Ministry Of Religious Affairs And Endowments (Algeria)
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Wakfs (, ) is a ministry of Algeria. Its head office is in Hydra, Algiers.الرئيسية للاتصال ." Ministry of Religious Affairs. Retrieved on 10 March 2013. "وزارة الشؤون الدينية والأوقاف -الجزائر- رقم 4 شارع تيمقاد، حيدرة، الجزائر" Ministers Several ministers have succeeded in this ministerial post in successive :See also References External links Ministry of Religious Affairs Islam in Algeria [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Algeria–Niger border, the southeast by Niger; to Algeria–Western Sahara border, the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to Algeria–Morocco border, the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The capital and List of cities in Algeria, largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast. Inhabited since prehistory, Algeria has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilisations, including the Phoenicians, Numidians, Ancient Rome, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantine Greeks. Its modern identity is rooted in centuries of Arab migrations to the Maghreb, Arab Muslim migration waves since Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the seventh century and the subsequent Arabization, Arabisation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mawlid In Algeria
In Algeria, the Day of Mawlid (; meaning the ''Birth of Muhammad'') has been traditionally a day of celebration and joy, because Mawlid is celebrated on the twelfth day of Rabiʽ al-Awwal across the Muslim world. Algerian people, however, embrace this day with cheerful remembrance of those who have died, and it is a custom to pay visit to cemetery in order to pray for the departed ones. Public holiday The celebration of ''Mawlid Day'' in ''Algeria'' is part of the feasts and public holidays which are the set of religious and civil holidays which are legally defined by law. Indeed, the independent Algerian state has codified a count of twelve public holidays (religious and civil holidays) legally defined by the Algerian constitution. These public holidays, including ''Mawlid'', were included in Law No. 63/278 of 26 July 1963, amended and supplemented by Ordinances No. 66/153 and No. 68/1491. The fact that in ''Algeria'' the day of ''Mawlid'' is considered a public holiday sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hizb Rateb
The Hizb Rateb () is a collective recitation of Quran or dhikr or dua or wird done by murids and saliks in islamic sufism. Presentation The ''Hizb Rateb'' is a group tilawa of the Quran with one voice, in mosques, zawiyas, kuttabs and Quranic schools. This custom has been practised in the Maghreb countries since the tenth hijri century under the Almohad Caliphate, after Sheikh created the rules for collective reading with one tone. It has an allocated and known times, because it may be recitated after the Fajr prayer or after the Maghrib prayer. It may also be recitated before the Zuhr prayer or before the Asr prayer. Thus, in the countries of the Maghreb, the muslims used to recite the Quran together in what is known as the ''Hizb Rateb'', in line with the current custom in these states. See also *Hezzab *Bash Hezzab * Nass al-Houdhour * Salka *Tilawa * Idjaza *Sujud Tilawa The prostration of recitation (, ''sujud tilawa'') is a prostration (''sujud'') which occ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Idjaza
An ''ijazah'' (, "permission", "authorization", "license"; plural: ''ijazahs'' or ''ijazat'') is a license authorizing its holder to transmit a certain text or subject, which is issued by someone already possessing such authority. It is particularly associated with transmission of Islamic religious knowledge. The license usually implies that the student has acquired this knowledge from the issuer of the ''ijaza'' through first-hand oral instruction, although this requirement came to be relaxed over time. An ''ijaza'' providing a chain of authorized transmitters going back to the original author often accompanied texts of ''hadith'', ''fiqh'' and ''tafsir''; but also appeared in mystical, historical, and philological works, as well as literary collections. While the ''ijaza'' is primarily associated with Sunni Islam, the concept also appears in the hadith traditions of Twelver Shia. George Makdisi, professor of oriental studies, theorized that the ''ijazah'' was the origin of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Djamaa El Kebir
Djamaa el Kebir (), also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers (), is a historic mosque in Algiers, Algeria. It is located within the Casbah of Algiers, Casbah (old city), near the city's harbor. Dating to 1097, it is one of the few remaining examples of Almoravid architecture, although it has undergone other additions and reconstructions since its foundation. It is the oldest mosque in Algiers and is said to be one of the oldest mosques in Algeria after Sidi Okba Mosque and . History An inscription on the mosque's minbar (pulpit) records the date of 1 Rajab, 490 Islamic calendar, AH, testifying to the fact that the mosque was built in or around 1097 Common Era, CE, during the reign of Yusuf ibn Tashfin. The inscription on the base of the minaret indicates that it was built in 1322 CE (17 Dhu al-Qadah, 722 AH) by the Zayyanid dynasty, Zayyanid sultan Abu Tashufin I, Abu Tashfin I of Tlemcen. The mosque was severely damaged during the Bombardment of Algiers (1682), French bombar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Djamaa El Djazaïr
