Sidi Ghanem Mosque ( Arabic: مسجد الباي محمد عثمان الكبير ) is a historic mosque in the city of Mila in Algeria .
| Mosque | |
| Sidi Ghanem Mosque | |
|---|---|
| Arab. الجامع سيدي | |
 | |
| A country |  Algeria |
| Vilaya | Mila |
| City | Mila |
| Coordinates | |
| Current, school | Islam |
| Construction | 678 |
History
Before the conquest of the Maghreb by Muslims in the 7th century , the building of the future mosque was an Orthodox church . In 678, Dinar Abu Muhajer turned the church into a mosque. For a long time, the mosque, in honor of its founder, was named after Dinar Abu Muhajer, but was later renamed in honor of the Muslim righteous from Oran Sidi Ghanem [1] . After the French conquered Algeria in 1830, the stables of the cavalry unit of the French army - African hunters - were placed in the building [2] . Currently, restoration work is underway in the building [3] .
First Maghreb Mosque
Sidi Ghanem Mosque is considered the second mosque built in the Maghreb after the Great Mosque of Kairouan . But according to Hokin Tautau of the Algerian National Center for Prehistoric, Anthropological and Historical Research, this mosque is actually the first of the ones built in the Maghreb [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Mois du patrimoine: La mosquée de Sidi Ghanem de Mila, une histoire à écrire . www.elmoudjahid.com. Date of appeal October 30, 2017.
- ↑ Gilbert MEYNIER. L'Algérie des origines: De la préhistoire à l'avènement de l'islam . - La Découverte, 2017-03-23. - 287 p. - ISBN 9782707161888 .
- ↑ La mosquée de Sidi Ghanem à Mila, center de rayonnement de l'Islam et haut lieu de la mémoire , Djazairess . Date of appeal October 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Des données confirment que la mosquée de Sidi-Ghanem (Mila) est la plus ancienne d'Afrique" (chercheur) , Djazairess . Date of appeal October 30, 2017.