Jama’a Hamar Weyne was built in the year 636 AH (1238 CE), some 30 years before Faqrudiin and Arba’a Rukun – both were built in the year 667 AH (1269 CE). [2] Historically, Jamacaha Xamar Weyne is the most important building in the historical quarter of Xamar Weyne.
In Banaadir, unfortunately, the destruction perpetrated on the ancient ruins, both by Somali from other regions and importantly colonial Italian government has denied history the possibility of reconstructing its past. They say that those who want to conceal the tracks…
Barawa, Banadir City – Today, the community of Barawa gathered to celebrate the opening of Masjid Mama Aisha, a newly constructed mosque located near the water well of Haji al Waani. The inauguration ceremony took place in 22nd February 2024,…
On August 19, 2011, political events in Somalia suddenly accelerated after a long agony began in 1990 with the civil war between the Somali tribes. In the middle of the holy month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu – a city defined…
The removal of ancient ceramic plates from the mihraab of the Al Jaama’a mosque in the Hamarweyne district in Mogadishu. In November 2021, all the ceramic plates that adorned the upper part of the mihraab of the Al Jaama’a mosque…
The Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar also known as the Twin Mosques (Somali: Masaajidka Mataanaha) is now a large mosque in the historical Hamar Weyne district in Mogadishu. Overview The Twin mosques up until recently was made up of 2 separate mosques the Aw…
Masjid Awooto Eeday is what seems to be a small mosque hidden in the many historical alleyways of Hamarweyne. Overview The mosque is said to have been built with the money of a pious woman who was known as Awooto…
The oldest existing Masjid in Somalia is Masjid Jaama’a (also known as Friday Mosque or Masjid Jum’ah) – built in the year 636 AH, it is situated in the heart of Hamarweyne. It is one of the three oldest Mosques…
In its medieval age, Mogadishu was famous for being a central hub for Islamic knowledge and the scholars it produced, contemporary to it’s prosperous trade and architecture. And like every other Islamic civilization, Mogadishu boasted itself with the amount of…
