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Africa's first mosque originally built by Amr Ibn al-Aas in 642 AD, located in Cairo, Egypt.
Amr was the Muslim general who conquered Egypt against the Romans, and was known by the Egyptian Copts as a liberator against Roman oppression.
The original mosque measured about 29 m in length and 17 m in width, overlooking the river Nile from the northwest side. Since then it was extended multiple times as the Muslim population grew. As well as being a mosque, it served as a learning institution, before <a href="http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/sau/sau02.pdf">the worlds first University, also in Egypt, Al-Azhar</a> predating Bologna, Oxford and Cambridge.
Kaminuza ya Al-Azhar (izina mu cyarabu : جامعة الأزهر الشريف) ni kaminuza i Cairo muri Misiri. Read further
