The Mosque of Islamic Solidarity is a mosque

Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

 located in Mogadishu

Mogadishu

Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

, Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

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His financial support from the Saudi

Saudi Arabia

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 Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Foundation

Fahd of Saudi Arabia

Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005...

. It is the main mosque in Somalia's capital city, and an iconic building in Somali society.

For 16 years following the outbreak of the Somali Civil War

Somali Civil War

The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war taking place in Somalia. The conflict, which began in 1991, has caused destabilisation throughout the country, with the current phase of the conflict seeing the Somali government losing substantial control of the state to rebel forces...

, the mosque had been closed down. However, in 2006, with the rise to power of the Islamic Courts Union, it was reopened once again.
Capacity and location

Capable of accommodating up to 10,000 worshippers, the Mosque of Islamic Solidarity is the single largest masjid in the Horn of Africa

Horn of Africa

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. The mosque also overlooks the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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Maintenance

While parts of the mosque have collapsed since the start of the civil war in Somalia in 1991, the Islamic Courts Union has attempted to restore it. The deputy chairman of the ICU's executive committee has also called on Somali merchants and businessmen to assist in the restoration efforts.

See also

• Islam in Somalia
  Islam in Somalia
  Nearly all Somalis are Sunni Muslims. Practicing Islam reinforces distinctions that further set Somalis apart from their immediate African neighbors, many of whom are either Christians or adherents of indigenous faiths....
  
  
• Architecture of Somalia
  Architecture of Somalia
  Somalian architecture is the engineering and designing of multiple different construction types such as stone cities, castles, citadels, fortresses, mosques, temples, aqueducts, lighthouses, towers and tombs during the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in Somalia, as well as the fusion of...
  
  
• Timeline of Islamic history
• Islamic architecture
  Islamic architecture
  Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day, influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture....
  
  
• Islamic art
  Islamic art
  Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations...
  
  
• List of mosques