Ebu Beker Mosque

The Ebu Bekër Mosque, also known as the New Fushë Çela Mosque and sometimes referred to simply as Xhamia e Madhe, is a Sunni mosque in Shkodër City, Shkodër County, Albania.

Overview

Supported by funding from Saudi entrepreneur Sheikh Zamil Abdullah Al-Zamil, the mosque was designed by ARC Architectural Consultants and built between 1994 and 1995 on the site of the old Fushë Çela Mosque, which was destroyed during the communist era. The new mosque was named after Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun caliph. The inauguration was held on 27 October 1995, and the mosque was renovated in 2008. The mosque is situated at the end of a walkway from the Hotel Colosseo.
The mosque covers a site of and can accommodate 1,300 worshipers. The two minarets are high each and the main dome stretches to.

Former mosque

The former Fushë Çela mosque was historically important in the scholarly learning of the city and attracted notable Islamic scholars and theologians. A legacy of the Ottoman Empire, the former mosque was destroyed by the Communist government, and it once had its own madrasa.