List of mosques in Algeria

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This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment in 2006, there are around 15,000 mosques in Algeria as a whole, of which 450 are in the capital city of Algiers. 90% of which are built after the independence of Algeria in 1962.[1]

Name Images Location Year Remarks
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.
Sidi Khaled Mosque
Town of Sidi Khaled in 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.
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque
Batna 2003
20th August of 1956 Mosque Ouzellaguen 2011
Abdelhamid Ben Badis Mosque
Oran 2015
Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque
Oran 1918
Ben Farès Mosque
Algiers 1865
Al-Aman Mosque
Souk Ahras 2011
Ali Bitchin Mosque
Algiers 1622
Al-Qods Mosque [fr]
Bouira 1652
Al-Rahma Mosque, Algiers [ar]
Algiers 1897
El Barani Mosque
Algiers 1653
Bey Mohamed el-Kebir Mosque
Oran 1792
Djama’a al-Djedid
Algiers 1660
Great Mosque of Algiers
Algiers 1097[2]
Emir Abdelkader Mosque
Constantine 1994
Ghardaia Mosque
Ghardaia 10th century
Hassan Pasha Mosque
Oran 1796
Imam el-Houari Mosque
Oran 1792-1799
Jemma Al Djazair
Algiers 2019
El Kawthar Mosque
Blida 1533 Renovated and expanded in 1981
Ketchaoua Mosque
Algiers 1612
Mansourah Mosque
Tlemcen 1302-1303
El Mechouar Mosque
Tlemcen 1310
Great Mosque of Nedroma
Nedroma 1145
El Rahman Mosque
Cherchell 1574
Safir Mosque
Algiers 1534
Salah Bey Mosque
Annaba 1791-1792
Shrine of Sidi Abder Rahman
Algiers 1471 Commemorates Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, a renowned Islamic scholar
Sidi Boumediene Mosque
Tlemcen 1339 Preserves the tomb of Abu Madyan, an influential Sufi
Sidi Ghanim Mosque [fr]
Mila 678[3] Probably the oldest Mosque in Algeria
Sidi Bellahsen Mosque
Tlemcen 1290
Sidi Bou Merouane Mosque [fr]
Annaba 1033
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.
Sidi Okba Mosque
Sidi Okba 686[4]
Sidi Ramadan Mosque
Algiers 1097
Great Mosque of Tlemcen
Tlemcen 1136[5][6]
Al-Umma Mosque
Algiers 1951

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References

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  1. ^ 15 ألف مسجد في الجزائر Archived 11 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Albayan. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Mois du patrimoine : La mosquée de Sidi Ghanem de Mila, une histoire à écrire". www.elmoudjahid.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb)". Museum With No Frontiers. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Qantara - Great Mosque of Tlemcen". www.qantara-med.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. ^ Marçais, Georges (1954). L'architecture musulmane d'Occident. Paris: Arts et métiers graphiques.