List of mosques in Algeria explained

This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment in 2006, there are around 15,000 mosques in Algeria as a whole, of which 450 are in the capital city of Algiers. 90% of which are built after the independence of Algeria in 1962.[1]

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Sidi El HalouiTlemcen1353Built by the Marinid Sultan Abou Inane Fares in honor of Abou Abdallah Echoudsy, a qadi of Seville accused of witchcraft and conspiring against the Zayyanid monarch under the Marinid occupation of the city.
Sidi Khaled MosqueTown of Sidi Khaled in Biskra1912The current structure is a 1917 reconstruction. It is believed to contain the tomb of the pre-Islamic figure, Khalid bin Sinan, who is cited in local traditions as having moved to Algeria. It is currently in a state of disrepair but is still a popular spot for visits from locals.
1st November of 1954 Great MosqueBatna2003
20th August of 1956 MosqueOuzellaguen2011
Abdelhamid Ben Badis MosqueOran2015
Abdellah Ben Salem MosqueOran1918
Ben Farès MosqueAlgiers1865
Al-Aman MosqueSouk Ahras2011
Ali Bitchin MosqueAlgiers1622
Bouira1652
Algiers1897
El Barani MosqueAlgiers1653
Bey Mohamed el-Kebir MosqueOran1792
Djama’a al-DjedidAlgiers1660
Great Mosque of AlgiersAlgiers1097[2]
Emir Abdelkader MosqueConstantine1994
Ghardaia MosqueGhardaia
Hassan Pasha MosqueOran1796
Imam el-Houari MosqueOran1792-1799
Jemma Al DjazairAlgiers2019
El Kawthar MosqueBlida1533Renovated and expanded in 1981
Ketchaoua MosqueAlgiers1612
Mansourah MosqueTlemcen1302-1303
El Mechouar MosqueTlemcen1310
Great Mosque of NedromaNedroma1145
El Rahman MosqueCherchell1574
Safir MosqueAlgiers1534
Salah Bey MosqueAnnaba1791-1792
Shrine of Sidi Abder RahmanAlgiers1471Commemorates Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, a renowned Islamic scholar
Sidi Boumediene MosqueTlemcen1339Preserves the tomb of Abu Madyan, an influential Sufi
Mila678[3] Probably the oldest Mosque in Algeria
Sidi Bellahsen MosqueTlemcen1290
Annaba1033
Mausoleum of Sidi M'hamed Bou QobrineAlgiers1791Preserves the tomb of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine, the founder of Rahmaniyya Sufi order and one of the seven Patron Saints of Algiers.
Sidi Okba MosqueSidi Okba[4]
Sidi Ramadan MosqueAlgiers1097
Great Mosque of TlemcenTlemcen1136[5] [6]
Al-Umma MosqueAlgiers1951

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.albayan.ae/sports/2006-10-17-1.954508 15 ألف مسجد في الجزائر
  2. Web site: Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria . . 1899 . 2013-09-24 . 27 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927125712/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/8764/ . live .
  3. Web site: Mois du patrimoine : La mosquée de Sidi Ghanem de Mila, une histoire à écrire. www.elmoudjahid.com. 2017-08-29. 30 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170830012256/http://www.elmoudjahid.com/fr/actualites/76242. live.
  4. Web site: Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb) . Museum With No Frontiers . 26 October 2019 . 19 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201219155314/http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;dz;Mon01;15;en . live .
  5. Web site: Qantara - Great Mosque of Tlemcen. www.qantara-med.org. 2020-04-24. 19 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419180034/https://www.qantara-med.org/public/show_document.php?do_id=462&lang=en. live.
  6. Book: Marçais, Georges. L'architecture musulmane d'Occident. Arts et métiers graphiques. 1954. Paris.

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