Africa’s largest mosque unveils

By Ajayi Sodiq

Algeria recently unveiled the largest mosque on its Mediterranean coast, years behind schedule due to political unrest.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune officially opened the mosque on Sunday, according to the Associated Press.

A Chinese construction business built “the Great Mosque of Algiers” throughout the 2010s, according to the AP.

According to reports, the mosque has the world’s highest minaret, measuring 265 meters (869 feet).

According to reports, it is the largest mosque outside of Islam’s holiest cities, the largest mosque in Africa, and the third-largest mosque in the world. Its prayer hall can accommodate 120,000 worshippers.

It also has a library that can hold up to a million volumes and a helicopter landing pad.

The mosque attracted notice not just for its enormous size but also for the many disagreements and delays that plagued its seven-year construction period, especially the choice of a location that seismic experts advised was vulnerable to earthquake activity.