This is a list of mosques in Egypt.
There are 114,000 mosques in Egypt as of 2016, of which 83,000 are affiliated with the Ministry of Endowments. This list includes notable mosques within Egypt; however, it excludes mosques in Alexandria and Cairo, as there are separate lists for mosques in these cities.
List of mosques
In Alexandria
In Cairo
Elsewhere in Egypt
NameImagesLocationYearRemarks Sadat Quraish Mosque Bilbeis Oldest mosque in North Africa Amr ibn al-As Mosque Damietta The third oldest mosque in Egypt Ahmad Al-Badawi Mosque Tanta Renovated in 1975 and in 2005 Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque Desouk1277 Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa Abu Haggag Mosque Luxor1286 Founded by As-Salih Ayyub; contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili Humaithara Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order. Al-Mahalli Mosque Rosetta1582 Named in honour of Ali Al-Mahalli, a 15th-century sheikh who lived in Rosetta, who is entombed in the mosque complex. Zaghloul Mosque Rosetta1587 The oldest and largest mosque in Rosetta Sidi Shibl al-Aswad Mosque Shuhada Mosque and mausoleum Al-Abbasi Mosque Rosetta1809 Named in honour of Sayyid Mohammed Al-Abbasi, whose tomb is located inside the mosque El-Tabia Mosque Aswan Al-Habashi Mosque Damanhur1923 Named after Mahmoud Pasha Al-Habashi, a noble who lived in Damanhur during the 20th century. Sidi Arif Mosque Sohag1968 Replaced a former 14th-century mosque; contains the grave of Sufi mystic Sidi Arif, also known as Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdussami El-Tabia Mosque Aswan1974 Basuna Mosque Basuna, Sohag Governorate2019 Replaced an earlier mosque on the site; received the 2021 Al-Fozan Mosque Award for Excellence
See also
Islam in Egypt Lists of mosques
References
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