El-Badr Mosque

El-Badr Mosque
Mosquée El-Badr
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
StatusActive (as a mosque)
Location
Location14 rue Saint Dominique, Marseille
CountryFrance
El-Badr Mosque is located in Marseille
El-Badr Mosque
Location of the mosque in Marseille
Map
Interactive map of El-Badr Mosque
Coordinates43°18′01″N 5°22′48″E / 43.3002°N 5.3801°E / 43.3002; 5.3801
Architecture
Type
  • Mosque (current)
  • Synagogue (former)
Completed
  • c. 2020s (as a mosque)
  • 1962 (as a synagogue)

The El-Badr Mosque (French: Mosquée El-Badr) is a mosque located in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille, France. Acquired by the Al Badr Muslim Association in 2016, the building was a former Jewish synagogue called the Or Thora Synagogue, also referred to as the Or Torah Synagogue ('Light of the Torah' synagogue),[1] that was established by pieds-noirs in 1962.

Prior to acquiring the former synagogue at 14 rue Saint Dominique, the mosque was located at 206 Chemin Saint-Joseph à Sainte-Marthe.

History

As a synagogue

The synagogue was established by pieds-noirs from French Algeria in 1962.[2][3] It is located on the Rue Saint Dominique, off the Boulevard d'Athènes, between the Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles and the Canebière, in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille.[4]

As a result of antisemitism in Marseille, the synagogue ceased operating.

As a mosque

Concurrently, the nearby mosque, run by the Al Badr Muslim Association, was unable to handle the weekly overcrowding.[1] The synagogue building was sold in 2016 for €400,000 to the Al Badr Muslim Association, a Muslim organization. The Association planned to turn it into a mosque[2][5][6][7] to accommodate some of the, as of 2016, approximately 220,000 Muslims living in Marseille.[8]

Conversion of the building to a mosque was completed in the c. 2020s.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Meotti, Giulio (June 18, 2017). "Allah takes over churches, synagogues". Egret News. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Fiorito, Jean-Jacques (April 26, 2016). "Marseille : la synagogue s'offre aux musulmans". La Provence (in French). Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "A Marseille, une synagogue bientôt transformée en mosquée". L'Express (in French). April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Les Synagogues". Consistoire de Marseille (in French). Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "Sold Marseille synagogue to become mosque". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Peyrach, Amaury (April 26, 2016). "A Marseille, une synagogue va devenir une mosquée". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  7. ^ Arbaoui, Larbi (May 6, 2016). "Muslim Association Purchase Synagogue, Converts it to Mosque". Morocco World News. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. ^ Kaplan, Michael (April 2016). "Muslim Population Growing In France: Marseille Synagogue To Convert To Mosque". International Business Times. Retrieved November 8, 2025 – via Sailan Muslim.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or_Thora_Synagogue_(Marseille)