Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque

Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque
مسجد عبدالله بن سلام
Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque; مسجد عبدالله بن سلام
	2011
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Year consecrated	1918
Status	Masjid
Location
Location	Blvd. Maata Mohamed El Habib, Oran, Algeria
	Shown within Algeria
Geographic coordinates	35°42′00″N 0°39′01″W / 35.70000°N 0.65028°W
Architecture
Style	Moorish
Completed	1880

The Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque (Template:Lang-ar) is a mosque in Oran, Algeria. Formerly the Great Synagogue of Oran (Template:Lang-fr), it was the largest synagogue in Africa.^[1] Its construction began in 1879 at the initiative of Simon Kanoui, and took 38 years to complete.^[2] Also known as Temple Israélite, it was located on Boulevard Joffre, currently Boulevard Maata Mohamed El Habib.

Once Algeria gained its independence in 1962, almost all Algerian Jews, who were considered French citizens since the Crémieux Decree of 1870, relocated to France alongside the Pied-Noir community. In 1975, the synagogue was converted into a mosque^[1] and named after Abdullah ibn Salam, a seventh-century Jew from Medina and companion of Muhammad who converted to Islam.

Architecture

Its style shows Neo-Mudéjar and Moorish Revival influences.

References

^ ^a ^b Mohamed Merit Heddi (2016). Les maires d'Oran de 1831 à 2016. Editions Publibook. p. 105. ISBN 978-2-342-05530-6.
^ Mohamed Merit Heddi (2016). Les maires d'Oran de 1831 à 2016. Editions Publibook. p. 53. ISBN 978-2-342-05530-6.

External links

The Jewish Community of Oran | The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot

[Heddi20161-1] Mohamed Merit Heddi (2016). Les maires d'Oran de 1831 à 2016. Editions Publibook. p. 105. ISBN 978-2-342-05530-6.

[Heddi2016-2] Mohamed Merit Heddi (2016). Les maires d'Oran de 1831 à 2016. Editions Publibook. p. 53. ISBN 978-2-342-05530-6.

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v t e Mosques in Algeria
Algiers	Ben Farès Mosque Ali Bitchin Mosque El Barani Mosque Djamaa el Djedid Djamaa el Kebir Djamaa el Djazaïr Ketchaoua Mosque Safir Mosque Shrine of Sidi Abder Rahman Mausoleum of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Djamaâ Sidi Ramdane
Constantine	Emir Abdelkader Mosque Hussein Bey Mosque Great Mosque of Constantine Sidi Kettani Mosque El Baydhaoui Mosque Sidi Lakhdar Mosque
Tlemcen	Mansourah Mosque El Mechouar Mosque Sidi Belahcen Mosque Sidi Boumediene Mosque Sidi El Haloui Mosque Great Mosque of Nedroma Great Mosque of Tlemcen
Oran	Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque Abdelhamid Ben Badis Mosque Hassan Pasha Mosque Imam el-Houari Mosque
Other cities	1st November of 1954 Great Mosque El Rahman Mosque Salah Bey Mosque Sidi Okba Mosque Mellala Mosque
Category Islam in Algeria Mosques by country

Architecture

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References

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