List of mosques in Africa

This is a partial list of mosques in Africa.

List of mosques by African country

Algeria

Benin

Botswana

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Lobatse Mosque Lobatse, South-East 1967

Burkina Faso

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Grand Mosque of Bobo-Dioulasso Bobo-Dioulasso 1832

Cameroon

Chad

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
N'Djamena Grand Mosque N'Djamena 1978 Su

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Malabo Mosque Malabo, Bioko Norte 2015 Su

Eritrea

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Masjid as-Sahabah Massawa 613 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.[1]
Great Mosque of Asmara Asmara 1938 The minaret resembles a fluted Roman column

Eswatini

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Ezulwini Mosque Lobamba 1978 Su [2]

Ethiopia

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Al Nejashi Mosque 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.[3] It was recently renovated by TIKA, a Turkish cooperation organization.[4]

The Gambia

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Pipeline Mosque Serekunda 1990 [5]

Ghana

Guinea

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Libya

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Jummah Mosque Port Louis 1852 Completed in the Moorish and Mughal styles.[6][7]

Mayotte

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Tsingoni Mosque Tsingoni, Overseas France 1538 Considered the earliest mosque in France.[8]

Morocco

Namibia

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Windhoek Islamic Center Windhoek, Khomas Region 1986 [9]

Niger

Nigeria

Réunion

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Noor-e-Islam Mosque Saint-Denis 1905 [10]

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Throne Hall of Dongola Old Dongola 1317 Built in the 9th century; converted to a mosque in 1317; abandoned during the 19th century; ceased to be a mosque in 1969; preserved as a monument.[11]
Al-Nilin Mosque Khartoum 1984 Su [12]

Tanzania

Tunisia

Uganda

Name Image Location Year (CE) Group Notes
Kibuli Mosque Kibuli, Kampala 1951 A national cultural site
Aga Khan Mosque Old Kampala, Kampala 1978 Sh A national cultural site[13]
Uganda National Mosque Old Kampala, Kampala 2006 Su Opened as the Gaddafi National Mosque and renamed in 2013. It is the largest mosque in East Africa, with capacity for c. 20,000 worshippers.[14][15]

Legend

Group / TraditionAbbreviation
AhmadiyyaA
Non-denominationalND
Shia IslamSH
Sunni IslamSu

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Sasongko, Agus (31 January 2019). "Muslim Swaziland Mendamba Masjid" [Swaziland Muslims Longing for a Mosque]. Republika (in Indonesian). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "The untold story of King Negash and the al Nejashi Mosque". 18 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Negash Āmedīn Mesgīd". Madain Project. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Pipeline Mosque marks its SilverI Jubilee - The Point". thepoint.gm. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  6. ↑ Masters, Tom; Carillet, Jean-Bernard (2007). Lonely Planet Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles. Lonely Planet. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-74104-727-1.
  7. ↑ Colonial Research Studies. H.M. Stationery Office. 1960. p. 128.
  8. ↑ AFP (25 September 2019). "France's oldest mosque, in the Indian Ocean, gets a facelift". Arab News. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Bucher, Nathalie Rosa. "RELIGION-NAMIBIA: Finding Sanctuary in Islam". Inter Press Service. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Randall, Colin (11 March 2021). "Reunion island serves as model for Islam in France". The National News. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  11. ↑ Obłuski, Artur; Godlewski, Włodzimierz; Kołątaj, Wojciech; et al. (2013). "The Mosque Building in Old Dongola. Conservation and revitalization project" (PDF). Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean. 22. Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw: 248–272. ISSN 2083-537X.
  12. ↑ "Nilein Mosque". ArchNet.org. n.d. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  13. ↑ "When Tabliqs sect members declared war on Muslims". Monitor. 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  14. ↑ "New Mosque Redraws Kampala's Skyline". Uganda People News. August 24, 2006.
  15. ↑ "Libyans open Old Kampala mosque". Newvision.co.ug. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
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