Ijumaa Mosque

Zanzibar Town


This lovely Arabesque-style mosque is one of the largest in Stone Town. As an Ijumma (Friday) mosque, the faithful come to pray here, rather than at their local mosque, on Fridays, so it gets especially busy on this day.


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