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The centenary of the Paris
Mosque, July 2026

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Roger-Viollet | 232251 | Muslim dignitaries gather for the Eid al-Adha festival, during which sheep are sacrificed, in the presence of Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit, dressed in a burnous (1868–1954), a high-ranking Algerian official and founder of the Muslim Institute of the Grand Mosque of Paris, and Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1952), Egypt’s ambassador to France, at the Grand Mosque of Paris. Paris (5th arr.), January 1940. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Muslim dignitaries gather for the Eid al-Adha festival, during which sheep are sacrificed, in the [...]
Roger-Viollet | 403710 | The Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1926. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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The Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1926.
 
Roger-Viollet | 287223 | Inauguration of the Paris Mosque. Ben Ghabrit among a group of Tunisian students. Paris (5th arrondissement). July 15, 1926. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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Inauguration of the Paris Mosque. Ben Ghabrit among a group of Tunisian students. Paris (5th [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1429571 | Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit (1868–1954), Algerian theologian and high-ranking official, gave a tour of the Paris Mosque to Egyptian Minister Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1952) and the French Ambassador to Tehran, Lucien Bonzon. Paris (5th arrondissement), April 26, 1924. Photograph from the newspaper Excelsior. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit (1868–1954), Algerian theologian and high-ranking official, gave a tour of [...]
Roger-Viollet | 625808 | Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1429623 | Édouard Daladier (1884–1970), Minister of the Colonies, and Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), director of the Muslim Institute, visiting the construction site of the Paris Mosque. Paris (5th arrondissement), September 29, 1924. Photograph from the newspaper Excelsior. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Édouard Daladier (1884–1970), Minister of the Colonies, and Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1429624 | Mosaic workers during construction of the Paris mosque (5th arrondissement). September 29, 1924. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Mosaic workers during construction of the Paris mosque (5th arrondissement). September 29, 1924. [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1429733 | A Persian carpet presented by the government of the Shah of Persia to the French government, intended for the Paris Mosque. Mr. Ben Ghabrit, president of the Society of the Habous of the Holy Places; Mr. Assad Bahador, minister of the Persian government in Paris; and Mr. Jean Gout, minister plenipotentiary. Paris (5th arrondissement), January 12, 1927. Photograph from the newspaper Excelsior. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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A Persian carpet presented by the government of the Shah of Persia to the French government, [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1431112 | End of Ramadan at the Paris Mosque. Paris (5th arrondissement), April 3, 1927. Photograph from the Excelsior newspaper. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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End of Ramadan at the Paris Mosque. Paris (5th arrondissement), April 3, 1927. Photograph from the [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1430431 | End of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque. Fakri Pasha (1868–1948), Egyptian ambassador to France. Paris (5th arrondissement), April 3, 1927. Photograph from the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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End of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque. Fakri Pasha (1868–1948), Egyptian ambassador to France. Paris [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1430430 | End of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque. Fakri Pasha (1868–1948), Egyptian ambassador to France. Paris (5th arrondissement), April 3, 1927. Photograph from the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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End of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque. Fakri Pasha (1868–1948), Egyptian ambassador to France. Paris [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1439252 | Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), September 29, 1924. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), September 29, 1924.
Roger-Viollet | 129707 | World War II. Propaganda photograph: Max Bonnafous (1900–1975) and René Bouffet (1896–1945), French politicians meet Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian theologian and senior official, at the Grand Mosque of Paris on the day of Mouloud. Paris (5th arrondissement). Photograph from the newspaper Le Petit Parisien . Paris, Carnavalet Museum. | © Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
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World War II. Propaganda photograph: Max Bonnafous (1900–1975) and René Bouffet (1896–1945), French [...]
Roger-Viollet | 130129 | Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1933. Photograph by Albert Harlingue. Paris, Musée Carnavalet. | © Albert Harlingue / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
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Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1933. Photograph by Albert Harlingue. Paris, Musée Carnavalet.
Roger-Viollet | 130128 | Facade of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Rue Georges Desplas. In the foreground, the square, Place du Puits de l'Ermite. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1933. Photograph by Albert Harlingue. Paris, Musée Carnavalet. | © Albert Harlingue / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
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Facade of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Rue Georges Desplas. In the foreground, the square, Place du [...]
Roger-Viollet | 130132 | World War II. Propaganda photograph: Max Bonnafous (1900–1975) and René Bouffet (1896–1945), French politicians meet Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian theologian and senior official, at the Grand Mosque of Paris on the day of Mouloud. Paris (5th arrondissement). Photograph from the newspaper Le Petit Parisien. Paris, Carnavalet Museum. | © Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
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World War II. Propaganda photograph: Max Bonnafous (1900–1975) and René Bouffet (1896–1945), French [...]
Roger-Viollet | 130139 | World War II. Propaganda photograph: Max Bonnafous (1900–1975) and René Bouffet (1896–1945), French politicians meet Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian theologian and high-ranking official, at the Grand Mosque of Paris on the day of Mouloud. Paris (5th arrondissement). Photograph from the newspaper Le Petit Parisien . Paris, Carnavalet Museum. | © Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
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World War II. Propaganda photograph: Max Bonnafous (1900–1975) and René Bouffet (1896–1945), French [...]
Roger-Viollet | 663504 | Marshal Lyautey (1854–1934) and Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian theologian and senior civil servant, at the laying of the cornerstone of the Paris Mosque. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1922. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Marshal Lyautey (1854–1934) and Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian theologian and [...]
Roger-Viollet | 711513 | Craftsmen working on the construction of the Paris Mosque. 1922–1926. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Craftsmen working on the construction of the Paris Mosque. 1922–1926.
Roger-Viollet | 768452 | Laying of the cornerstone of the Paris Mosque under the chairmanship of Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), French marshal. Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit (1868–1954), Algerian theologian and statesman. Paris (4th arrondissement), 1922. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Laying of the cornerstone of the Paris Mosque under the chairmanship of Hubert Lyautey (1854–1934), [...]
Roger-Viollet | 775078 | Construction of the Paris Mosque. Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Moroccan Prime Minister. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque. Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Moroccan Prime Minister. Paris [...]
Roger-Viollet | 791530 | The Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1926. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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The Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1926.
 
