'Adayga Mosque

'Adayga Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Municipality	Mogadishu
Country	Somalia
Architecture
Type	mosque
Date established	13th century

The 'Adayga Mosque also known as Aw Musse mosque or Haji Musse mosque is small mosque in the historical Hamar Weyne district in Mogadishu.

Overview

The mosque can be found in the small ancient alleyways of Hamar Weyne and can be easily missed, as it is in the midst of houses. Maria Rosario La Lomia put forward the hypothesis that the mosque could have been built in the 13th century due to the similarities of the minaret of the 'Adayga to the minaret of Jama'a Xamar Weyne. The mosques name comes from the fact that you'd find a Salvadora persica tree which twigs is customarily used as a toothbrush, hence the name 'Adayga which in Somali means whitener or toothbrush. The mosque has recently been reconstructed again and has lost some of its features.

See also

• Jama'a Shingani, Shingani
• Fakr ad-Din Mosque
• Arba'a Rukun Mosque
• Jama'a Xamar Weyne, Xamar Weyne
• Awooto Eeday
• Mohamed Al Tani
• Twin Mosques