Djamaa el Djazaïr (), also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers (), is a large mosque located in Algiers, Algeria. Opened in April 2019, it houses the world's tallest minaret and is the third-largest mosque in the world after the Great Mosque of Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi of Medina in Saudi Arabia. The mosque features a prayer hall (salat) with an area of , capable of accommodating 120,000 worshippers. The central nave of this hall is surrounded by colonnades, with the mihrab located to the east, made of white marble. The hall is topped by a dome with a diameter of , reaching a height of . History The project to provide the capital Algiers with a grand mosque was presented as an initiative of the former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to mark his presidential mandates. The German consortium that designed Djamaâ El Djazaïr consisted of two architectural firms named "KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten" and "Krebs und Kiefer" until 2016. This German consortium won the inte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Algerian Saints
The following is a list of Muslim saints of Algeria. The list includes all Muslim saint, saints with Algerian connections, either because they were of Algerian origin and ethnicity, or because they travelled to Algeria from their own homeland and became noted in their hagiography for their work in Algeria and amongst the Algerian people. A small number may have had no Algerian connection in their lifetime, but have nonetheless become associated with Algeria through the depositing of their relics in Algerian religious houses. List of saints A * Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi * Sidi Abd Youssef * Sidi Abdallah (Saint), Sidi Abdallah * Sidi Abdelaziz (Saint), Sidi Abdelaziz * Sidi Abdeldjebar (Saint), Sidi Abdeldjebar * Sidi Abdelkader El Hammami * Sidi Abdelli (Saint), Sidi Abdelli * Sidi Abdelmalek * Sidi Abdelmoumene * Sidi Abed (Saint), Sidi Abed * Sidi Abu Madyan * Sidi Adli * Sidi Ahmad al-Alawi * Sidi Ahmad al-Buni * Sidi Ahmad al-Tijani * Sidi Ahmed Aqellal * Sidi Ah ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Mosques In Algeria
This is a list of mosques in Algeria. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment in 2006, there are around 15,000 mosques in Algeria as a whole, of which 450 are in the capital city of Algiers. 90% of which are built after the independence of Algeria in 1962. . ''Albayan''. Retrieved 11 January 2018. See also * Islam in Algeria * Zawiyas in AlgeriaReferences {{DEFAULTSORT:Mosques in Algeria[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zawiyas In Algeria
The Zawiyas in Algeria are religious buildings located in Algeria honoring the memory of patron saints and dedicated to Quranic and religious education. They are associated with Sufism, with each affiliated to a tariqa (torouq) brotherhood under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments (Algeria), Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments, in accordance with the precepts of the Algerian Islamic reference. History The history of the Zawiya (institution), zawiyas in Algeria is linked to that of the Sufi brotherhoods or tourouqs. With the advent of the fifteenth century, the movement to create these spiritual retreat (spiritual), retreats intensified, as the Muslim world in the Machrek as in the Maghreb declined. The large Muslim cities lost their scientific and spiritual influence when the last Muslim dynasties lost educational and initiatory control over the mass of Muslim faithful due to the fragmentation of territories between rival emirates. T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Muftis In Algiers
The post of Mufti in Algiers, or ''Shaykh al-Djazaïr'', has been filled by a member of the ''Maliki and Hanafi ulema'', the religious scholars, of Algiers, within the Algerian Islamic reference. Maliki muftis Several Maliki Muftis professed in Algiers: * Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi * Ahmed Zouaoui * Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine * * * * * Ali Ben El-Haffaf * * Mohamed Saïd Benzekri * Mahmoud Bendali * Hamoud Hamdane * * * Mohamed Charef * * Hanafi muftis Several Hanafi Muftis professed in Algiers: * * Hamdan Khodja See also *Islam in Algeria *Algerian islamic reference *Zawiyas in Algeria *List of Islamic muftiates *Muftiate *Mufti *Grand Mufti *Imam Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Muftis in Algiers Muftis of Algiers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Warsh Recitation
The Warsh recitation or riwāyat Warsh ʿan Nāfiʿ' () is a qiraʿah of the Quran in Islam. It is, alongside the tradition which represents the recitation tradition of Kufa, one of the two main oral transmissions of the Quran in the Muslim world. Presentation This '' qirāʾah'' or recitation of the Quran (literally "reading") is conducted according to the rules of tajwid, in accordance with the ahruf. This method is attributed to Warsh, who himself obtained it from his teacher Nafiʽ al-Madani, who was one of the seven readers who transmitted the Ten Readings. The recitation of Warsh is one of the two major traditions of qirāʾāt. History This recitation relates to Imam Warsh (716-813 CE), whose real name is ''Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi'' and was born in Egypt. His nickname ''Warsh'' (), a milk substance, came from his teacher Nafiʽ al-Madani due to his fair complexion. He studied his recitation according to ''Naafiʽ'' in Medina. After completing his studies, he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |