Ben Farès Mosque
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Ben Farès Mosque | |
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Affiliation | Islam |
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Geographic coordinates | 36°47′2.4″N 3°3′33.12″E / 36.784000°N 3.0592000°E |
The Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès (Arabic: مسجد ابن فارس), originally built as the Great Synagogue of Algiers in 1865, is a mosque and former synagogue in Algiers. It was also formerly known as Djamâa Lihoud, which means "Mosque of the Jews" in Algerian Arabic vernacular.[1][2]
Notable imams
[edit]- Mohamed Charef (1908-2011) [citation needed]
See also
[edit]- Algerian Islamic reference
- Hizb Rateb (Hezzab, Bash Hezzab, Salka)
- Lists of mosques
- List of mosques in Africa
- List of mosques in Algeria
References
[edit]- ^ Nourreddine, Louhal (15 February 2015). "La concurrence déloyale fait rage dans les marchés couverts d'Alger: Les camelots gangrènent l'activité commerciale". Liberté (Algeria). Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ Rahmani, Farida; Bouchenaki, Mounir (2003). La Casbah d'Alger: un art de vivre des Algériennes. Paris-Méditerranée. ISBN 9782842721749.
En face du marché Djamâa-Lihoud, s'élève l'ancienne synagogue, aujourd'hui Djamâa Fares [In front of the Djamâa-Lihoud market rises the former synagogue, today the Djamâa Fares]
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