List of mosques in Africa
This is a list of mosques in Africa.
Name | Images | Country | City | Year | Remarks |
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Al Nejashi Mosque | ![]() |
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 | City of Djibouti | 1906 | |
Korijib Masjid | Djibouti | Tadjoura | 630–640 | Possibly the oldest mosque in Djibouti. | |
Great Mosque of Asmara | ![]() |
Eritrea | Asmara | 1938 | The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column. |
Mosque of the Companions | ![]() |
Eritrea | Massawa | 613[3] | Believed to be the third mosque on the African continent and the fourth mosque in the world built by the companions of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.[3] |
Sadat Quraish Mosque | ![]() |
Egypt | Bilbeis | 639 | Oldest mosque in North Africa. |
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 | ||||
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 | ||
Dakar Grand Mosque | Senegal | Dakar | |||
Mosque of Divinity | ![]() |
Senegal | Ouakam | ||
Great Mosque of Saint-Louis | Senegal | Saint-Louis | 1847 [4] | ||
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 | ![]() |
Somaliland | Zeila | 615[5]/7th century | Oldest Mosque in Africa, it was built by Muslims fleeing persecution and traveling to Aksum. |
Juma Masjid Mosque | ![]() |
South Africa | Durban | 1881 | Largest mosque in South Africa |
Nizamiye Mosque | South Africa | Midrand, Johannesburg | 2012 | ||
Al-Nilin Mosque | ![]() |
Sudan | Khartoum | 1970s | |
Gaddafi Mosque | Tanzania | Dodoma | 2010 | ||
Great Mosque of Kilwa | ![]() |
Tanzania | Kilwa | ~1000 | Historical – one of the earliest surviving mosques in East Africa |
Kizimkazi Mosque | ![]() |
Tanzania | Dimbani | 1107 | |
List of mosques in Tunisia | Tunisia | ||||
Uganda National Mosque | ![]() |
Uganda | Kampala | 2006 | Opened in June 2007[6] |
See also
References
- "The untold story of King Negash and the al Nejashi Mosque". 18 July 2019.
- "Negash Āmedīn Mesgīd". Madain Project. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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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