Conakry Grand Mosque

Conakry Grand Mosque
Conakry Grand Mosque

Grand Mosque

Coordinates: 9°31′59″N 3°41′03″E / 9.533175°N 3.684129°E / 9.533175; 3.684129Coordinates: 9°31′59″N 3°41′03″E / 9.533175°N 3.684129°E / 9.533175; 3.684129
Location Conakry, Guinea
Established 1982
Architectural information
Capacity 12,500

The Conakry Grand Mosque (French: Grande mosquée de Conakry / Mosquée Fayçal) is a mosque in Conakry, Guinea, located north of the Conakry Botanical Garden. It was built by Ahmed Sékou Touré, opening in 1982. It is the largest in West Africa.

Grand Mosque from rear

The mosque was built by Sékou Touré with funding from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest mosque in West Africa and the fifth in the world after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Al-Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina, Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. Its four minarets, covered in green tiles (the color of Islam) can be seen from far away. The mosque is located beside the Donka Hospital. Women must cover themselves from head to foot before they can enter. The mosque has 2,500 places on the upper level for women and 10,000 below for men. The gardens of the mosque contain the Camayanne Mausoleum, including Samouri Touré, Sékou Touré and Alpha Yaya.[1]

On 28 September 2009 a demonstration against the military junta at a city stadium was violently suppressed by security forces, with hundreds of deaths and dozens of injuries.[2] On Friday 2 October the bodies of 508 victims were laid in the esplanade in front of the mosque. A large body of prostitutes were present, and people started throwing stones at them. The police responded with tear gas, which flooded the interior of the mosque.[3]

References

See also

  • List of buildings and structures in Guinea

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