Ebu Beker Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Shkodër City, Shkodër County, Albania}}

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The Ebu Bekër Mosque ({{langx|sq|Xhamia Ebu Beker}}), also known as the New Fushë Çela Mosque ({{Langx|sq|Xhamia e re e Fushë Çela}}) and sometimes referred to simply as Xhamia e Madhe ({{Translation|Great Mosque|literal=}}), is a mosque in Shkodër City, Shkodër County, Albania.

The mosque was designed by ARC Architectural Consultants{{cite web |title=Abu Baker al-Siddiq Mosque |url=http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4373 |website=Archnet Digital Library |accessdate=19 September 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619193832/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=4373 |archivedate=19 June 2010}} and built from 1994 to 1995 on the site of the old Fushë Çela Mosque, which was destroyed during the communist era, with funding by Saudi entrepreneur Sheikh Zamil Abdullah Al-Zamil.{{cite web |title=Board of Director of Ithmaar Bank with Sheikh Zamil Abdullah Al-Zamil's bio |url=https://www.ithmaarbank.com/about-us/ithmaar-bank-at-a-glance/board-of-directors |website=Ithmaar Bank |accessdate=19 September 2020}} It is named after Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun caliph. The inauguration was held on 27 October 1995, and the mosque was renovated in 2008.{{cite journal |title=E XHUMAJA E NJË DITE, SA 25 VITE DËSHMI... |journal=Udha Islame |date=November 2015 |volume=XIII |issue=11 (153) |url=http://msh.myftinia-shkoder.org/pdf/udha_islame_153_nentor_2015.pdf |accessdate=19 September 2020}}

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The mosque, today at the end of a walkway from the Hotel Colosseo, covers {{convert|622.72|m2|ft2}} and can accommodate 1,300 worshipers. The minaret is {{convert|41.11|m|ft}} high and the dome stretches to {{convert|24|m|ft}}.{{cite web |title=Xhamia Ebu Beker |url=http://www.islamshkoder.netfirms.com/new/informacione/xhamia%20ebu.htm |website=IslamShkoder.tk |accessdate=19 September 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705162358/http://www.islamshkoder.netfirms.com/new/informacione/xhamia%20ebu.htm |archivedate=5 July 2010}} The Fushë Çela mosque was historically important in the scholarly learning of the city and attracted notable Islamic scholars and theologians. A legacy of the Ottoman Empire destroyed by the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, it once had its own madrasa.