List of mosques in Africa

This is a list of mosques in Africa.

Name Images Country City Year G Remarks
Great Mosque of Algiers Algeria Algiers 1097 U
Ketchaoua Mosque
Algeria Algiers 1612 U
El Jedid Mosque
Algeria Algiers 1880s U
Great Mosque of Tlemcen Algeria Tlemcen 1082 U
Hamoudi Mosque
Djibouti City of Djibouti 1906 U
Mosque of Muhammad Ali
Egypt Cairo Citadel 1848 U Most visible site in the city.
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
Egypt Cairo 1356 U
Al-Azhar Mosque
Egypt Cairo 969 U National mosque
Blue Mosque
Egypt Cairo 1347 U
Al Hussein Mosque
Egypt Cairo 1154 U
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Egypt Cairo 876-879 U
El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque
Egypt Alexandria ? U
Al Qa'ed Ibrahim Mosque
Egypt Alexandria ? U
Al Negasi Mosque Ethiopia Mekelle 7th century U
Jegol Mosque Ethiopia Harrar 9th century U
Faji Kunda mosque
Gambia Faji Kunda ? U
Larabanga Mosque
Ghana Larabanga 1421 U
Great Mosque of Djenné
Mali Djenné 1300 U The first mosque on the site was built in the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 1907.
Djinguereber Mosque
Mali Timbuktu 1327 U
Sidi Yahya Mosque Mali Timbuktu 1440 U
Chinguetti Mosque
Mauritania Chinguetti ? U
Central Mosque of Nouakchott
Mauritania Nouakchott ? U
Jumma Mosque Mauritius Mauritius Port Louis ? U
Dar-us-Salam Mauritius Vacoas-Phoenix ? AMJ 20°20′54.25″S 57°33′7.75″E / 20.3484028°S 57.5521528°E; Photo
Hassan II Mosque Morocco Casablanca 1993 U Masjid al Malik Hassan II
Koutoubia Mosque
Morocco Marrakech 1158 U
Agadez Mosque
Niger Agadez 1500s U
Niamey Mosque
Niger Niamey ? U
Yamma Mosque Niger Tahoua 1962 U
Abuja National Mosque
Nigeria Abuja 1984 U National mosque
Great Mosque of Kano Nigeria Kano 1400s U
Dakar Mosque
Senegal Dakar ? U Seydou Nourou Tall mosque
Dakar Grand Mosque
Senegal Dakar ? U
Great Mosque of Ouakam
Senegal Ouakam ? U
Central Mosque of Saintlouis
Senegal Saint-Louis ? U
Great Mosque of Saintlouis
Senegal Saint-Louis ? U
Central Mosque of Touba Senegal Touba ? Sufi Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal
Arba'a Rukun Mosque
Somalia Mogadishu 1268/9 U Mihrab contains an inscription commemorating the masjid's founder, Khusrau ibn Muhammed.
Fakr ad-Din Mosque
Somalia Mogadishu 1269 U Oldest mosque in Mogadishu. Built by the Sultanate of Mogadishu's first Sultan, Fakr ad-Din.
Masjid al-Qiblatayn Somalia Zeila 7th century U Oldest mosque in the Horn of Africa. Built shortly after the hijra.
Mosque of Islamic Solidarity
Somalia Mogadishu 1987 U National mosque. Largest masjid in the Horn of Africa.
Habibia Soofie Jamia Masjid, Cape Town South Africa Cape Town (Western Cape) 1905 Sufi Largest masjid in Cape Town, Third largest in South Africa
Juma Masjid Mosque
South Africa Durban 1881 Sunni Largest masjid in Durban, Largest masjid in South Africa
Nizamiye Masjid South Africa Midrand, Johannesburg 2012 U
Masjid Al-Nilin
Sudan Khartoum ? U
Hajja Soad mosque
Sudan Khartoum ? U
Gaddafi Mosque
Tanzania Dodoma 2010 U
Great Mosque of Kilwa
Tanzania Kilwa ~1000 U Historical – one of the earliest surviving mosques in East Africa
Kizimkazi Mosque
Tanzania Dimbani 1107 U
Moshi mosque
Tanzania Moshi ? U
Mosquée Ennasr
Tunisia Aryanah ? U
Bassi Mosque
Tunisia Djerba ? U
Mosque of Uqba
Tunisia Kairouan 670 U also known as the Great Mosque of Kairouan
Great Mosque of Mahdia
Tunisia Mahdia ? U
Great Mosque of Sousse
Tunisia Sousse ? U
Great Mosque Halfaouine
Tunisia Tunis ? U
Uganda National Mosque
Uganda Kampala 2006 U opened in June 2007;[1] Photo 0°19′18.1″N 32°34′20.4″E / 0.321694°N 32.572333°E
Ahmadiyya Mosque Kampala
Uganda Kampala AMJ
Group
AMJ Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
Sufi Sufism
U Unknown group (or undetermineted)

References

  1. ↑ New Mosque Redraws Kampala's Skyline, 24. August 2006; Libyans open Old Kampala mosque, 8. Juni 2007