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Saudi Mosque

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Saudi Mosque
Arabic: جامع المدينة المنورة
File:Saudi mosque in Nouakchott.jpg
The Saudi Mosque in 2007
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
SectSalafi movement
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
LeadershipImam Ahmedou Ould Lemrabet
StatusActive
Location
LocationNouakchott
CountryMauritania
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Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
Completed2012
Construction costUS$88.76 million
Specifications
MinaretTwo
Site area54,000 m2 (580,000 sq ft)
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The Saudi Mosque (Arabic: جامع المدينة المنورة: French: La Mosquée Saoudienne), also known as the Nouakchott Grand Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is located southwest of the Presidential Palace and immediately west of the Chamber of Commerce.[2]

Overview

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The mosque was built with the assistance of the Government of Saudi Arabia.[3]

For several decades, Bouddah Ould Bousseyri had been imam of the Saudi Mosque, he was a close associate of the Mauritanian regime and a supporter of Sunni Islam and a very influential figure in the apolitical Islamist camp.[3][4] The current imam, Ahmedou Ould Lemrabet, is a thinker of politicized salafism and a supporter of state authority.[5][6][7]

See also

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