Algeria’s Controversial Chinese-Built Mosque Is Finally Open

File image of the Chinese-built Great Mosque of Algiers. Ludovic MARIN / AFP

Algeria inaugurated the Great Mosque of Algiers on Sunday, the largest Muslim place of worship in Africa, for which construction was completed in 2019.

Built by a Chinese firm, the project is controversial because of delays and the huge cost involved and is considered by many Algerians to be a white elephant of the previous regime.

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