Djamaa Ben farès

Great Synagogue of Algiers in 1902

Abu Farès Mosque, originally built as the Great Synagogue of Algiers, is a mosque and former synagogue in Algiers. It is also known as the Djamâa Lihoud (جامع اليهود) meaning Mosque of the Jews.^[1]^[2]

Following the Civil war in Algeria and its abandonment in 1994, the synagogue was converted into the Abu Farès Mosque.^[3]

History[]

Synagogue[]

The site of the synagogue was previously occupied by a mosque, which was founded in 1400 and named after Sidi Al Harbi, one of the saints of Algiers. After the French occupation of Algeria in 1830, the French sold the site to the Jews of Algeria, who destroyed the mosque and built a synagogue in its place in 1845.^{[citation needed]}

As Ben Farès Mosque[]

Following the departure of the Jews of Algiers, who carried French nationality (since 1870 by the decree of Crémieux) with the French colonizers after the independence of Algeria for political reasons, the synagogue was transformed into a mosque called "The Mosque of Ben Farès."^{[citation needed]}

The mosque and former synagogue

The origin of the name of the mosque, according to what was indicated in the book of "mosques of the city of Algiers, its zaouïa and its sanctuaries in the Ottoman era" of Ben Hamoush, is attributed to the district in which lived Ali Abdul Aziz ibn Farès, who fled Andalusia after its fall in 1492 and who entered Bejaia and then in Algiers and settled in the Kasbah district.^{[citation needed]}

Notable Imams[]

(1908-2011)

References[]

^ Nourreddine, Louhal (15 February 2015). "La concurrence déloyale fait rage dans les marchés couverts d'Alger: Les camelots gangrènent l'activité commerciale". Liberté (Algeria). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ Rahmani, Farida; Bouchenaki, Mounir (2003). La Casbah d'Alger: un art de vivre des Algériennes. Paris-Méditerranée. ISBN 9782842721749. En face du marché Djamâa-Lihoud, s'élève l'ancienne synagogue, aujourd'hui Djamâa Fares [In front of the Djamâa-Lihoud market rises the former synagogue, today the Djamâa Fares]
^ Auzias, Dominique (2009). Alger 2010-11. Petit Futé. p. 168. ISBN 2746924048.

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[1] Nourreddine, Louhal (15 February 2015). "La concurrence déloyale fait rage dans les marchés couverts d'Alger: Les camelots gangrènent l'activité commerciale". Liberté (Algeria). Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[2] Rahmani, Farida; Bouchenaki, Mounir (2003). La Casbah d'Alger: un art de vivre des Algériennes. Paris-Méditerranée. ISBN 9782842721749. En face du marché Djamâa-Lihoud, s'élève l'ancienne synagogue, aujourd'hui Djamâa Fares [In front of the Djamâa-Lihoud market rises the former synagogue, today the Djamâa Fares]

[3] Auzias, Dominique (2009). Alger 2010-11. Petit Futé. p. 168. ISBN 2746924048.

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