawa 613[3] Believed to be the first mosque on the African continent and the first mosque in the world built by the companions of prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.[3]
Sadat Quraish Mosque
Mosque Sadat Quraish City Belbes.jpg
  Egypt Bilbeis 639 Oldest mosque in North Africa.
Ghana National Mosque File:Ghana National Mosque 1.jpg  Ghana Accra 2021 The second largest mosque in West Africa
Medina Mosque  Ghana Accra 1959
Larabanga Mosque Larabanga Mosque Ghana.jpg  Ghana Larabanga 1421
Great Mosque of Djenné Great Mosque of Djenné 3.jpg  Mali Djenné 1300 The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907.
Djinguereber Mosque Djingareiber cour.jpg  Mali Timbuktu 1327
Sidi Yahya Mosque Fortier 361 Timbuktu Sidi-Yabya Mosque.jpg  Mali Timbuktu 1440
Chinguetti Mosque Chinguetti mosquee.jpg  Mauritania Chinguetti 13th-14th century
Saudi Mosque Central mosque in Nouakchott.jpg  Mauritania Nouakchott ?
Jummah Mosque Mosquée - panoramio.jpg  Mauritius Port Louis
List of mosques in Morocco  Morocco
Agadez Mosque 1997 277-9A Agadez mosque cropped.jpg  Niger Agadez 16th century
Grand Mosque of Niamey  Niger Niamey
Yamma Mosque  Niger Tahoua 1962
Abuja National Mosque AbujaNationalMosque.jpg  Nigeria Abuja 1984 National mosque
Great Mosque of Kano  Nigeria Kano 15th century
Dakar Grand Mosque  Senegal Dakar
Mosque of Divinity Senegal Grande Mosquee de Ouakam 800x600.jpg Senegal Ouakam
Great Mosque of Saint-Louis [ar]  Senegal Saint-Louis 1847 [4]
Great Mosque of Touba  Senegal Touba Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal
Arba'a Rukun Mosque Mogadishu1936.jpg  Somalia Mogadishu 1268/9 Mihrab contains an inscription commemorating the masjid's founder, Khusrau ibn Muhammed.
Fakr ad-Din Mosque Fakr Ud Din Mosque.jpg  Somalia Mogadishu 1269 Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din.
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity Mosque of Islamic Solidarity.jpeg  Somalia Mogadishu 1987 National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa.
Masjid al-Qiblatayn Zeila Mosque.jpg  Somalia Zeila 615[5]/7th century Built shortly after the hijra.
Juma Masjid Mosque Juma Masjid Mosque on Queen (Denis Harle) Street-20140222.jpg  South Africa Durban 1881 Largest mosque in South Africa
Nizamiye Mosque File:Nizamiye Mosque (Joburg) South Africa.jpg  South Africa Midrand, Johannesburg 2012
Al-Nilin Mosque File:Masjid Al-Nilin, August 2007 - by Nick Hobgood.jpg  Sudan Khartoum 1970s
Gaddafi Mosque  Tanzania Dodoma 2010
Great Mosque of Kilwa GreatMosque.jpg  Tanzania Kilwa ~1000 Historical – one of the earliest surviving mosques in East Africa
Kizimkazi Mosque KizimkaziMosque3.JPG  Tanzania Dimbani 1107
List of mosques in Tunisia  Tunisia
Uganda National Mosque Laika ac Gaddafi National Mosque, Kampala (6693328097).jpg  Uganda Kampala 2006 Opened in June 2007[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The untold story of King Negash and the al Nejashi Mosque". 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Negash Āmedīn Mesgīd". Madain Project. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Reid, Richard J. (12 January 2012). "The Islamic Frontier in Eastern Africa". A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present. John Wiley and Sons. p. 106. ISBN 978-0470658987. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ Denise Bouche (1974). "L'école française et les musulmans au Sénégal de 1850 à 1920". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer (in French). 61 (223): 218–235. doi:10.3406/outre.1974.1756 – via Persee.fr. icon of an open green padlock
  5. ^ "Liste des premières mosquées au monde prophètique, rashidun et omeyyade selon les écris historique et les traces archéologiques". Histoire Islamique (in French). 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  6. ^ 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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