Saudi Mosque
Mosque in Nouakchott, Mauritania
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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]
| Saudi Mosque | |
|---|---|
Arabic: جامع المدينة المنورة | |
The Saudi Mosque in 2007 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Sect | Salafi movement |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
| Leadership | Imam Ahmedou Ould Lemrabet |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Nouakchott |
| Country | Mauritania |
  Location of the mosque in Mauritania | |
| Coordinates | 18°5′24″N 15°58′32″W |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Completed | 2012 |
| Construction cost | US$88.76 million |
| Specifications | |
| Minaret | Two |
| Site area | 54,000 m2 (580,000 sq ft) |
| [1] | |
Overview
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]
