{"id":20673,"date":"2020-11-15T04:41:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T04:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=20673"},"modified":"2020-11-15T04:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T04:41:40","slug":"residents-of-historic-island-in-africa-seeks-turkish-help-with-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/residents-of-historic-island-in-africa-seeks-turkish-help-with-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents of historic island in Africa seeks Turkish help with mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mosque located UNESCO-protected island off Dakar in Senegal in need help of Turkish authorities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hawzah News Agency –\u00a0The only mosque located on a UNESCO-protected island off Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is waiting for a helping hand from Turkish authorities to increase its capacity and its restoration.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The mosque, built in 1825, one of the country\u2019s oldest buildings, is the only place of worship on the tiny island, Goree, and is known for its centuries-long role in the Atlantic slave trade.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The story of the mosque began when a Christian local named Silmane Ngom made his new-built home available to Muslims, a small community on the island at that time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

During the French West Africa period, it took about 40 years for the few Muslims on the island to convert the building from a hut to a mosque.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The ruined building, reinforced with volcanic basalt stone, was officially opened for worship in 1892.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Although the mosque, with a capacity of nearly 100 people, was in danger of collapse due to coastal erosion, it managed to survive thanks to the stone wall built by the people as a temporary solution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But now, residents of the island want the historic mosque restored with Turkish help, as currently, it is insufficient to meet local Muslims\u2019 needs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Augustin Senghor, the Mayor of Goree, also pointed out that the mosque could no longer withstand coastal erosion and asked Turkey to help with its restoration.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI especially call on Turkey to protect this historical mosque. Its capacity is very insufficient, especially on Fridays,\u201d Senghor said, adding that the structure urgently needs maintenance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The people of the island also reached the Turkish ambassador of the time, Nihat Civaner, in 2018 and demanded the mosque\u2019s restoration from the Turkish authorities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On the island of Goree, where about 1,800 people live, three-quarters of the population is Muslim.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A mosque located UNESCO-protected island off Dakar in Senegal in need help of Turkish authorities. Hawzah News Agency –\u00a0The only mosque located on a UNESCO-protected island off Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is waiting for a helping hand from Turkish authorities to increase its capacity and its restoration. The mosque, built in 1825, one of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1478,1483,1482,1480,1481],"class_list":["post-20673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-islamic-research","tag-islam_is_our_symbol","tag-no_to_trump_deal","tag-purposeful_lectures","tag-stay_at_home_to_be_safe","tag-the_zionist_mice-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20675,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20673\/revisions\/20675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}