Gaddafi Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Dodoma City, Tanzania}}

{{For|the mosque in Kampala, Uganda|Gaddafi National Mosque}}

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{{native name|sw|Msikiti wa Gaddafi}}

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| funded_by = Muammar Gaddafi

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| established = 2010

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Gaddafi Mosque is the largest mosque in Tanzania and the second-largest in East Africa after the Uganda National Mosque in Uganda. It is located in the Tanzanian capital of Dodoma.

The pink structure was named after the former Libyan Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution Muammar Gaddafi who provided the funds for its construction via the World Islamic Call Society. The mosque was inaugurated by President Jakaya Kikwete in 2010 and can accommodate at least 3,000 worshippers.{{cite web |url= http://www.africareview.com/Special-Reports/-/979182/1119508/-/x86kgqz/-/index.html |title= Gaddafi “gifts” to Tanzania in limbo |last1= MSANGYA |first1= DANIEL |date= 5 March 2011 |website= africareview.com |publisher= |accessdate= 6 July 2013 |archive-date= 25 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150925195935/http://www.africareview.com/Special-Reports/-/979182/1119508/-/x86kgqz/-/index.html |url-status= dead }}