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
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque
Batna 2003
20th August of 1956 Mosque
Ouzellaguen 2011
Abdallah Ibn Salam Mosque
Oran 1918
Abdelhamid Ben Badis Mosque
Oran 2015
Abu Farès Mosque
Algiers 1865
Al-Aman Mosque
Souk Ahras 2011
Ali Bitchin Mosque
Algiers 1622
Al-Qods Mosque
Bouira 1652
Al-Rahma Mosque, Algiers
Algiers 1897
Berrani Mosque
Algiers 1653
Bey Mohamed el-Kebir Mosque
Oran 1792
Djama’a al-Djedid
Algiers 1660
Djamaâ el Kebir
Algiers 1097[2]
Emir Abdelkader Mosque
Constantine 1994
Ghardaia Mosque
Ghardaia 10th century
Hassan Pasha Mosque
Oran 1796
Imam Sidi el-Houari Mosque
Oran 1792-1799
Jemma Al Djazair
Algiers under construction
El Kawthar Mosque
Blida 1533 Renovated and expanded in 1981
Ketchaoua Mosque
Algiers 1612
Mansourah Mosque
Tlemcen 1302-1303
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 Abu Madyan Mosque
Tlemcen 1339 Preserves the tomb of Abu Madyan, an influential Sufi
Sidi Ghanim Mosque
Mila 678[3] Probably the oldest Mosque in Algeria
Sidi Belhassen Mosque
Tlemcen 1290
Sidi Bou Merouane Mosque
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 1082
Al-Umma Mosque
Algiers 1951

See also

References

  1. ↑ 15 ألف مسجد في الجزائر. Albayan. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Fountain in Mosque of El Kebir, Algiers, Algeria". World Digital Library. 1899. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Mois du patrimoine : La mosquée de Sidi Ghanem de Mila, une histoire à écrire". www.elmoudjahid.com. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  4. ↑ Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb) Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved 8-1-2017
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