Tsingoni Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Tsingoni, Mayotte}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Tsingoni Mosque | native_name = Mosquée de Tsingoni | native_name_lang = fr | image = Mosquée - panoramio (1).jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = France Mayotte | map_size = 225px | map_alt = | map_relief = yes | map_caption = Location of the mosque in Mayotte | mapframe= yes | coordinates = {{coord|12|47|23.2|S|45|06|23.2|E|type:landmark_region:YT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = Islam | locale = | location = Tsingoni, Mayotte | country = France | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival =  | cercle = | sector = | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status = Mosque | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | architect = | architecture_type = Mosque | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1538 | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | footnotes = | website = | module = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Monument historique | designation1_offname =  | designation1_type =  | designation1_criteria =  | designation1_date = 2016 }} }} The '''Tsingoni Mosque''' ({{langx|fr|Mosquée de Tsingoni}}) is a mosque in Tsingoni, Mayotte, an overseas department and region of France. It is considered the earliest established mosque in France.<ref name=":0" />

==History== The exact date of the establishment of the mosque is disputed.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lambek |first1=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcjXAAAAMAAJ |title=Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession |last2= |first2= |date=1993 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-2960-7 |pages=413 |language=en |quote=The date [of the Tsingoni Mosque] is in some dispute, but is unlikely to be off by more than 200 years [from 1441] either way.}}</ref> One source places the construction of the mosque at 1538.<ref name=":0" /> Researchers alternatively date the establishment of the mosque at around 1441.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lambek |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcjXAAAAMAAJ |title=Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte: Local Discourses of Islam, Sorcery and Spirit Possession |date=1993 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-2960-7 |pages=41 |language=en |quote=...the mosque at Tsingoni dates from 1441 (844).}}</ref> In 1994, a new minaret was erected; and in 2016, the mosque was listed as a French historical monument. Beginning in 2019, renovations commenced at an estimated cost of €2 million.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |agency=AFP |date=25 September 2019 |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1559826/world |title=France's oldest mosque, in the Indian Ocean, gets a facelift |work=Arab News |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>

==See also== * Islam in Mayotte * List of mosques in France

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Category:1538 establishments in Mayotte Category:16th-century mosques in Africa Category:16th-century mosques in France Category:Monuments historiques in overseas departments and regions Category:Mosques completed in the 1530s Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1538 Category:Mosques in Mayotte