Malabo Mosque
{{Short description|Mosque in Equatorial Guinea}}
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Malabo Mosque ({{langx|es|Mezquita de Malabo}}; {{langx|fr|Mosquée de Malabo}}; {{langx|pt|Mesquita Malabo}}) also known as Malabo Central Mosque ({{langx|es|Mezquita Central de Malabo}}) is a mosque in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. It is the largest mosque in Equatorial Guinea and can accommodate two thousand people.
History
Hausa Muslims from Cameroon and Nigeria built a mosque in Malabo sometime in the early 20th century.{{Cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/archive/malabo-la-mosquée-contrators-et-ses-traces-un-emblème-de-tolérance/150151 |title=Malabo: la mosquée "contrators" et ses traces, un emblème de tolérance |date=18 June 2014 |work=Anadolu Agency |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924162711/https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/archive/malabo-la-mosquée-contrators-et-ses-traces-un-emblème-de-tolérance/150151 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |url-status=live |language=fr}} They sold African masks and statues to European settlers and supplied plantation managers with imported goods such as medicine brought in from Nigeria.{{Cite news |url=http://www.opensourceguinea.org/2013/07/interview-and-series-of-encounters-with.html |title=Interview and the series of encounters with BY, Malabo July 2013, with some notes on the "barefoot historian" and the history of the Hausa population on Fernando Poo / Bioko. |date=14 July 2014 |work=Open Source Guinea |access-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020095038/http://www.opensourceguinea.org/2013/07/interview-and-series-of-encounters-with.html#!http://web.archive.org/web/20221020095041/http://www.opensourceguinea.org/2013/07/interview-and-series-of-encounters-with.html |archive-date=20 October 2022 |url-status=dead }} The mosque they built no longer exists, having been demolished due to its dilapidated state. It was replaced by a temporary mosque in the northern suburbs of Malabo.
In 2014, the First Lady of Equatorial Guinea, Constancia Mangue, agreed to finance the construction of a new mosque in the city. The approximate cost of the mosque was two billion Central African CFA francs or about three million euros.{{Cite news |url=https://guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticias/_inaugurada_la_nueva_mezquita_de_malabo |title=Inaugurada la nueva Mezquita de Malabo |date=23 July 2015 |work=Guinea Ecuatorial Press |first=Javier Nsue Nchama |last=Obama |access-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925134653/https://guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticias/_inaugurada_la_nueva_mezquita_de_malabo |archive-date=25 September 2022 |url-status=live |language=es}}
On 21 July 2015, Malabo Mosque was officially opened by the President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, his wife and the two vice presidents Ignacio Milam Tang and Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue. The inauguration of the mosque was also attended by the Prime Minister of Egypt Ibrahim Mahlab, President of the Comoros Ikililou Dhoinine and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic politician Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed who was both the Minister of Health and Special Envoy to the African Summit on Ebola.{{Cite news |url=http://www.spsrasd.info/es/content/el-enviado-del-presidente-de-la-república-asiste-la-inauguración-de-una-mezquita-en-malabo |title=El Enviado del Presidente de la República asiste a la inauguración de una Mezquita en Malabo |date=23 July 2015 |work=Sahara Press Service |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725223854/http://www.spsrasd.info/es/content/el-enviado-del-presidente-de-la-república-asiste-la-inauguración-de-una-mezquita-en-malabo |archive-date=25 July 2015 |url-status=dead |language=es}} Mahlab and the Ministry of Awqaf provided imams and preachers to the mosque as part of Egypt's role spreading the teachings of Islam.{{Cite news |url=https://www.arabstoday.net/en/248/mahlab-attends-inauguration-of-malabo-new-mosque |title=Mahlab attends inauguration of Malabo new mosque |date=22 July 2015 |work=Arabs Today |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924161737/https://www.arabstoday.net/en/248/mahlab-attends-inauguration-of-malabo-new-mosque |archive-date=24 September 2022 |url-status=live}} The imam and spiritual leader of the Muslim community of Equatorial Guinea, Pedro Benigno Matute Tang began the ceremony with words of thanks. In his inauguration ceremony speech, President Obiang said that the mosque will be an "Islamic beacon of coexistence" for "social and religious tolerance". He also said that Islam cannot be viewed as a "religion of terror, discrimination or extremism".
In 2020, two Equatoguinean Muslims were given Samsung-branded products in an award ceremony at the mosque as part of a contest to encourage young people to read and study.{{Cite news |url=https://ekos.online/entrega-de-premios-en-la-mezquita-central-de-malabo/ |title=Entrega de premios en la mezquita Central de Malabo |date=17 December 2020 |work=Ekos |access-date=1 October 2022 |first=Juan |last=Ndong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001083029/https://ekos.online/entrega-de-premios-en-la-mezquita-central-de-malabo/ |archive-date=1 October 2022 |url-status=live |language=es}}
See also
References
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Category:2015 establishments in Equatorial Guinea
Category:Buildings and structures in Malabo
Category:Comoros–Equatorial Guinea relations
Category:Egypt–Equatorial Guinea relations
Category:Equatorial Guinea–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations
Category:Mosques completed in 2015