List of mosques in Egypt


This is a list of mosques in Egypt.
There are 114,000 mosques in Egypt as of 2016, of which 83,000 are affiliated with the Ministry of Endowments. This list includes notable mosques within Egypt; however, it excludes mosques in Alexandria and Cairo, as there are separate lists for mosques in these cities.

List of mosques

Elsewhere in Egypt

NameImagesLocationYearRemarks
Sadat Quraish MosqueBilbeis
Oldest mosque in North Africa
Amr ibn al-As MosqueDamietta
The third oldest mosque in Egypt
Ahmad Al-Badawi MosqueTanta
Renovated in 1975 and in 2005
Ibrahim El Desouki MosqueDesouk
1277Contains a shrine which entombs the remains of Shaykh al-Islam and mystic Ibrahim al-Dasuqi and his brother Sharaf al-Din Musa
Abu Haggag MosqueLuxor
1286Founded by As-Salih Ayyub; contains the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf Abu al-Haggag
Mausoleum of Abu al-Hasan al-ShadhiliHumaithara
Originally built as a mausoleum. Preserves the tomb of Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, founder of the Shadhili order.
Al-Mahalli MosqueRosetta
1582Named in honour of Ali Al-Mahalli, a 15th-century sheikh who lived in Rosetta, who is entombed in the mosque complex.
Zaghloul MosqueRosetta
1587The oldest and largest mosque in Rosetta
Sidi Shibl al-Aswad MosqueShuhada
Mosque and mausoleum
Al-Abbasi MosqueRosetta
1809Named in honour of Sayyid Mohammed Al-Abbasi, whose tomb is located inside the mosque
El-Tabia MosqueAswan
Al-Habashi MosqueDamanhur
1923Named after Mahmoud Pasha Al-Habashi, a noble who lived in Damanhur during the 20th century.
Sidi Arif MosqueSohag
1968Replaced a former 14th-century mosque; contains the grave of Sufi mystic Sidi Arif, also known as Ismail ibn Ali ibn Abdussami
El-Tabia MosqueAswan
1974
Basuna MosqueBasuna, Sohag Governorate
2019Replaced an earlier mosque on the site; received the 2021 Al-Fozan Mosque Award for Excellence