List of mosques in Algeria

This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to Algeria Press Service , there were approximately 18,400 mosques in Algeria.

List

NameImagesLocationYearNotes Sidi Okba Mosque Sidi Okba Ghardaia Mosque Ghardaia Annaba 1033 Great Mosque of Algiers Algiers 1097 Sidi Ramadan Mosque Algiers 1097 Great Mosque of Tlemcen Tlemcen 1136 Great Mosque of Nedroma Nedroma 1145 Sidi Bellahsen Mosque Tlemcen 1296 Repurposed as an Islamic art museum Mansourah Mosque Tlemcen El Mechouar Mosque Tlemcen 1310 Sidi Boumediene Mosque Tlemcen 1339 Preserves the tomb of Abu Madyan, an influential Sufi Sidi El Haloui Tlemcen 1353 Built 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. Shrine of Sidi Abder Rahman Algiers 1471 Commemorates Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, a renowned Islamic scholar El Kawthar Mosque Blida 1533 Renovated and expanded in 1981 Safir Mosque Algiers 1534 Ketchaoua Mosque Algiers 1612 Ali Bitchin Mosque Algiers 1622 Bouira 1652 El Barani Mosque Algiers 1653 Djama’a al-Djedid Algiers 1660 Mausoleum of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Algiers 1791 Preserves the tomb of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine, the founder of Rahmaniyya Sufi order and one of the seven Patron Saints of Algiers. Bey Mohamed el-Kebir Mosque Oran 1792 Salah Bey Mosque Annaba Hassan Pasha Mosque Oran 1796 Imam al-Houari Mosque Oran Ben Farès Mosque Algiers 1865 Built as a synagogue in 1865; converted to a mosque in 1962. Algiers 1897 El Rahman Mosque Cherchell Built in the 19th century as a church; converted to a mosque in 1964. Sidi Khaled Mosque Sidi Khaled, Biskra 1912 The 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. Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque Oran 1918 Al-Umma Mosque Algiers 1951 Emir Abdelkader Mosque Constantine 1994 1st November of 1954 Great Mosque Batna 2003 20th August of 1956 Mosque Ouzellaguen 2011 Al-Aman Mosque Souk Ahras 2011 Abdelhamid Ben Badis Mosque Oran 2015 Jemma Al Djazair Algiers 2019 Houses the world's tallest minaret that is high and is the third-largest mosque in the world, capable of accommodating 120,000 worshippers. Mila

See also

Islam in Algeria Zawiyas in Algeria

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