Al-Mohammadi Mosque
{{Short description|Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco}}
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| municipality = Casablanca
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| architect = Auguste Cadet
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| founded_by = Mohammed V
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| established = 12 June 1936
| groundbreaking = 30 June 1934
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| capacity = 8,000 worshippers
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Al-Mohammadi Mosque ({{Langx|ar|مسجد المحمدي}}){{Cite web |title=Mosquée Mohammadi |url=https://www.archnet.org/sites/16408 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=ArchNet}} is a large mosque in the Habous quarter of Casablanca, Morocco. It was built circa 1935 and its construction was sponsored by Sultan Mohammed V, after whom it is named.{{Cite web |last= |date=2006-10-10 |title=Une mosquée qui porte le nom de feu Mohammed V |url=https://aujourdhui.ma/archives/une-mosquee-qui-porte-le-nom-de-feu-mohammed-v-94355 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Aujourd'hui le Maroc |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Casablanca |url=https://lematin.ma/mosquee-al-mohammadi-symbolique-lappellation-singularite-cachet/316875.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Le Matin |language=fr}}
History
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Construction on the mosque started on 30 June 1934. Mohammed V, who sponsored the construction, laid its first stone. It was designed by architects {{Interlanguage link|Auguste Cadet|fr}}.{{Cite journal |last=Yassine Kassab |first=Rim |date=2024 |title=Unveiling the neo-Moroccan city: a historical exploration of Casablanca's Habous district (1917-1926) |journal=Planning Perspectives |language=en |pages=1–29 |doi=10.1080/02665433.2023.2300646 |issn=0266-5433|doi-access=free }} Cadet, along with Edmond Brion, was implicated in the design of other buildings in the Habous quarter, including the nearby al-Yusufi Mosque (or Moulay Youssef Mosque). The sultan visited the construction site in August 1934 while work was being supervised by architects Abad and Ben Omar.{{Cite news |date=23 August 1934 |title=S. M. le Sultan visite les travaux de la mosquée qu'elle fait ériger à Derb-Sidna |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46903104/f4 |access-date=24 February 2024 |work=Le Petite Marocain |pages=4}} The mosque was officially inaugurated on 12 June 1936, in the presence of Mohammed V.{{Cite journal |date=4 July 1936 |title=La solennelle consécration d'une nouvelle mosquée à Casablanca |url=http://archives.cnd.hcp.ma/uploads/news/017180.pdf |journal=L'Illustration |volume=4870 |issue= |pages=318–321 |access-date=24 February 2024}}
The mosque underwent a major restoration in 2007.{{Cite web |date=2017-06-12 |title=Lieux de culte : La Mosquée «Al Mohammadi» de Casablanca |url=https://www.lereporter.ma/lieux-de-culte-la-mosquee-al-mohammadi-de-casablanca/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Le Reporter.ma |language=fr-FR}}
Architecture
The building covers an area of around {{Convert|3600|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and it can accommodate up to 6000 or 8000 worshippers. Its design references traditional Moroccan Islamic architecture; the minaret is modeled on the minaret of the Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh and the courtyard is modeled on the Qarawiyyin Mosque in Fes.{{Cite book |last=Roberson |first=Jennifer Anne |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/305158005 |title=The Mosque: Community and identity in late 20th-century Morocco and Spain |publisher=University of Minnesota |year=2004 |pages=48 |id={{ProQuest|305158005}} |language=en |type=PhD thesis}}
See also
References
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{{Mosques in Morocco}}
Category:1936 establishments in Morocco
Category:20th-century religious buildings and structures in Morocco
Category:Mosques completed in 1936
Category:Religious buildings and structures in Casablanca
Category:20th-century mosques in Africa
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