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First Masjid in Africa

Written by Ihsaan Abrahams
Friday, 10 October 2008
Masjid Amr Al Aas Africa's first mosque originally built by Amr Ibn al-Aas in 642 AD, located in Cairo, Egypt. Amr was the Muslim general who conquered Egypt against the Romans, and was known by the Egyptian Copts as a liberator against Roman oppression. The original mosque measured about 29 m in length and 17 m in width, overlooking the river Nile from the northwest side. Since then it was extended multiple times as the Muslim population grew. As well as being a mosque, it served as a learning institution, before the worlds first University, also in Egypt, Al-Azhar predating Bologna, Oxford and Cambridge. Courtyard Arches Front of Masjid