The Mohammed V Mosque is a large mosque in
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capi ...
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Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
, completed in 1983.
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It was erected on the initiative of then Crown Prince Mohammed of Morocco, now King ]Mohammed VI Muhammad VI may refer to:
* Muhammad Imaaduddeen VI (1868–1932), sultan of the Maldives from 1893 to 1902
* Mehmed VI (1861–1926), sultan of Ottoman Empire, from 1918 to 1922
* Mohammed VI of Morocco
Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد الساد ...
, and named after his grandfather Mohammed V who had given a historic address in Tangier in 1947.Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
, and acknowledged by the renaming of the square in front of the mosque as . According to local lore, a visiting Kuwaiti sheikh had been displeased by the fact that the bell tower of the nearby Catholic Cathedral dominated the skyline of that part of Tangier, and offered financing so that a Muslim tower would surpass it. Be that as it may, the Mohammed V Mosque's minaret is the tallest in Tangier.Ulama
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
council, a theological institute and boarding school named after , the local delegation of the Moroccan Ministry of Habous & Islamic Affairs, and a library.[
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See also
* Lalla Abla Mosque
The Lalla Abla Mosque, also known as Port Mosque, is a mosque in Tangier, Morocco, completed in 2017 and dedicated by Mohammed VI of Morocco, King Mohammed VI in July 2018. It replaced a smaller mosque on a nearby location, also known as the Por ...
* Mausoleum of Mohammed V
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V ( ar, ضريح محمد الخامس) is a mausoleum located across from the Hassan Tower in Rabat, Morocco. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king Mohammed V and his two sons, late King Hassan II and Prince Abda ...
* List of mosques in Morocco
This is a list of mosques in Morocco. According to the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in 2016, there are around 41,755 mosques in Morocco, of which 16,489 are Jama Masjids, and 10,061 are specifically designated as culturally significant.< ...
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Mosques in Tangier
Tourist attractions in Tangier
Mosques completed in 1983
20th-century architecture in Morocco
Mosques in Morocco
20th-century mosques
Architecture in Morocco
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