Roger-Viollet | 849458 | Restaurant at the Paris Mosque. Photograph by Thérèse Bonney (1894–1978). Historical Library of the City of Paris. | © Thérèse Bonney - University of California, Berkeley / BHVP / Roger-Viollet
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Restaurant at the Paris Mosque. Photograph by Thérèse Bonney (1894–1978). Historical Library of the [...]
Roger-Viollet | 851843 | Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924.
Roger-Viollet | 899446 | Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924.
Roger-Viollet | 975014 | An Indian delegation visiting the Paris Mosque, under construction. 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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An Indian delegation visiting the Paris Mosque, under construction. 1924.
Roger-Viollet | 1036476 | Ben Ghabrit, Marshal Lyautey, and other dignitaries at the laying of the cornerstone for the Paris Mosque in 1922. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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Ben Ghabrit, Marshal Lyautey, and other dignitaries at the laying of the cornerstone for the Paris [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1312717 | Speech of Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Algerian statesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone, of the Muslim Institute and the Grand Mosque of Paris, place du Puits-de-l'Ermite (5th arrondissement). Wednesday 1st March 1922. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Speech of Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Algerian statesman from the Ministry of Foreign [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1312716 | Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian civil servant with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Muslim Institute and the Grand Mosque of Paris, at Place du Puits-de-l'Ermite (5th arrondissement). Compass orientation ceremony. Wednesday, March 1, 1922. Photograph from the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian civil servant with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1312703 | Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian civil servant with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Muslim Institute and the Grand Mosque of Paris, at Place du Puits-de-l'Ermite (5th arrondissement). Wednesday, March 1, 1922. Photograph from the newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Kaddour Benghabrit (1868–1954), an Algerian civil servant with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1312690 | Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Algerian stateman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visiting the muslim section of the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Paris (20th arrondissement), Wednesday 1st March 1922. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Algerian stateman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visiting [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1312689 | Speech of Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Algerian statesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone, of the Muslim Institute and the Grand Mosque of Paris, place du Puits-de-l'Ermite (5th arrondissement). Wednesday 1st March 1922. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Speech of Si Kaddour Benghabrit (1868-1954), Algerian statesman from the Ministry of Foreign [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1094370 | Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924.
 
Roger-Viollet | 1084417 | Moroccan Prime Minister Ben Ghabrit visiting the construction site of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Moroccan Prime Minister Ben Ghabrit visiting the construction site of the Paris Mosque (5th [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1075718 | Construction of the Paris Mosque. Artisans laying ceramic tiles. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1922–1926. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque. Artisans laying ceramic tiles. Paris (5th arrondissement), [...]
 
