Madina Mosque (Accra)

Madina Central Mosque
Location
Location	La-Nkwantanang-Madina, Ghana
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Date established	1959

Madina Central Mosque or simply Madina Mosque is one of the largest mosques in Ghana located in the La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly. It is the main mosque in the district that congregates worshipers for the Friday Jumu'ah prayers. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Established after 1959, Madina mosque houses two schools; a basic secondary school offering secular education and a college that specializes in Qur'anic studies. Alms-giving is a common scene in the vicinity of the Mosque and researchers have often used the location in their case studies to try to understand the phenomenon of beggary in Ghana. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

See also

• Lists of mosques
• List of mosques in Africa
• List of mosques in Egypt

References

1. "Bawumia causes near stampede at Madina Mosque". Ghanaweb.com. Myjoyonline. 24 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
2. Cecil Mensah (20 June 2015). "Boniface Joins Hundreds Of Madina Muslims To Give Thanks". Theheraldghana. Madina Ghana. Theheraldteam. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
3. "Poor attendance at Madina and Adenta voter exhibition centres". Vibeghana. GNA. 1 September 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
4. Holger Weiss (2007). "Begging and Almsgiving in Ghana Muslim Positions towards Poverty and Distress". Nordiska Afrika Institutet. 133.
5. Islam in Africa South of the Sahara: Essays in Gender Relations and Political Reform. Scarecrow Press. 23 May 2013. p. 428. ISBN   978-0810884700.
6. Jack Berry. "The Madina Project Ghana, Language Attitudes in Ghana" (PDF).