Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Somaliland)

Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic: مَـسْـجِـد الْـقِـبْـلَـتَـيْـن), also known as Labo-Qibla mosque is a mosque in Zeila,[1][2] situated in the western Awdal region of Somaliland.[3]

For the larger mosque in Medina, see Masjid al-Qiblatayn.
Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic: مَـسْـجِـد الْـقِـبْـلَـتَـيْـن‎)
"Mosque of the two Qiblahs"
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RegionHorn of Africa
Location
LocationZeila, Awdal, Somaliland
Shown within Somalia
Geographic coordinates11°21′14″N 43°28′26″E
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed7th century
Minaret(s)1

Description

The mosque, which translates to (Arabic: مَـسْـجِـد الْـقِـبْـلَـتَـيْـن‎; "Mosque of the two Qiblahs"), dates its construction to the 7th century CE, shortly after the Hijrah (Arabic: هِـجْـرَة‎) of Muslims to what was then Abyssinia.[4] It is one of the oldest mosques in Africa. It contains the tomb of Sheikh Babu Dena. Though now mostly in ruins, the edifice features two mihrabs: one oriented to the north toward Mecca, and the other oriented to the northwest toward Jerusalem.[5]

Influence of Somalis

The construction of this Mosque is tied to the History of Islam in Somaliland. In Zeila, a Gadabursi city, the mosque Masjid al-Qiblatayn is known as the site of where early companions of the Prophet, and the local Somalis, established a mosque shortly after the first Migration to Abyssinia.[6] By the 7th century, a large-scale conversion to Islam was taking place in Somaliland, first spread by the Dir people, from their construction of this mosque, to the rest of the region afterwards.[7]

See also

Notes
  1. "Liste des premières mosquées au monde prophètique, rashidun et omeyyade selon les écris historique et les traces archéologiques". Histoire Islamique (in French). 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  2. http://markanews.net/blog/2017/03/31/masjid-qibla-tayn-saylac-kuma-yaalo-ee-waa-madiinatariikhda-ha-la-saxo-wq-khadar-aar/
  3. "Districts of Somali". Statoids.com.
  4. Briggs, Phillip (2012). Somalia. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 7. ISBN 1841623717.
  5. Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier. "Le port de Zeyla et son arrière-pays au Moyen Âge: Investigations archéologiques et retour aux sources écrites". Livre Islam. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  6. Briggs, Phillip (2012). Somalia. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 7. ISBN 1841623717.
  7. Holzer, Georg-Sebastian (2008). "POLITICAL ISLAM IN SOMALIA: A fertile ground for radical Islamic groups?". Geo Politics of the Middle East. 1: 23.

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