Roger-Viollet | 1073636 | Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit (1868–1954), dressed in a burnous, a high-ranking Algerian official and founder of the Muslim Institute of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884–1952), Egyptian ambassador to France, at the Grand Mosque of Paris. Gathering of Muslim dignitaries for the Eid al-Adha holiday, during which sheep are sacrificed. Paris (5th arr.), January 20, 1940. | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit (1868–1954), dressed in a burnous, a high-ranking Algerian official and [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1065070 | Celebrating the Eid al-Adha at the Great Mosque of Paris (religious ceremony where a sheep is sacrificed), with Mahmoud Fakhry Pasha (1884-1952), Ambassador of Egypt in France, Si Kaddour ben Ghabrit, wearing the burnous (1868-1954), Algerian senior official and founder of the Muslim Institute of the Great Mosque of Paris, and Galandou Diouf (1875-1941), Senegalese deputy. Paris (5th arrondissement), 31 January 1939. Photograph from the French newspaper Excelsior . | © Excelsior - L'Equipe / Roger-Viollet
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Celebrating the Eid al-Adha at the Great Mosque of Paris (religious ceremony where a sheep is [...]
Roger-Viollet | 1049168 | Construction of the Paris Mosque. Visit of an Indian delegation. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1924. | © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque. Visit of an Indian delegation. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1924.
Roger-Viollet | 947858 | Funeral of Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit at the Paris Mosque. June 26, 1954. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Funeral of Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit at the Paris Mosque. June 26, 1954.
Roger-Viollet | 947349 | Interior of the Paris Mosque (built 1922–1926). Paris (5th arrondissement) | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Interior of the Paris Mosque (built 1922–1926). Paris (5th arrondissement)
 
Roger-Viollet | 893258 | Laying of the cornerstone of the Paris Mosque. Ben Ghabrit and Marshal Lyautey, in 1922. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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Laying of the cornerstone of the Paris Mosque. Ben Ghabrit and Marshal Lyautey, in 1922.
Roger-Viollet | 820375 | The Paris Mosque (built 1922–1926), viewed from Rue Buffon. Paris (5th arrondissement). 1938. | © Hélène Roger-Viollet & Jean Fischer / Roger-Viollet
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The Paris Mosque (built 1922–1926), viewed from Rue Buffon. Paris (5th arrondissement). 1938.
 
Roger-Viollet | 783368 | Ceremony at the Paris Mosque with Ben Ghabrit and the former Sultan of Turkey, Abdulmecit II (center, in black). Eid al-Adha. December 1942. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Ceremony at the Paris Mosque with Ben Ghabrit and the former Sultan of Turkey, Abdulmecit II [...]
Roger-Viollet | 768670 | Eid al-Adha at the Grand Mosque. Sacrifice of rams. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1926. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Eid al-Adha at the Grand Mosque. Sacrifice of rams. Paris (5th arrondissement), 1926.
Roger-Viollet | 749700 | The Bey of Tunis, accompanied by Lucien Saint and Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit, leaving the prayer hall and heading to the gardens of the Grand Mosque of Paris (5th arrondissement), August 1926. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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The Bey of Tunis, accompanied by Lucien Saint and Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit, leaving the prayer hall [...]
Roger-Viollet | 735376 | Construction of the Paris Mosque. Mosaic cutters and setters. 1922-1926. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque. Mosaic cutters and setters. 1922-1926.
 
Roger-Viollet | 709140 | The Turkish Café at the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1926. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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The Turkish Café at the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1926.
 
Roger-Viollet | 688460 | Paris Mosque (built 1922–1926). Gardens. Paris (5th arrondissement) | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Paris Mosque (built 1922–1926). Gardens. Paris (5th arrondissement)
 
Roger-Viollet | 687013 | Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1922-1926. | © Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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Construction of the Paris Mosque (5th arrondissement), 1922-1926.
 
Roger-Viollet | 683028 | Inauguration of the Paris Mosque in the presence of French President Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), the Sultan of Morocco, Youssef ben Hassan (1882–1927), and Édouard Herriot (1872–1957). Paris (5th arr.), July 15, 1926. | © Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet
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Inauguration of the Paris Mosque in the presence of French President Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), [...]