Saudi Mosque

The Saudi Mosque (Arabic: جامع المدينة المنورة: French: La Mosquée Saoudienne), also known as the Nouakchott Grand Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is located southwest of the Presidential Palace and immediately west of the Chamber of Commerce.^[2]

Saudi Mosque
Arabic: جامع المدينة المنورة
The Saudi Mosque in 2007
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Sect	Salafi movement
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Leadership	Imam Ahmedou Ould Lemrabet
Status	Active
Location
Location	Nouakchott
Country	Mauritania
Location of the mosque in Mauritania
Geographic coordinates	18°5′24″N 15°58′32″W
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Completed	2012
Construction cost	US$88.76 million
Specifications
Minaret	Two
Site area	54,000 m2 (580,000 sq ft)
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Overview

The mosque was built with the assistance of the Government of Saudi Arabia.^[3]

For several decades, Bouddah Ould Bousseyri had been imam of the Saudi Mosque, he was a close associate of the Mauritanian regime and a supporter of Sunni Islam and a very influential figure in the apolitical Islamist camp.^[3][4] The current imam, Ahmedou Ould Lemrabet, is a thinker of politicized salafism and a supporter of state authority.^[5][6][7]

See also

• Mauritania portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in Mauritania
• List of mosques in Mauritania