AFRICAN OLDEST MOSQUE

KAIRO, MESIR, 25/7 - TTUA MASJID. A man runs out of the Amr Ibn El A'as Mosque gate (Amru bin Al Ash), in the Old City area of Cairo (Misr al-Qadima), Egypt, Friday (24/7). The oldest mosque in Benua Africa was built by Amru bin Al-Ash bin Wail As-sahmi, companions at the same time the war of the Messenger of Muhammad SAW on 21 H / 641 M, on the second Caliph of Umar bin Khattab. ANTARA/Ismar Patrizki/ed/pd/10.