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Imam Ali Mosque

الزبير, Italy

Imam Ali Mosque

The Imam Ali Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع خَطْوَة الْإِمَام عَلِيّ), also known as the Old Mosque of Basra (مَسْجِد الْبَصْرَة الْقَدِيم) and as the Jami Khatwa ʿAli (جامع خطوة الإمام علي), is the first mosque that was built in the historical setting of Basra (located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of the cu

rrent city center), in the Basra Governorate of Iraq. Completed in c. 635 CE, it is among the oldest mosques in the history of Islam; reputedly, the third Islamic mosque built, and the first mosque outside Mecca and Medina. Remnants of this 7th-century structure remain, whilst a new structure was completed in 2000. Predominately Shi'ite, the congregational mosque is sometimes used by Sunni Muslims.

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