Algeria has inaugurated the world\u2019s third-largest and Africa\u2019s largest mosque, which had been delayed for years amid political shifts, ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday officially inaugurated the Grand Mosque of Algiers on the North African nation\u2019s Mediterranean coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mosque features the world\u2019s tallest minaret at 265 metres (869 feet), and can accommodate 120,000 people, and is the world\u2019s largest mosque only after Islam\u2019s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Mecca and Medina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Algeria has inaugurated the world\u2019s third-largest and Africa\u2019s largest mosque, which had been delayed for years amid political shifts, ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday officially inaugurated the Grand Mosque of Algiers on the North African nation\u2019s Mediterranean coastline. The mosque features the world\u2019s tallest minaret at …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":101835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,31],"tags":[6957],"class_list":["post-101834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","category-news","tag-algerias-worlds-third-largest-mosque"],"yoast_head":"\n