Al-Quds Mosque (Casablanca) Explained

Al-Quds Mosque
Native Name:Arabic: مسجد القدس
ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵍⵇⵓⴷⵙ
(formerly)
Map Type:Morocco
Map Size:250px
Map Relief:yes
Religious Affiliation:Sunni Islam
Location:Roches Noires, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
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Architecture Type:Mosque
Architecture Style:Gothic Revival
Founded By:Eugène Lendrat
Established:1981 (as mosque)
Year Completed:1920
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Al-Quds Mosque (Berber: ⵎⴻⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵍⵇⵓⴷⵙ), formerly, is a mosque in the Roches Noires neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco. It was originally built as a church built in a Neo-Gothic style, but it was converted into a mosque after Morocco's independence.

History

The Church of Saint Margaret was built by a Frenchman named Eugène Lendrat—the founder of the Roches Noires neighborhood—in 1920,[1] copying a church called, built in 1860 by Émile Boeswillwald in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

The Church of Saint Margaret was transformed into a mosque in 1981, at the time of the Moroccanization policies of Hassan II, which led to a mass exodus of Europeans from Morocco.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Abir El. Vidéo. Casablanca: "Al Qods", de l'église à la mosquée - H24info. 2017-12-17. 2018-10-31. H24info.
  2. Book: Miller, Susan Gilson. A History of Modern Morocco. 2013. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-04583-4. Cambridge. 10.1017/cbo9781139045834.