List of mosques in Africa

This is a partial list of mosques in Africa.

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List of mosques by African country

Algeria

Main article: List of mosques in Algeria

Benin

Main article: List of mosques in 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

Main article: List of mosques in Cameroon

Chad

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

Djibouti

Main article: List of mosques in Djibouti

Egypt

Main article: List of mosques in 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

Main article: List of mosques in Ghana

Guinea

Main article: List of mosques in Guinea

Ivory Coast

Main article: Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d'Ivoire

Kenya

Main article: List of mosques in Kenya

Libya

Main article: List of mosques in Libya

Mali

Main article: List of mosques in Mali

Mauritania

Main article: List of mosques in 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

Main article: List of mosques in Morocco

Namibia

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

Niger

Main article: List of mosques in Niger

Nigeria

Main article: list of mosques in Nigeria

Réunion

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

Senegal

Main article: List of mosques in Senegal

Sierra Leone

Main article: List of mosques in Sierra Leone

Somalia

Main article: List of mosques in Somalia

South Africa

Main article: List of mosques in 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

Main article: List of mosques in Tanzania

Tunisia

Main article: List of mosques in 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 / Tradition	Abbreviation
Ahmadiyya	A
Non-denominational	ND
Shia Islam	SH
Sunni Islam	Su

See also

• Africa portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in Africa
• Lists of mosques

References

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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.
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10. Randall, Colin (11 March 2021). "Reunion island serves as model for Islam in France". The National News. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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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.
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