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Ben Farès Mosque
Ben Farès Mosque in 1975
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (1865–YYYY) Mosque (since YYYY)
Status	Active
Location
Location	Algiers
Country	Algeria
Location of the mosque in Algiers
Geographic coordinates	36°47′2.4″N 3°3′33.12″E / 36.784000°N 3.0592000°E / 36.784000; 3.0592000
Architecture
Completed	1865 (as a synagogue) YYYY (as a mosque)
Specifications
Dome(s)	One
Minaret(s)	One

The Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès (Arabic: مسجد ابن فارس), originally built as the Great Synagogue of Algiers in 1865, is a mosque and former synagogue in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It was also formerly known as Djamâa Lihoud, which means "Mosque of the Jews" in Algerian Arabic vernacular.^[1]^[2]

Notable imams

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Mohamed Charef (1908-2011)^{[citation needed]}

References

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^ Nourreddine, Louhal (February 15, 2015). "La concurrence déloyale fait rage dans les marchés couverts d'Alger: Les camelots gangrènent l'activité commerciale". Liberté (Algeria) (in French). Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^ Rahmani, Farida; Bouchenaki, Mounir (2003). La Casbah d'Alger: un art de vivre des Algériennes (in French). 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]

External links

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Media related to Great Synagogue of Algiers at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Mosques in Algeria
Algiers	Ben Farès Mosque Ali Bitchin Mosque El Barani Mosque Djamaa el Djedid Djamaa el Kebir Djamaa el Djazaïr Ketchaoua Mosque Safir Mosque Shrine of Sidi Abder Rahman Mausoleum of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Djamaâ Sidi Ramdane
Constantine	Emir Abdelkader Mosque Hussein Bey Mosque Great Mosque of Constantine Sidi Kettani Mosque El Baydhaoui Mosque Sidi Lakhdar Mosque
Tlemcen	Mansourah Mosque El Mechouar Mosque Sidi Belahcen Mosque Sidi Boumediene Mosque Sidi El Haloui Mosque Great Mosque of Nedroma Great Mosque of Tlemcen
Oran	Abdellah Ben Salem Mosque Abdelhamid Ben Badis Mosque Hassan Pasha Mosque Imam el-Houari Mosque
Other cities	1st November of 1954 Great Mosque El Rahman Mosque Salah Bey Mosque Sidi Okba Mosque Mellala Mosque
Category Islam in Algeria Mosques by country

Notable imams

See also

References

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