Al-Mohammadi Mosque

mosque
Year dem found am	12 June 1936
Native label	مسجد المحمدي
Religion anaa worldview	Islam
Country	Morocco
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Casablanca
Coordinate location	33°34′35″N 7°36′22″W
Architectural style	Moroccan architecture, Moorish architecture

Al-Mohammadi Mosque (Arabic: مسجد المحمد)^[1] be a large mosque insyd de Habous quarter of Casablanca, Morocco. Na dem build am circa 1935 wey na ein construction be sponsored by Sultan Mohammed V, ebe am wey dem name after.^[2]^[3]

Na construction on de mosque start for 30 June 1934. Na ebe designed by architects Auguste Cadet.^[4] Cadet, along plus Edmond Brion, na dem implicate am insyd de design of oda buildings insyd de Habous quarter, wey dey include de nearby al-Yusufi Mosque (anaa Moulay Youssef Mosque).^[2] Na de sultan visit de construction site insyd August 1934 while na Abad den Ben Omar dey supervise work.^[5] Na dem officially inaugurate de mosque for 12 June 1936, insyd de presence of Mohammed V.^[6]

Na de mosque undergo a major restoration insyd 2007.^[3]^[7]

De building dey cover an area of around 3,600 m² (39,000 sq ft) wey e fi accommodate up to 6000 anaa 8000 worshippers.^[3]^[2] Ein design dey reference traditional Moroccan Islamic architecture; dem model de minaret for de minaret of de Kutubiyya Mosque insyd Marrakesh wey dem model de courtyard for de Qarawiyyin Mosque insyd Fes.^[8]

References

↑ "Mosquée Mohammadi". ArchNet. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Une mosquée qui porte le nom de feu Mohammed V". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Casablanca". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-09.
↑ Yassine Kassab, Rim (2024). "Unveiling the neo-Moroccan city: a historical exploration of Casablanca's Habous district (1917-1926)". Planning Perspectives (in English): 1–29. doi:10.1080/02665433.2023.2300646. ISSN 0266-5433.
↑ "S. M. le Sultan visite les travaux de la mosquée qu'elle fait ériger à Derb-Sidna". Le Petite Marocain. 23 August 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
↑ "La solennelle consécration d'une nouvelle mosquée à Casablanca" (PDF). L'Illustration. 4870: 318–321. 4 July 1936. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
↑ "Lieux de culte : La Mosquée «Al Mohammadi» de Casablanca". Le Reporter.ma (in French). 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
↑ Roberson, Jennifer Anne (2004). The Mosque: Community and identity in late 20th-century Morocco and Spain (PhD thesis) (in English). University of Minnesota. p. 48. ProQuest 305158005.

External links

[:2-1] "Mosquée Mohammadi". ArchNet. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Une mosquée qui porte le nom de feu Mohammed V". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

[:1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Casablanca". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-09.

[:3-4] Yassine Kassab, Rim (2024). "Unveiling the neo-Moroccan city: a historical exploration of Casablanca's Habous district (1917-1926)". Planning Perspectives (in English): 1–29. doi:10.1080/02665433.2023.2300646. ISSN 0266-5433.

[:4-5] "S. M. le Sultan visite les travaux de la mosquée qu'elle fait ériger à Derb-Sidna". Le Petite Marocain. 23 August 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[6] "La solennelle consécration d'une nouvelle mosquée à Casablanca" (PDF). L'Illustration. 4870: 318–321. 4 July 1936. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[7] "Lieux de culte : La Mosquée «Al Mohammadi» de Casablanca". Le Reporter.ma (in French). 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

[8] Roberson, Jennifer Anne (2004). The Mosque: Community and identity in late 20th-century Morocco and Spain (PhD thesis) (in English). University of Minnesota. p. 48. ProQuest 305158005.

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